TAMPA, Florida – The three Tom Brady players recruited personally to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – tight Rob Gronkowski, wide receiver Antonio Brown and defender Leonard Fournette – scored all touchdowns in the first three quarters of the Super Bowl LV against the Chiefs from Kansas City.
With left-back Ali Marpet lined up at defender and Joe Haeg as an additional offensive attack on the right – alongside Gronkowski and Cameron Brate – Fournette ran outside and corner the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown run to reach 28-9 in the middle of the third quarter.
RUN, LENNY, RUN‼ ️
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Gronkowski caught two early touchdown passes and Brown’s third to give the Bucs a 21-6 lead at the break. Brown’s 1-yard touchdown came on an angled path, working against defensive end Tyrann Mathieu, 10 seconds into the half.
BOOMIN 🤙
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In the first quarter, Brady connected with Gronk for the 13th postseason touchdown on an 8-yard pass, led by Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the most postseason TDs of a QB receiver combo in NFL history. . It was also his first time in Brady’s 10 Super Bowls, when he scored a touchdown in the first quarter.
On the game, which gave the Bucs a 7-3 advantage, Gronkowski ran over the back of the team and entered the apartment. It was Gronkowski’s fourth career, receiving a touchdown in the Super Bowl, breaking a five-way tie for second place in Super Bowl history.
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Twice as beautiful 😁
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Beast mode.
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Now he’s only following Rice, who is eight, because Brady and Gronk would replicate that magic in the second trimester.
The Bucs lined up for a 40-yard goal after stopping deep in Kansas City, but Antonio Hamilton of the Chiefs jumped offside, giving the Bucs a first down.
In the next play, Brady found Gronkowski for a 17-meter touchdown pass – with Gronk pretending to run to the corner of the end zone before turning inside and losing to L’Jarius Sneed – to extend Bucs’ advantage at 14-3.