For the first time in NFL history, a team will play the Super Bowl at their host stadium. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading to the Super Bowl LV in their own Raymond James Stadium, while defeating Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, 31-26, on Sunday, in the NFC Championship Game. Having taken a 28-10 lead in the third quarter, the Bucs resisted the Packers’ raise and held on to reach the Super Bowl on February 7 against the Buffalo Bills or Kansas City Chiefs. The Bucs are back in the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2002 season, when they won their only Super Bowl, while Brady will return to the big game of 10ºTime.
1) New team, new conference, new city, same result. Tom Brady is returning to the Super Bowl. TB12 will play in his 10th Super Bowl after helping to guide the Buccaneers to a roadside victory at Lambeau Field over MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. The 43-year-old QB played early, especially on third downs, dropping coins and shooting rifle shots in the middle. Brady launched three TDs and the first 12 casualties to move the chains in various situations of high leverage. He finished with 280 yards, but he could have won more had it not been for several Bucs takedowns. Brady stubbed his toe in the second half, throwing three interceptions when Tampa could have thrown the game out, including a high pass at Mike Evans’ fingertips. Bucs D took his QB, however, with Tampa holding on for the win. Given his age and all things against him in his first season with a new team after 20 years, it is remarkable. For all the superlatives that can be said about Brady, that he is playing for the chance to hoist his seventh Lombardi Trophy is the highest compliment that can be said about one of the sport’s biggest competitors.
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