Tom Brady Leads Buccaneers Past Chiefs to Win Super Bowl LV.
Sunday marked a fitting end to Brady’s first season with the Buccaneers.
The following written content by Ben Pickman
Last March, in his first press conference as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, Tom Brady publicly acknowledged the high-level talent on his new team. “They’re committed to winning,” Brady said of his teammates. “And I’ve got to come in and do my part.
“That’s why I’m here.”
Brady did his part, and then some, whether he was leading the Buccaneers to an 11–5 regular season record or to three-straight road playoff wins. On Sunday, in Tampa Bay’s31—9Super Bowl LV victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, Brady carved up the Chiefs’ defense, throwing for 201yards andthree scores. In the process, the 43-year-old quarterback won his record seventh Super Bowl.
While the Bucs trailed 3–0 after their first two possessions, Tampa Bay took the game’s lead with 37 seconds to go in the first quarter when Brady found tight end Rob Gronkowski for a touchdown. The two would connect again for an 18-yard score with just over six minutes to go in the half, giving Tampa Bay a 14—6 lead, and marking the 14th Brady-to-Gronkowski touchdown pass of their postseason careers, the most in NFL history.
With just six seconds to go in the first half, Tampa Bay added a third touchdown, capping off a five-play 71-yard drive. They took a 21–6 lead into the locker room.
Despite committing a Super Bowl–record eight first-half penalties, the Chiefs responded to open the second half, as kicker Harrison Butker made his third field goal of the game. Brady and the Bucs would answer, however, scoring a touchdown and a field goal on their next two possessions to take a 31–9 lead with 2:46 to go in the third quarter.
Brady knew what he was inheriting when he joined the Buccaneers last offseason after two decades with the New England Patriots. In 2019, Tampa Bay had the No. 3 scoring and total offense and provided the aging quarterback with arguably his most prolific receiving core since the Randy Moss era. It was fitting then, that on Sunday, Brady relied on a number of players from Tampa Bay’s deep supporting cast.
Gronkowski, who came out of retirement to join Brady in Tampa Bay this season, finished with a team-high 67 receiving yards while running back Leonard Fournette added 135 total yards and one score. Read more from Sports Illustrated.
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