When it comes to winning Super Bowls, the Buccaneers roster was pretty inexperienced prior to Sunday.
But, they also had the most winningest quarterback on their side in Tom Brady, who played a major role in making them believe they could beat the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
Following the 31-9 Buccaneers win, running back Leonard Fournette explained how Brady helped the team throughout the week.
“It felt great. Just knowing his resume and understand why he wins. All week he made us believe we were going to win," he said. "He was texting us at 11 o’clock at night, ‘We will win this game.’ We believed in him. We believed in the play-calling, what the coaches were calling and we just ran with it.”
Offensively, Tampa Bay's running game was a big factor in the win, as it finished with 145 yards on the ground. Fournette led the way with 89 yards and a touchdown.
Brady seemed to know going into the game they would have an advantage.
“Tom preached all week, [Kansas City] were 31st in the league in yards after [contact], yards after the catch, too," Fournette said. "Their run defense wasn’t that good. I take pride in that knowing those guys don’t want to tackle. Sometimes you make a guy miss, but at the same time, punch them in the mouth and then at the end of the game they are not going to want to tackle and that is exactly what happened.”
The Tampa Bay quarterback now has seven Super Bowls, which are more than any NFL franchise.
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