Patriots-Buccaneers Highlights: Watch Top Plays From Tampa Bay Victory

A sloppy, entertaining affair

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Oct 3, 2021

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers left Gillette Stadium on Sunday with a hard-fought win over the New England Patriots.

Brady completed 22 of 43 passes for 269 yards and zero touchdowns in Tampa's 19-17 victory. Rookie Mac Jones completed 31 of 40 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns with one interception in New England's defeat.

The Patriots dropped to 0-3 at home and 1-3 overall with the loss, while the Bucs improved to 3-1 with the win.

Here are the top highlights from Sunday's game between the Patriots and Buccaneers:

-- Brady hit Mike Evans for this 28-yard gain, in doing so breaking Drew Brees's all-time NFL passing yards record. The play also put the Bucs firmly into field-goal range, with Ryan Succop eventually converting to give Tampa a 3-0 lead.

-- Jones got absolutely crushed by Bucs linebacker Devin White before throwing an interception on a pass intended for Nelson Agholor. White had a free run at Jones and forced the rookie into a turnover, with Antoine Winfield Jr. coming up with the interception.

-- Ryan Succop bailed out the Patriots early in the second quarter, missing this 36-yard field goal attempt:

-- In a rare example of red-zone success for the Patriots offense, Jones hit Hunter Henry for an 11-yard touchdown that gave New England a 6-3 lead. Nick Folk converted the extra point.

Henry has the potential to be a significant red-zone threat for the Patriots.

-- It didn't result in a first down, but this still was a pretty nifty (and typical) trick play from the Patriots:

-- With the Patriots driving for at least a field goal try early in the third quarter, Winfield forced a J.J. Taylor fumble, which was recovered by Richard Sherman. Obviously, that's something that can't happen against the defending Super Bowl champions.

-- Tampa got a short field late in the third quarter and capitalized with an 8-yard touchdown run from Ronald Jones. Succop converted the extra point to give the Bucs a 13-7 advantage.

-- Jones connected with Damien Harris for this 21-yard gain early in the ensuing Patriots drive. New England eventually scored on a touchdown pass to Jonnu Smith.

-- This first-down run from Brady was a key play in a drive then ended with a lead-changing field goal for the Bucs.

-- More trickery from the Patriots. Jakobi Meyers completed his second pass of the game, a 30-yard strike to Agholor. Folk eventually kicked a go-ahead field goal.

-- This third-down conversion from Brady to Brown helped put the Bucs in position for an eventual 48-yard, game-winning field goal from Succop.

-- Folk missed this potential game-winning kick in the final minute:

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