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| Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady and the Buccaneers celebrate big win. |
Unless, of course, you are a fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who dismantled the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9 to win Super Bowl LV on Sunday evening.
Kansas City scored first on a 49-yard field goal in the first quarter by Harrison Butker, but then it was all Tampa Bay from there as quarterback Tom Brady hooked up with tight end Rob Gronkowski twice on touchdown passes of eight yards and 17 yards and later hit wide receiver Antonio Brown on a one-yard scoring pass with only six seconds left in the first half for a 21-6 lead at the break. For the game, Brady completed 21 of 29 pass attempts for 201 yards and three touchdowns to earn the Most Valuable Player award in the game.
The Buccaneers defense kept up constant pressure throughout the game on Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes, who was playing behind a depleted offensive line ravaged by injuries, as they built a 31-9 lead after three quarters. Bucs running back Leonard Fournette rambled 27 yards for a touchdown to make it 28-9 with 7:45 remaining in the third stanza. Meanwhile, Mahomes was sacked three times and managed to pass for 270 yards on 26-of-49 passing accuracy. The Buccaneers gained 340 total yards in offense in the rout.
The rest was just a formality as the Buccaneers defense dominated the normally potent Chiefs offense and Brady and company rode off with the Vince Lombardi trophy on their home field. The Chiefs were flagged for eleven penalties totaling 120 yards in the loss, but that was just a side note as they were thoroughly dominated in the game as Mahomes was intercepted twice by the Tampa Bay defense, which also held Kansas City without a touchdown in the game.
Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Super Bowl LV Champions!
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