TAMPA, Fla. -- With seven seconds to go in a nail-biting season opener against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night -- the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ first game as defending Super Bowl LV champions -- coach Bruce Arians turned to the one player he knew he could count on to deliver in the clutch.
It wasn’t seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady, because he had already taken the Bucs as far as he could, to Dallas’ 18-yard line. It was kicker Ryan Succop, activated less than a week before from the reserve/COVID-19 list, still dealing with the remnants of an infection.