Bucs ride 43-year-old Tom Brady to Super Bowl LV on own home field

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All I can do is shake my head. What is there to say that hasn’t already been said about the Greatest? 43 years old and gunning for yet another Super Bowl, this time as the home team.

Wow.
 

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I'm comforted in the knowledge that winston can be proud of his big TD pass. I wonder if the coaches told him they still lost the game?
 

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First time I've looked in on a Bucs game for more than 30 seconds since Rapeis was drafted. Turned it on in mid third quarter. Quite enjoyable - impressed by the defense, but nearly choked when that stat came up about him throwing a touchdown. Honestly had no idea he had ended up at Saints.

That being said, I may finally be able to care about the Bucs again.
 

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One helluva surprise out of the Bucs tonight - Saints looked dominant in 1st half and Bucs just shut 'em down and forced turnovers all 2nd half and wound up winning by 10. Nobody gave the Bucs a chance in this game it was all about Drew Brees. Great work by the Tampa boys! Fire The Cannon!!!
 

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Brees hasn't been the same since the lung and rib injuries....no strength for the long ball. They had to bring Winston in for the trick play with the long TD pass. Not a Bucs fan, but have been following their games out of curiosity of the Brady experiment. Brady's offense has been efficient. Their defense is for real. They shut down Rodgers when they curb stomped Green Bay week 6 in Tampa, but GB is playing at a much higher level since then and it's supposed to be 24 degrees at kickoff. Early spread is GB -3.5 with an over/under of 51.5.
 

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Brees has had a great QB career. 14 years as NO's QB, yet Brady defeats NO in Brady's first year with the previously so-so Buccaneers! I know Brees has been compromised by injury but Brady's achievement is massive. Still, the competition grows fiercer. And the concussion on the entire KC team may radically change that level of competition going forward.
 
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Brees hasn't been the same since the lung and rib injuries....no strength for the long ball. They had to bring Winston in for the trick play with the long TD pass. Not a Bucs fan, but have been following their games out of curiosity of the Brady experiment. Brady's offense has been efficient. Their defense is for real. They shut down Rodgers when they curb stomped Green Bay week 6 in Tampa, but GB is playing at a much higher level since then and it's supposed to be 24 degrees at kickoff. Early spread is GB -3.5 with an over/under of 51.5.
Not a Bucs fan? So then what's the deal with your name?
 

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If not for some one-sided officiating in the first half the game wouldn’t have been close.
 

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I’m happy to see the Bucs having a good year. I’m even happier that dipshyt Jameis Winston’s TD pass didn’t lead to a Saints victory.
 

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Going to his 14th championship game. Holy cow

If I heard them correctly, his TD pass early on was his 75th career post season pass. Mind blowing doesn't even begin to describe that. I know records are made to be broken, but I have a hard time seeing that one fall.

To 78's original point, who would've thought this. I never had a real pronounced onion on who was the largest portion of NE's success, and thought the move to Tampa was dumb on Brady's part. I was wrong, and it's clear he was the reason for the success. BB should've retired last year to keep it an argument for eternity.
 

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At 43, my knees and shoulder were shot and my athletic life was over. Brady is amazing but Green Bay will expose the Buc's secondary.
 

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Lets be honest, this Bucs team was one of the most talented teams in the league last year. If they didn't have rapist at QB last year and didn't give up 40+ turnovers at the QB position they were a playoff/deep run playoff team last year. Now Brady is obviously an all time great or the all time great depending on your opinion of the eras of football. But he walked away from a team that was losing talent due to salary cap hell, walking into one that is loaded that will hit that same hell in the next couple of years.
 

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