Tom Brady’s two TD passes to Rob Gronkowski and one to Antonio Brown will have Buccaneers rolling in Super Bowl 2021

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TAMPA, Fla. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady lured tight-ending Rob Gronkowski out of a one-year retirement spell and convinced the Bucs to take a gamble on wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was out of football a year ago.

Those two players played out well for Brady in the first half of Super Bowl LV on Sunday, with Gronkowski catching two touchdown passes and Brown a third to give the Bucs a 21-6 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs at half time.

Brown’s 1-yard touchdown came on a corner run against defensive defender Tyrann Mathieu with 10 seconds to go in half.

In the first quarter, Brady made contact with Gronk for their 13th postseason touchdown on an 8-yard pass, surpassing Joe Montana and Jerry Rice for the most post-season TDs by a QB receiver combo in NFL history. It was also the first time in Brady’s 10 Super Bowls that he scored a touchdown in the first quarter.

On the action, which gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead, Gronkowski ran over the back of the formation into the flat. It was Gronkowski’s fourth career to receive a touchdown in the Super Bowl, breaking a five-player draw for second-place finish in Super Bowl history.

He now only follows Rice, who has eight.

Brady and Gronk would repeat that magic in the second quarter. The Bucs lined up for a 40-yard field goal after stopping deep in Kansas City, but the Chiefs’ Antonio Hamilton jumped offside and gave the Bucs a first down.

On the next action, Brady found Gronkowski for a 17-yard touchdown pass, with Gronk pretending to run to the corner of the end zone before turning in and losing L’Jarius Sneed, extending the Bucs’ lead to 14- 3.

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