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By: EFE
Friday, October 4
Washington was stronger than the magic of Tom Brady and passed over Tampa Bay
Star Quarterback Tom Brady lost his magic again and was intercepted twice by Washington, which beat this Sunday 29 – 14 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
Brady, desperate, put his hands on his knees and looked down the field after his second interception in the first fourth.
Things got worse because the defense could not leave the field at the end of the quarter with the opportunity to take out the champions from his poor start.
Brady was intercepted twice in his first six passes, and the Buccaneers had a series of 19 plays that killed the clock and that sealed the surprise victory of Washington.
For the Brady Buccaneers (3-6) it is their second loss in a row. The quarterback that several Washington players refer to as the best, this time he had a bad game again.
Brady ended up with 23 from 34 passes for 220 yards and two touchdown passes , but threw two interceptions, just like during the loss in New Orleans two weeks ago.
Brady interceptions, one of rookie Jaelon Darden’s hands and another inexplicable pitch that was caught by Washington safety Bobby McCain, disrupted the NFL’s best scoring and passing offense, which hasn’t had a touchdown in the first half for the fifth time in the past two seasons.
Stunned all afternoon by the Washington defense, Brady rallied in the second half to throw touchdown passes to Cameron Brate and Mike Evans.
But the Tampa Bay defense was unable to stop Washington’s offense in the last series that ran out the clock. Rivera lived up to his “Riverboat Ron” nickname by going for the fourth and goal from the Tampa Bay 1-yard line with 31 seconds to go, and Antonio Gibson’s second touchdown run of the day ended the game.
For Washington (3-6), his quarterback Taylor Heinicke completed 26 from 32 passes for 256 yards with a touchdown pass.
Washington lost NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Chase Young, to a right knee injury in the first half.
Young delivered a halftime speech to his teammates and returned to the touchline later on crutches.
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