For pretty much the entire game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers were frustrated.
Tampa Bay scored all of three points through three quarters with Brady himself struggling through the air.
That changed with the Buccaneers down 13-9 late in the fourth quarter. After a Rams three-and-out, Tampa Bay took over with just 44 seconds remaining and no timeouts.
That’s when Brady worked his magic in a big way. He led the Bucs down the field 60 yards on six plays in 35 seconds to pull off a shocking 16-13 win and end a three-game losing streak.
The drive was capped off by Brady throwing a touchdown pass to rookie Cade Otton with nine seconds remaining.
Simply sensational.
What’s crazy here is the fact that Los Angeles refused to cover the boundaries with the Buccaneers boasting zero timeouts. Instead, they let Brady hit the likes of Scotty Miller a couple of times before the receiver ran out of bounds to stop the clock.
This gave Tampa Bay an opportunity to win the game despite Brady being forced to put this offense on his shoulders once again.
- Tom Brady stats (Week 9): 36-of-58 passing, 280 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, 79.7 QB rating
A lot of what Brady did Sunday was similar to what he did earlier in the season. That is to say, dinking and dunking down the field. It didn’t net much through three quarters. But things changed in the final stanza with the Buccaneers scoring 10 points. Brady threw the ball 27 times in that fourth quarter alone.
All the while, he became the first NFL quarterback with 100,000 passing yards en route to leading the Bucs to a much-needed win after a 3-5 start to the season. This also represented Brady’s 55th career game-winning drive, besting Peyton Manning for the all-time NFL record.
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