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File-This Feb. 3, 2019 file photo shows New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) passing under pressure form Los Angeles Rams' Aaron Donald (99) during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game in Atlanta. Brady will soon slip on his sixth Super Bowl ring, and Herb Adderley is the only other man on the planet who can relate to that level of success as the National Football League celebrates its 100th season.&quot;It's going to be a long time, another 100 years, before somebody wins himself six titles,&quot; said Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback for Vince Lombardi’s great Green Bay Packers teams of the 1960s. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Only four players in 100 years have won six NFL titles

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

FILE - At left, in an Oct. 2, 2008, file photo, former NFL player Herb Adderley sits in a room full of memorabilia of his playing days with the Green Bay Packers, at his home in Mantua, N.J. At right, in a Jan. 26, 2019, file photo, Delaware safety Nasir Adderley smiles before the start of the Senior Bowl NCAA college football game, in Mobile, Ala. University of Delaware safety Nassir Adderley was in high school when he connected with his grandfather's first cousin, Hall of Fame defensive back Herb Adderley, who sent him videos of his playing days during the Vince Lombardi era in Green Bay. The elder Adderley would become a huge influence in his life as Nassir lost his grandfather, then blossomed into an NFL prospect himself. (AP Photo/File)

Adderley cousins connect across decades over life, football

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press