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

A sloppy, entertaining affair

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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Dakota Randall

Plymouth State/Boston University product from Wolfeboro, NH, who now is based in Rhode Island. Have worked at NESN since 2016, covering the Patriots since 2021. Might chat your ear off about Disney World, Halo 2, and Lord of the Rings.