After last week’s disappointing loss in Los Angeles, the Buccaneers got back on track on Sunday night, narrowly escaping Gillette Stadium with a 19-17 win over the Patriots to improve to 3-1 on the season.
Leading up to Tampa Bay’s first Sunday Night Football matchup of the 2021 season, all of the talk was about Tom Brady returning to Foxborough for the first time as an opposing player. Hours and hours were spent on the idea of Brady playing against the Patriots and Brady squaring off with Bill Belichick, his former coach. But by the time Sunday night’s game was over, the story of what happened on the field included far more than just the 44-year-old quarterback and his performance.