{"id":149412,"date":"2022-12-06T04:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T04:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tom-brady-and-bucs-find-a-way-to-beat-saints-on-game-winning-td-in-final-seconds\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T04:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T04:58:05","slug":"tom-brady-and-bucs-find-a-way-to-beat-saints-on-game-winning-td-in-final-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tom-brady-and-bucs-find-a-way-to-beat-saints-on-game-winning-td-in-final-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady and Bucs find a way to beat Saints on game-winning TD in final seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense isn’t capable of playing well for 60 minutes. If that was going to happen, it would have by this point in the season.<\/p>\n

But all the Buccaneers needed Monday night to score a huge win in the NFC South race was play well for about five minutes. And the greatest quarterback in NFL history was there to make sure it happened.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay, which trailed by 13 late in the fourth quarter and looked like it had no chance to put up any touchdowns, scored with three minutes remaining. Then, the defense forced a quick punt and gave the ball back to Tom Brady, who led a game-winning drive. Brady might not be the same player he has been for a couple decades, but he’s still capable of some magic moments. Brady hit running back Rachaad White for a 6-yard touchdown with three seconds left, and the extra point gave Tampa Bay a dramatic 17-16 win. The Buccaneers improved to 6-6, and are in position to win a bad division.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers hadn’t won when trailing by 8 or more points in the fourth quarter since 2012, ESPN said on its broadcast. They really had no business winning on Monday night. But when Brady needed to make some plays in crunch time, he came through like he has so many times before.<\/p>\n

Before Monday night, Brady was 0-37 in the regular season and 1-43 in the playoffs when trailing by 13 or more points in the fourth quarter, according to ESPN Stats and Info<\/a>. The only win when facing that type of deficit before the comeback against the Saints was Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n

Bucs struggle to move the ball<\/h2>\n

The game started well for the Buccaneers. They had a 16-play, 72-yard drive and even though it ended with a field goal, it was a positive start.<\/p>\n

Then Tampa Bay stopped scoring. For the rest of the half they had three punts, an interception and they kneeled to end the first half.<\/p>\n

New Orleans wasn’t much better on offense but the Saints did hit a 30-yard touchdown pass to Taysom Hill. They got a field goal late in the half and led 10-3 at halftime. Offensively it wasn’t a great performance, but the defense kept the Saints in the game.<\/p>\n