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Then Brady connected on his first three throws on his next possession, reaching 107 yards passing for the night, before missing Amendola on third-and-7.
"Tom's like a coach out there on the field," Amendola said. "He knows every intricacy of the offense. He helps young guys out a lot. He's a leader."
Patriots coach Bill Belichick shrugged off an opportunity to make his first comments about his reaction to the play Wednesday when left tackle Nate Solder fell back into Brady, knocking him to the ground, after being shoved by defensive end Adrian Clayborn.
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Two days after spraining it, the New England star was perfect before throwing an incompletion on his last pass in the Patriots' 25-21 exhibition victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night.
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He also threw his first touchdown to new top wide receiver Danny Amendola on his first series and left after the second.
"We just have to find a way to overcome adversity," Freeman said. "We battled to the end."
"He sure looked good, but we messed up some things," Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano said. "Even if you play great against Tom Brady he'll complete (passes)."
"It was definitely something I shouldn't have thrown," he said. "You want to do your best and play to the best of your ability and have it all go right, and sometimes it doesn't. You just have to keep going."
Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman also started and worked two possessions but had a much rougher time against the team they'll face in the third game of the regular season. He was sacked three times and completed only two of three passes before rookie Mike Glennon took over.
New England's defense made another big play against Glennon when rookie Logan Ryan returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown with 8:47 left in the third quarter.
Brady's nearly perfect performance for the Patriots (2-0) proved that.
"He's worked hard to learn our offense, a little different than what they did at Nevada," Belichick said. "He's got to learn how to be an on-the-line tight end, but he's making progress. He's got a long way to go."
NOTES: Among the Bucs recovering from injuries who didn't play were cornerback Darrelle Revis, placekicker Lawrence Tynes and offensive guard Carl Nicks. ... Patriots defensive backs Devin McCourty and Alfonzo Dennard also sat out as they come back from injuries. ... Gostkowski put the Patriots ahead 11-0 with a 39-yard field goal but missed a 50-yarder after two penalties pushed the Patriots back 15 yards.
Mallett completed 12 of 20 passes for 137 yards against the club that allowed the most yards passing in the NFL last season then gave way to Tim Tebow on the Patriots first series of the third quarter. Tebow continued to struggle, completing one of seven passes for minus-1 yard and an interception.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady completed pass after pass, 11 in a row to start the game.
Brady, who bypassed waiting reporters after Thursday's joint walkthrough with the Buccaneers (0-2), did it again after his outstanding performance. He left the locker room quickly without holding his usual postgame news conference and the team offered no explanation.
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With New England up 25-18, Tebow's overthrown pass was intercepted by Mason Robinson. The Bucs scored on Derek Dimke's second field goal, a 23-yarder.
Amendola, signed as a free agent from St. Louis, caught six passes for 71 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown on the game's first series. Brady completed all eight of his passes for 72 yards, even adding a 2-point conversion pass to rookie tight end Zach Sudfeld after Amendola's touchdown.
He was sacked by Brandon Spikes on Tampa Bay's first offensive play, then by Chandler Jones and Spikes on the second series. Eight plays for Freeman, three of them sacks.
"We're so far past that," he said. "We're way beyond that." |
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