Kansas City Chiefs 9-31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tom Brady claims his seventh NFL title as NFC champions win Super Bowl LV

Tom Brady continued his dominance over the NFL after winning his seventh Super Bowl ring against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday evening.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated the game whistle-to-whistle, with their defence keeping a strangle-hold on Patrick Mahomes and the normally high-powered Chiefs offence.

Despite being 43, Brady didn’t show his age at all – finishing the game 21-for-29 passing with 201 yards and three touchdowns as he also won a record fifth Super Bowl MVP. It was also a good day for the Bucs running backs with Leonard Fournette finishing with 89 yards off 16 carries and Ronald Jones finished with 61 yards off 12 carries. 

Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement to join Brady in Tampa, had a great game – finishing with six catches for 67 yards, averaging 11 yards a catch. Byron Leftwich, the Bucs offensive coordinator, schemed a great game to attack the Chiefs defence. 

Mahomes was held to 26-for-49 passing with 270 yards and two interceptions. The Chiefs offensive line, missing starting tackle Eric Fisher, were dominated all game by the Bucs defensive line led by Shaquil Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul. 

Todd Bowles, the defensive coordinator for the Bucs, will surely get some head coaching looks after scheming a perfect game to limit Mahomes – a former MVP and a Super Bowl champion last season. 

Butker was the sole scorer for the Chiefs, with three field goals. But it was a lack of discipline which played a heavy role in their defeat as they gave up 11 penalties for 120 yards.

The game at Raymond James Stadium, where the Bucs became the first team to play and win the Super Bowl at their own stadium, was billed as a quarterback matchup for the ages but it was the Greatest-Of-All-Time Brady who won the war. 

Brady has traditionally been a slow starter in Super Bowls and Sunday’s game was the same. The Bucs went three-and-out on their first and second possessions. However, Brady threw his first touchdown in the first quarter in any of his 10 Super Bowl appearances. 

At 43 years and 188 days, Brady became the oldest player to play in the biggest game in US sport, extending his record for Super Bowl appearances to 10 and joining Peyton Manning as the only quarterback to win Super Bowls with two different teams.

By Charlie Parker