The quarterback Tom Brady fine-tuned his direction towards the eighth Super Bowl of his career by beating the Philadelphia Eagles 31-15 for the Conference on Sunday National, in the wild card game of the NFL playoffs.
Brady completed 29 passes in 37 attempts for 271 yards and two touchdowns and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers also settled down for their second consecutive Super Bowl title.
The star quarterback reaffirmed his big moment by expertly leading his second-seeded Buccaneers to victory.
The Tampans jumped on the Eagles early on when Brady engineered two offensive TD drives in the same first quarter, while his rival counterpart, Jalen Hurts, couldn’t connect with their running backs to open the scoring.
The runner Giovani Bernard rose from e two yards to score a touchdown on Tampa Bay’s opening possession after a 75-yard drive.
With the Eagles punting their first two possessions, the Bucs then doubled their lead with another rushing touchdown. This time it was Ke’Shawn Vaughn leaping from a yard line to cap a 10-play, 70-yard drive. Brady continued to taunt the Eagles defense with his excellent passes to finish off opponents in the first half as he went up 17-0 on a 34-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Succop.
The Buccaneers came back from the break at touchdown pace in the third quarter. Brady connected with offensive partner Rob Gronkowski in the end zone to make it 24-0, the 105th time the duo had combined for a touchdown.
An excellent interception by Bucs linebacker Shaq Barrett gave Brady prime position on the field once again, and the 44-year-old quarterback threw a touchdown pass 36-yarder to receiver Mike Evans to make it 31-0 on the scoreboard.Boston Scott ran for a 34-yard touchdown run and Kenneth Gainwell caught a 16-yard touchdown run to finally put Philadelphia on the board in the fourth quarter, but it was too little too late.() Tampa Bay’s next Divisional round opponent will only be determined after the other NFC wild card games.
The fourth-seeded Dallas Cowboys host the San Francisco 49ers later on Sunday, while L he Angels Rams face the Arizona Cardinals on Monday, both for the NFC.
In the game of the remaining wild cards of the American Conference, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Pittsburgh Steeleras this Sunday night
. – NFL Weekend Wild Card Games:
Saturday:
American Conference :
Cincinnati to Las Vegas 26-19
Sunday :
National Conference:
Tampa Bay to Philadelphia 31-15
San Francisco vs. Dallas
American Conference:
Pittsburgh vs. Kansas City
National Conference:
TO rizona LA Rams
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