Tom Brady’s three passes on TD and Leonard Fournette’s scoring make Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in the Super Bowl 2021

Tom Brady’s three passes on TD and Leonard Fournette’s scoring make Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in the Super Bowl 2021

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TAMPA, Florida – The three players Tom Brady personally recruited to join him with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – tight end Rob Gronkowski, wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Leonard Fournette – scored touchdowns in the first three quarters of the Super Bowl LV against Kansas City Chiefs.

With left guard Ali Marpet lined up as a defender and Joe Haeg as an extra offensive tackle on the right side – along with Gronkowski and Cameron Brate – Fournette ran outside and the corner of the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown run for reach 28-9 in the middle of the third quarter.

Gronkowski took two early touchdown passes and Brown a third to give the Bucs a 21-6 lead at halftime. Brown’s 1-yard touchdown came on an angled route working against defender Tyrann Mathieu 10 seconds from the end of the break.

In the first quarter, Brady joined Gronk for his 13th post-season touchdown in an 8-yard pass, beating Joe Montana and Jerry Rice by the most post-season TDs for a QB-receiver combo in NFL history. It was also the first time in Brady’s 10 Super Bowls that he scored a touchdown in the first quarter.

In the play, which gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead, Gronkowski ran to the back of the formation and to the plan. It was Gronkowski’s fourth career receiving a touchdown in the Super Bowl, breaking a five-player draw to the second biggest in Super Bowl history.

He is now only behind Rice, who is eight, as Brady and Gronk would replicate that magic in the second half.

The Bucs lined up for a 40-yard field goal after stagnating in Kansas City territory, but Antonio Hamilton of the Chiefs jumped out of play, giving the Bucs a first down.

On the next play, Brady found Gronkowski for a 17-yard touchdown pass – with Gronk pretending he was running into the corner of the end zone, before going in and losing L’Jarius Sneed – to extend the Bucs lead to 14-3.

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