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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians finally accomplished his first NFL Super Bowl Championship on Sunday night. Arians who was announcing games on CBS, won his first Super Bowl on CBS. This is not the only thing that happened that was interesting during Super Bowl LV.
In Week 12, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers regular season record fell to (7-5) after their home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. On Sunday night, Tom Brady got his revenge by defeating the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV.
When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs on Sunday, it gave Tom Brady his seventh Super Bowl Championship and his fifth Super Bowl MVP. It is crazy to think that the team who pushed the Buccaneers to (7-5) is the same team against whom he accomplished his 7th Super Bowl ring and 5th Super Bowl MVP.
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With the Super Bowl game being over and the 2020-2021 NFL season wrapped up, both the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers left us with five takeaways to sit on until next season.
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5) Leonard Fournette made a ton of money in the 2021 NFL playoffs
Leonard Fournette's 2020-2021 NFL season did not start off very well. The running back was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars and was on the free agency list. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers agreed to terms with the former Jaguars running back to add depth to their back field.
There was no question that Leonard Fournette was one of the top young running backs in the NFL. The big question which will begin to swarm in the next few weeks is: Will Leonard Fournette re-sign with the Buccaneers or head to a new team?
Whether Fournette stays in Tampa Bay or heads to another franchise he has made a lot of money for himself with his performance during the 2021 NFL playoffs.
4) Patrick Mahomes was pressured early and often in Super Bowl LV
Super Bowl LV showed something that has never been seen before during Patrick Mahomes career. Mahomes was pressured early and often. The Buccaneers pressure became too much for the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and he finally folded.
Once the ball was snapped, Mahomes was instantly running backwards and scrambling around to attempt to make a play. What stood out the most is when Patrick Mahomes scrambled he got careless. Some of the throws were head scatchers.
This is understandable as Mahomes is only 25 and for the first time in his career a defense rattled him. Super Bowl LV was a great learning experience for Patrick Mahomes. One thing that we can guarantee is that Mahomes will improve and he will play in a ton of Super Bowls over the course of his ten year contract.
3) Rob Gronkowski finally showed up at Super Bowl LV
Rob Gronkowski was riding in the backseat for the majority of 2021 NFL playoffs, but the real 'Gronk' finally showed up during Super Bowl LV. When Tom Brady found Rob Gronkowski for the first touchdown of the game it started to feel like the Patriots.
Let us not forget that Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to a lot of Super Bowls throughout their time in New England. When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called the tight end out of retirement they thought he was going to make an instant impact.
It took a little bit of time for Gronkowski to shake the cobwebs from being retired from football. Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady passed Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the most touchdowns in the NFL playoffs by a quarterback and wide receiver combo. Gronkowski was the difference maker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
2) Todd Bowles made tremendous adjustments on defense
If coaches could win the Super Bowl MVP, Todd Bowles should be the 2021 Super Bowl MVP. The adjustments that he made for Super Bowl LV were tremendous. Bowles' defense gave up 269 receiving yards and three touchdowns to Tyreek Hill in Week 12.
Hill was held in check throughout the whole game against the Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. The Buccaneers secondary held Tyreek Hill to just 73 receiving yards. A lot of the receiving yards were because the Buccaneers were playing soft coverage towards the end of the game.
Once Todd Bowles took away the big play capability of Tyreek Hill, it put the Chiefs in a difficult situation. The Kansas City Chiefs offense is a three headed snake. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and Travis Kelce make up the three heads of the snake.
Tampa Bay's defense knocked out one of the heads in Tyreek Hill. The next step was eliminating Patrick Mahomes' ability to extend plays. The pressure that Tampa Bay put on Mahomes made it difficult for him to do much of anything during Super Bowl LV.
Todd Bowles became the first defensive coordinator to completley shut down the Kansas City Chiefs offense. His adjustments that he made from Week 12 to Super Bowl LV were amazing. It was like night and day watching the two games between the Chiefs and Buccaneers.
1) Tom Brady solidifies his G.O.A.T. status
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady has done something that may never be repeated. Tom Brady reached his 10th Super Bowl appearance and won his seventh Super Bowl Championship. Tom also added his fifth Super Bowl MVP.
Tom Brady was already the greatest quarterback of all time before his Super Bowl LV victory over the Chiefs. After winning Super Bowl LV, it is safe to say that Tom Brady is the best player to ever play in the NFL. It could be argued that Tom Brady is the best professional athlete of all time.
Brady continues to defeat father time and continues to set NFL records. With the Buccaneers veteran quarterback announcing that he will be returning next season, It makes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heavy favorites to win the Super Bowl in 2022.
If the Buccaneers can repeat as Super Bowl Champions in the 2021-2022 NFL season, Tom Brady will be able to say he has done something that no other NFL quarterback has been able to do. He will be the only NFL quarterback to win back-to-back Super Bowl Championships twice in a single career.
Tom Brady solidified his G.O.A.T. status and will forever be remembered as the greatest NFL player of all time. Brady now has more Super Bowl Championships than the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. What Tom Brady has accomplished in his NFL career is something that will never be repeated or forgotten.
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