Tom Brady is set to return to the 10th Super Bowl after surviving three innings in the second half to overtake Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are crowned NFC champions.
By Cameron Hogwood
Last updated: 25/01/21 12:38 am
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Selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC Championship game.
Selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC Championship game.
Tom Brady came through a turbulent second half to end his first playoff duel with Aaron Rodgers and leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Super Bowl for the first time since they won it 18 years ago with a 31-26 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Range.
The Bucs defense, who eliminated Rodgers five times a day and three times in the first half, saw potentially costly comments go unprepared by the Packers, who did not have their usual conviction in the red belt throughout the game.
The Vital exchanges preferred the Bucs in the first half as Brady took advantage of Rodgers’ interface with a 39-yard pass to Scotty Miller in the final seconds after the Packers were restricted. to a field goal at the end of a 15-play run that had seen them miss out on the first and the goal.
Momentum headed towards the Packers after the break however when Robert Tonyan and Davante Adams rubbed on both sides of Adrian Amos ’interception he made a five-point game at 28-23, just for comments from Jaire Alexander on rear drivers followed by three-and-a-half in a row.
Following 31-26 just short of the two-minute warning, the Packers opted not to go for it on the fourth down, paving the way for Brady to run down the clock while saving a return to 10th Super Amazing bowl.
- Buccaneers passing: Tom Brady, 20/36, 280 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs
- Rush Head: Leonard Fournette, 12 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD
- Head gets: Chris Godwin, five catches, 110 yards
0:42 Aaron Rodgers hits Marquez Valdes-Scantling who shakes off a defender and then runs in for the score for the Green Bay Packers against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC Championship game
The Bucs went out of the blocks when Brady handed a 15-yard pass to Mike Evans over a flailing Kevin King to turn third down for the third time on a nine-game opening trip, to which Rodgers responded with a 50-yard strike to Marquez Valdes-Scantling after escaping the third and 15th from his own five with a 23-yard pass to Allen Lazard.
Brady was lucky to be caught when he caught a deep look in the direction of Chris Godwin, who managed the catch for a 52-yard lift. Leonard Fournette dominated the next play with a 20-yard run that included an incredible spinning move to leave Amos behind.
- Passing packers: Aaron Rodgers, 33/48, 346 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INTs
- Rush Head: Aaron Jones, six carries, 27 yards
- Head gets: Marquez Valdes-Scantling, four catches, 115 yards, 1 TD
1:28 Tom Brady lobbies a pass to Chris Godwin who juggles the ball for a 52-yard finish and on the next play Leonard Fournette puts out a right for a 20-yard rushing TD for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Packers were dealt with when they could only turn a 15-play touchdown into a 24-yard Mason Crosby field goal, the Adams who was usually invisible at first failing in a possible score. to be there after Carlton Davis avoided it, before finding himself wide-in on the next play only until Lavonte David sees a bat down Rodgers. The duo made last connections on the third and sixth, but Adams was unable to get his feet behind the finish zone.
A late-half penalty between Rodgers was severely punished when Brady put a Packers cornerback King target again on a 39-yard pass with right pressure to Miller after a fourth-and-four turn of the play before.
0:45 Tom Brady opens a full ball beauty to Scotty Miller for a 39-yard score for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Scoring summary
| FIRST COMPANY | |
|---|---|
| Bucs 7-0 Packers | Tom Brady 15-yard TD goes to Mike Evans (extra point) |
| THE SECOND | |
| Bucs 7-7 packs | Aaron Rodgers 50-yard TD goes to Marquez Valdes-Scantling (extra point) |
| Bucs 14-7 Packers | 20-yard Leonard Fournette rips TD (extra point) |
| Bucs 14-10 Packers | Mason Crosby’s 24-yard field goal |
| Bucs 21-10 Packers | Tom Brady 39-yard TD goes to Scotty Miller (extra point) |
| DATE | |
| Bucs 28-10 Packers | Tom Brady’s eight-yard Tom Tom goes to Cameron Brate (extra point) |
| Bucs 28-17 Pacair | Eight-yard Aaron Rodgers TD goes to Robert Tonyan |
| Bucs 28-23 Packers | Aaron TDgers two-yard TD goes to Davante Adams (2PT conversion attempt fails) |
| FOUR FOUR | |
| Bucs 31-23 Packers | Ryan Succop’s 46-yard field goal |
| Bucs 31-26 Pacair | 26-yard Mason Crosby field goal |
Brady was on hand to reward another takeaway early in the second half when he sent an eight-yard pass to Cameron Brate after Devin White fumbleed Aaron Jones back to the eight-yard line after a brutal blow from Jordan Whitehead .
The Packers sent out an immediate response via Rodgers’ eight-yard laser to end Tonyan’s tight end in the endzone and then a timely interception from Amos on a planned pass for Evans, which they were marching down the ground to turn into a two-yard catch from Adams. It would not have been a three-point game had it not been for the fall of Equanimeous St. Brown on the turning attempt two points later.
1:04 Davante Adams gets a two-yard touchdown goal for the Green Bay Packers but Equanimeous St. Brown drops the two-point effort in an NFC Championship game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay defense wanted to thank for two three-and-out stops just after Brady was caught by Alexander on consecutive runs.
Ryan Succop’s 46-yard field goal made it an eight-point game with less than five minutes to play, before the Packers set for Crosby’s 26-yard kick instead of going for it on his own. ‘fourth down just shy of the two – minute warning – a decision that would allow the Bucs to see the work out and win a prestigious award.
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