To go against the Chicago Bears on Thursday night and trail 20-19 at Soldier Field, Tom Brad Dee and the Tampa Bay Bookers got the ball on their own 25-yard line. In his 21-year career, Brady hosted 59 game-winning drives in the shining fourth quarter or overtime, the most by an NFL quarterback since the AFL merger.
But on the third and 6th, a pass went reliably tight end over Rob Gronkowski’s finger. And on the fourth-and-6, going 38 seconds, Brady failed to connect with the tight-ended Cameron Brett, with safety Dandre Houston-Carson walking around the whole Brett.
After the last pass an incomplete reign – and the bear swayed – Brady flashed four fingers and got confused, before showing visible frustration when he stepped back to the side.
Brady went to the bench and repeatedly knocked his helmet to the ground before jogging on the field as the bear ran the victory clock.
Did he think he was third and not fourth?
“Yes, he knew,” said Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians, blaming the damage on “poor coaching”.
When Brady was asked about the When number flashing, the Buccaneers ran after Ronald Jones II and said, “I didn’t really see it. I think we knew the bottom and the distance. We were watching – it looked like it was a bad call.” He could have gone the other way. “
Brady said his mind was only focused on the yard.
“Yeah, you’re against the clock and you’re against this – I knew we had to participate, so I should think first rather than participate in that situation,” Brady said. Now left three consecutive prime-time contests from last season.
“I knew we needed to participate and I was thinking about more yards. It was just a bad execution. We had a great opportunity there … not executed when needed.”
Brady and Buchanan jumped to a 13-0 lead; And Brady has had 42 consecutive wins since 2015 dating, while his team led by 13 points or more – the longest active line for the NFL signal-killer. But the Bucks were hit by 11 penalties, and the 80% header in Thursday night’s game – their dominant red zone scoring – was down to just 33% against the Bears.
“There were some negative plays in our second part,” Brady said. “When you go down and distance behind, you don’t want that to happen. So we all have to do better. This is not a single position. This is not a single player. This is a team-wide thing that we will all learn from each other collectively and improve quickly. We all have to do better. “
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