Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl for a record-extending fifth time after leading his team to a 31-9 victory over the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs.
43-year-old Brady, who previously earned MVP honours with New England Patriots, completed 21 of his 29 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns in the win and joined Peyton Manning as the only starting quarterbacks to win Super Bowls with multiple teams.
Making his 10th Super Bowl appearance, Brady claimed his seventh ring on Sunday, wasting no time putting the Bucs in position for their second title and first since the 2002 season by firing for three first-half touchdowns and a 21-6 halftime lead.
The early onslaught included a final-minute drive capped with a one-yard strike to Antonio Brown with six seconds left. Former Pats teammate Rob Gronkowski grabbed two touchdowns, padding the postseason record for scoring connections from Brady to 14. Gronkowski had six grabs for 67 yards.
A 27-yard TD run in the third quarter by Leonard Fournette, who recorded 89 yards on 16 touches, made it 28-9. That TD helped ice the outcome as the Bucs constantly pressured the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, who suffered his worst NFL defeat.
Defending champions Kansas City settled for three field goals by Harrison Butker.
Mahomes finished just 26 of 49 for 270 yards. He had two interceptions, a pick by Antoine Winfield that led to a third-quarter Tampa Bay field goal, and the second with a minute remaining by Devin White.
Mahomes scrambled for 33 yards, Travis Kelce led the Chiefs with 10 receptions for 133 yards, and the Chiefs committed 11 penalties, eight in the first half.
Albo
Roar Rookie
Or else, it was just a bad day all around for the Kansas City ? Their offensive line in particular, along with Mahomes himself, put in their worst performance of the season. And their defensive co-ordinator too must be hauled over the coals for some dumb strategies, whilst the one sided umpiring of pass interference or holding against the Chiefs (9-1 against) certainly made it even more difficult on the day for the Chiefs to shine. In the end the Buccaneers held their game plan together well . Their defensive co-ordinator should have won the MVP just ahead of running back Leonard Fournette. Brady just did his job picking up 3 simple TD's and was well protected by his Offensive line.
Sam
Guest
People who will be kicking themselves most over this are the Packers, who played so poorly and lost by only 5 points to the Bucs in the AFC Championship. There must have been a gulf between AFC and NFC this year
XI
Roar Guru
KC just never clicked. Very impressive second half of the season by Tampa. With all the moves this offseason it will be interesting to see who their competitors for back-to-back will be
XI
Roar Guru
Calling Ray Rice one of the best QBs of recent times is quite the joke
Davico
Roar Pro
Troll. Seriously ROAR, is this what the site has come to??
Me
Guest
Seriously the dude is overrated. Hes won a few superbowls but it's been an easy run. I can name 5 QBs who been better in recent times... - Philip Rivers - Johnny Manziel - Ray Rice - Willie Beamen - Brock Osweiler They are all technically better and just goes to show how lucky Brady is. ????
JGK
Roar Guru
Absolute Masterpiece by the Bucs defensive coordinator.