By Erin Walsh | Last updated 2/8/21
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 to win Super Bowl LV on Sunday night. It was Brady’s seventh championship and the Buccaneers’ second.
For Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, it was the worst game of his NFL career. The 25-year-old failed to score a touchdown in a game he started for the first time since high school. The loss was also his first as a starter with the Chiefs by more than eight points.
Mahomes lauded the Tampa Bay defense after the contest for what was their best game of the season.
“They were the better team today,” Mahomes said, according to ESPN’s Adam Teicher. “They beat us pretty good, the worst I think I’ve been beaten in a long time.
“They took away our deep stuff. They took away the sidelines and they did a good job of rallying to the football and making tackles. We weren’t executing early, had a few miscues. Guys weren’t on the same page. Credit to them. They played a heck of a game defensively and offensively to beat us.”
The Buccaneers defense pressured Mahomes a Super Bowl-record 29 times. That pressure caused him to go 26-of-49 with 270 yards and two interceptions. He finished the game with a 49.9 quarterback rating, the second-worst of his career.
It’s unclear what’s next for Kansas City. Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill will be back, but their massive contracts don’t leave much room for any significant additions this offseason.
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