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When his group trails within the fourth quarter, Tom Brady is sort of inevitable.
Down 13 factors towards the New Orleans Saints within the closing minutes, Brady steered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an inconceivable 17-16 win on Monday Night time Soccer.
Within the course of, he handed Peyton Manning for essentially the most profession fourth-quarter comebacks (44) within the historical past of the NFL.
The win was extraordinary even by Brady’s requirements, marking the most important regular-season fourth-quarter comeback in his profession, in accordance with ESPN.
“Similar to we drew it up,” was the 45-year-old’s response when he arrived on the post-game press convention, prompting a ripple of laughter from these in attendance.
The comeback began with 5:21 remaining when Brady led the Bucs on a 10-play drive which ended when he discovered Cade Otton with a landing move from one yard out.
That introduced Tampa Bay inside six factors earlier than Brady orchestrated an 11-play, game-winning drive and located Rachaad White for the landing with three seconds remaining.
Ryan Succop’s further level made the distinction between the 2 groups, transferring the Bucs to 6-6 on the season on the prime of the NFC South whereas the Saints drop to 4-9.
Brady ended the evening 36-of-54 passing for 281 yards and later devoted the win to his daughter Vivian, who celebrated her tenth birthday on Monday.
Having introduced his retirement earlier this yr solely to reverse the choice, the win was proof the seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion isn’t but completed on the soccer discipline.
“We’ve acquired quite a bit video games coming all the way down to the tip, some we’ve gained, some we’ve misplaced, which is why we’re 6-6,” Brady informed reporters. “It’s not the place we wish to be, however we’ll hold combating.”
For the Saints, it was a irritating evening towards their division rivals at Raymond James Stadium.
Quarterback Andy Dalton was 20 of 28 for 229 yards and one landing, which got here when he related with Taysom Hill within the second quarter. They had been in any other case restricted to a few discipline objectives from Wil Lutz.
“I really feel like a damaged file saying the identical factor over and over,” mentioned Dalton. “We simply missed alternatives.”
Coach Dennis Allen shared Dalton’s frustration: “We gave ourselves each likelihood and didn’t get it completed … I felt like we had a possibility to win this sport and didn’t end,” he mentioned.
New Orleans have a bye this weekend and subsequent face the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, whereas Tampa Bay play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
