The Packers got the ball to start the second half, and Aaron Jones caught a short third-down pass. “We didn’t come here to not take chances to win the game,” Arians said. Tampa Bay took command in the middle portion of the game.Īfter Sean Murphy-Bunting intercepted a Rodgers pass and Tampa Bay converted a fourth-and-4, the Bucs were at Green Bay’s 39 while leading 14-10 with 8 seconds remaining in the second quarter The Bucs passed up a long field-goal attempt, and Brady found Miller down the left sideline for a 39-yard touchdown with just 1 second remaining. You put so much into it to get to this point. The Packers had the NFL's best red-zone offense this season, but they twice settled for field goals after having a first-and-goal Sunday. Rodgers went 33 of 48 for 346 yards with three touchdowns and one interception, but fell to 1-4 in conference championship games as a starting quarterback. Green Bay hasn’t reached the Super Bowl since its 2010 championship season. The Packers lost in the NFC championship game for the fourth time in the last seven seasons.

“I understand the thinking - above two minutes with all of our timeouts - but it wasn’t my decision,” Rodgers said. Tampa Bay then ran out the clock on the Packers (14-4). The way I was looking at it is we essentially had four timeouts with the 2-minute warning, we knew we needed to get a stop.” And knowing that you not only need the touchdown but you’d need the 2-point. “It was just circumstance of having three shots and coming away with no yards. “Anytime it doesn’t work out you always regret it, right?” LaFleur said. They were aided by a strange decision from Packers coach Matt LaFleur with just over two minutes remaining in a 31-23 game.Īfter three straight incompletions had the Packers facing fourth-and-goal from the 8, the Packers elected to kick a field goal to get within five. The Bucs snapped Green Bay’s seven-game winning streak. This year, we’re going to the Super Bowl. “Tom is the GOAT (greatest of all time),” said Bucs receiver Scotty Miller, who caught a 39-yard touchdown pass with 1 second left until halftime. It’s quite a step up for a team that had one winning record in the last nine seasons. Shaquil Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul combined for five sacks to help the Bucs hang on for their franchise-record eighth consecutive road victory.

He went 20 of 36 for 286 yards and three touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions as Tampa Bay squandered most of an 18-point lead. “We’re coming home to win.”īrady is back in his first year at Tampa Bay after reaching this stage nine times with the New England Patriots.

He will make his first trip to the Super Bowl as a head coach. “We’re coming home,” said Bucs coach Bruce Arians, whose first NFL coaching job was as an assistant in 1989 with Kansas City, and won two league Coach of the Year awards, with Indianapolis in 2012, Arizona in 2014. No, a host team in the Super Bowl has never happened in 54 previous games. The Bucs (14-5) will face the Kansas City Chiefs (16-2) at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Feb. “It’s great to get another road win and now we got a home game, and who would have ever thought a home Super Bowl for us,” Brady said. He owes the Tampa Bay defense that sacked Aaron Rodgers five times, and a curious late call on fourth-and-goal by the Packers as Brady and the Bucs beat top-seeded Green Bay 31-26 for the NFC title Sunday. The man with six NFL titles will become the first quarterback to play a Super Bowl on his team’s home field. The destination is the same: another Super Bowl. Tom Brady has a new team, in a new town. NFL, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Road warriors: Bucs win 31-26 at Green Bay, reach Super Bowl

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