“We Ended Up Playing Our Best Game Of The Year”
February 7th, 2021
During the strangest NFL offseason in history, with players having spring “practices” on ZOOM and emailing strength and conditioning staff videos of themselves running sprints, nearly every team crafted the same goal.
Survive the early chaos, the elimination of preseason games and joint practices, and then find a way to survive early and then peak in the second-half of the season.
The Bucs did that better than every other club.
“We ended up playing our best game of the year,” Tom Brady said tonight after the Bucs’ 31-9 blowout win over the Chiefs.
The Bucs are now riding an eight-game winning streak, a franchise record. They came back from the bye week and just got better and better and better.
The defense not only found consistency late in the playoffs, they significantly raised their games under the pressure of facing Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes.
Brady mentioned the Bucs have “a rough month of November,” but then settling in to one of the great playoff runs in NFL history.
It sure was the best the Bucs played all year — your Super Bowl champion Bucs.
February 7th, 2021 at 10:50 pm
Do yourself a favor and go listen to some Kansas City sports radio… Can’t wait for the first caller yelling “TRADE MAHOMES”…
February 7th, 2021 at 10:50 pm
Everyone kept trying to read between the lines as he just said all year –
it takes time, we’re getting there.
February 7th, 2021 at 10:53 pm
there was no clear MVP… Brady was a good call but would have liked a defense player to take it maybe 45. The D# was lights out! also 28 played a great game
February 7th, 2021 at 10:53 pm
It’s funny that the QB who did the best vs. the Bucs in the postseason was Taylor Heinicke😂
February 7th, 2021 at 10:54 pm
Haven’t peaked yet. We’re coming for you LA!! #2022
February 7th, 2021 at 10:54 pm
NO MORE DEN OF DEPRESSION
February 7th, 2021 at 10:56 pm
Just put brady in the ring of honor why wait
February 7th, 2021 at 10:58 pm
Congratulations to all of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to Joes in specialty.
February 7th, 2021 at 11:01 pm
Thought David quietly did a hell of s good job on Kelce even if he got some in the end. That was also a pick by him, I’m sure of it
February 7th, 2021 at 11:01 pm
Champions!
February 7th, 2021 at 11:01 pm
I just realized that the fan that ran out on the field had more running yards than the Chiefs. He even broke two tackles. LOL. Our Defense played lights out football and destroyed Mahommes.
February 7th, 2021 at 11:02 pm
Definitely our best game of the whole year and it couldn’t come at a better time. I am intense during the games often times wishing I could calm down. Nevertheless, we all bleed pewter and red and I can now die in peace.
February 7th, 2021 at 11:04 pm
I am speechless, the Bucs made stop after stop on D. When they got stuffed on that 4th and goal at the 1, the “old Bucs fan in me” went uh oh but no big deal tonight, get the ball back and boom suddenly 14-3 and then amazed as the Chiefs called time outs to help the Bucs get it to 2`1-6 right before half.
My daughter was a toddler when the Bucs won under Gruden, she is now in her 3rd year @ FSU, I am so glad that Amy and her generation got to experience what its like to win the whole enchilada as the Bucs she knew before this year were a lot like the Bucs I knew as kid and college student in the ’70s and ’80 (except for ’79 and ’81)….. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence!
February 7th, 2021 at 11:04 pm
TB12, ALL BUC FANS THANK YOU for making Tampa your new football home!!! We love you!!!
February 7th, 2021 at 11:06 pm
Evans actually had a huge impact in 1st half drawing all those flags. They just couldn’t seem to handle him straight up
February 7th, 2021 at 11:07 pm
Do Brad wins to first superbowl then the skills challenge after… Then 18 years later #2 at comp wins superbowl for same team
February 7th, 2021 at 11:13 pm
Coburn Says:
February 7th, 2021 at 11:01 pm
Thought David quietly did a hell of s good job on Kelce even if he got some in the end. That was also a pick by him, I’m sure of it
…….Will have to go back and look at that again. It sure looked like a pick. I was jumping up and down yelling, “Throw the flag. Throw the flag”!!!!
February 7th, 2021 at 11:16 pm
“We Are The Champions”
I’ve paid my dues
Time after time.
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime.
And bad mistakes‒
I’ve made a few.
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I’ve come through.
And I need to go on and on, and on, and on.
We are the champions, my friends.
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.
We are the champions.
We are the champions.
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world.
February 7th, 2021 at 11:23 pm
On KC sports talk they’re blaming the refs for their three score loss… LOL!
February 7th, 2021 at 11:31 pm
@Rod There was one favorable call for the Bucs in that game. That was just a good old fashioned beatdown. That’s shameful for a fan base that just won last year.
February 7th, 2021 at 11:35 pm
Bucs D made 3 HOFers choke
GO BUCS
February 7th, 2021 at 11:36 pm
The House That Tom Rebuilt
February 7th, 2021 at 11:50 pm
Defense Defense Defense !!!!!
February 8th, 2021 at 12:04 am
The Bucs really did play the best game of this overall season…. Amazing that they kept the Chiefs down to a single digit score…
February 8th, 2021 at 12:35 am
Defense ! Physical! Say no more !
February 8th, 2021 at 2:09 am
Incredible miracle season!
I eat every negative word I said about the front office and coaching staff!
I thought I knew, and I didn’t know s**t.
Go Bucs! This is sweet!
February 8th, 2021 at 4:34 am
Mahomes came back down to earth….lol
February 8th, 2021 at 4:35 am
…… literally…..🤣🤣🤣
February 8th, 2021 at 7:16 am
Champa Bay!
February 8th, 2021 at 9:01 am
Commoness of purpose, and focused attention to detail. BA saw ‘Bucs beating Bucs’ when he got here and has yanked this team out of a decade-long funk to history making NFL glory. Kudos to ownership and the front office, but BA cleared out the stench of losing and brought in a field marshal QB to lead his team. I think ‘Gunny’ fits TB12. Tommy Gun? Heady days to be a Buccaneers fan!
Thank you World Champion Buccaneers!
February 8th, 2021 at 10:45 am
Randy he’d berg. Parnell dickinson even Steve spurrier used to be our qb lol long time ago we are CHAMPS. Woo