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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady pulled tight end Rob Gronkowski out of a one-year retirement period and convinced the Bucs to take a chance on wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was out of football a year ago.
Those two players were big for Brady in the first half of Super Bowl LV on Sunday, with Gronkowski catching two touchdown passes and Brown a third to give the Bucs a 21-6 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs at halftime.
Brown’s 1-yard touchdown came on an angled route working off defensive back Tyrann Mathieu with 10 seconds left in the half.
BOOMIN 🤙
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In the first quarter, Brady connected with Gronk for his 13th postseason touchdown on an 8-yard pass, beating Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the most postseason touchdowns by a QB-catcher combo in NBA history. NFL. It was also the first time in Brady’s 10 Super Bowls that he scored a touchdown in the first quarter.
On the play, which gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead, Gronkowski ran across the back of the formation and onto the floor. It was Gronkowski’s fourth receiving touchdown in Gronkowski’s Super Bowl career, breaking a five-way tie for second in Super Bowl history.
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Twice better 😁
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Beast mode.
– Julian Edelman (@ Edelman11) February 8, 2021
Now he is only behind Rice, who has eight.
Brady and Gronk would replicate that magic in the second quarter. The Bucs lined up for a 40-yard field goal after stalling deep in Kansas City territory, but the Chiefs’ Antonio Hamilton jumped offside, giving the Bucs a first down.
On the next play, Brady found Gronkowski for a 17-yard touchdown pass, with Gronk pretending as if he was running into the corner of the end zone before turning inside and losing L’Jarius Sneed, extending the lead for the Bucs to 14-3.
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