Super Bowl 49

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Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to two fourth quarter touchdowns as they defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl 49. After trailing 24-14 after three quarters, Brady threw one to Julian Edelman for 3 yards and the winner to Danny Amendola for four yards.

The Patriots drew first blood after a scoreless first quarter. Brady threw his 50th touchdown of the post-season–an 11 yarder to Brandon LaFell, to take a 7-0 lead with 9:51 left in the quarter. Marshawn Lynch tied it at 7-7 after a hard 3 yard touchdown run, which was set up by Chris Matthews’ 44 yard reception. Brady then connected with Rob Gronkowski for a 22 yard touchdown to take a 14-7 lead with 36 seconds left in the half. The Seahawks stormed back after Russell Wilson hit his new star receiver Matthews in the corner of the end zone to tie the score at the half.

The third quarter was all Seahawks. On their first possession of the half they drove 72 yards in 7 plays and got a 27 yard field goal from Steven Hauschka to break a 14-14 tie with 11:09 left in the quarter. Brady then got his first possession of the half, which ended after just 6 plays and 12 yards. Brady was intercepted by Bobby Wagner at the New England 40 yard line, he returned it 6 yards to the 34 yard line, but a 10 yard penalty moved the ball back to the 50 yard line. Wilson then drove the Seahawks 50 yards in 6 plays, finishing the drive with a 3 yard touchdown pass to Doug Baldwin, to take a 24-14 lead. Brady’s next two possessions totaled 6 plays and 9 yards. The National Football League’s number one defense had held Brady in check for the third quarter. The fourth quarter was all Brady. He completed 13 of 15 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns, with a 140.7 rating for the quarter. His last pass was the three yard winner to Edelman.

The Seahawks had one last chance for a comeback. They started their drive at their own 20 yard line. Wilson’s first pass was a 31 yarder to Lynch, which put the ball at the New England 49 yard line. Wilson then threw two incomplete passes. Then, on third and 10 Wilson completed an 11 yard pass to Ricardo Lockette to give Seattle first and 10 on the New England 38 yard line. On first down Wilson passed deep right to Kearse , who had appeared to drop the ball, but the ball never touched the ground giving Seattle first and goal from the New England 5 yard line. Lynch then went left tackle for 4 yards putting the ball at the New England 1 yard line. Then, on second and goal from the 1 yard line Wilson was intercepted by Malcolm Butler, ending Seattle’s repeat hopes.


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