Nfl Gameday Week 22
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NFL GAMEDAY WEEK 22 SUPER BOWL XVIX- 1ST QUARTER TOM BRADY COMPLETED THREE OF HIS FIRST FOUR PASSES ON NEW ENGLAND’S OPENING DRIVE. ON THE NEXT DRIVE, HE COMPLETED HIS FIRST SIX PASSES. CORNERBACK THAROLD SIMON REPLACED THE INJURED LANE. TOM BRADY WASTED NO TIME ATTACKING THE SECOND YEAR SEAHAWK. RUSSEL WILSON DID NOT COMPLETE A PASS UNTIL THERE WAS 5:36 REMAINING IN THE HALF. HIS SECOND COMPLETION SET UP SEATTLE’S FIRST SCORE. SUPER BOWL XVIX- 2ND QUARTER WITH JUST OVER TWO MINUTES IN THE HALF, BRADY DROVE NEW ENGLAND DEEP INTO SEATTLE TERRITORY. 31 SECONDS WERE ALL THAT REMAINED UNTIL HALFTIME—AND RUSSELL WILSON MADE THE MOST OF EVERY TICK OF THE CLOCK. HIS 23-YARD COMPLETION TO RICARDO LOCKETTE—PLUS A PENALTY—GAVE THE SEAHAWKS THE BALL AT THE PATRIOTS ELEVEN WITH SIX SECONDS IN THE HALF. SUPER BOWL XVIX- 3rd QUARTER THE SEAHAWKS OFFENSE BEGAN THE SECOND HALF THE WAY IT ENDED THE FIRST – A JUMP BALL TO THEIR NEW RISING STAR. ON SECOND AND GOAL, DOUG BALDWIN BROKE FREE FROM ALL-PRO CORNER DARRELLE REVIS. Page 1 of 2 SUPER BOWL XVIX- 4TH QUARTER JULIAN EDELMAN HELPED CONVERT TWO THIRD AND LONGS ON THE DRIVE THAT CUT SEATTLE’S LEAD TO THREE. “21” WAS AN UNDRAFTED ROOKIE CORNERBACK NAMED MALCOLM BUTLER. IN THE SECOND HALF, BUTLER REPLACED KYLE ARRINGTON THE PATRIOTS NICKEL DEFENSE. NEW ENGLAND BEGAN TO PUT THE CLAMPS ON RUSSELL WILSON. / THE SEAHAWKS FIRST TWO DRIVES OF THE FOURTH QUARTER WENT THREE AND OUT. MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT WAS TIME FOR EITHER TOM BRADY, OR THE LEGION OF BOOM, TO CEMENT THEIR LEGACY. BRADY WOULD FINISH WITH A SUPER BOWL RECORD 37 COMPLETIONS, AND WENT 8-FOR-8 ON A 10-PLAY GO-AHEAD DRIVE. JERMAINE KEARSE’S IMPOSSIBLE CATCH OFF THE DEFLECTION BY MALCOLM BUTLER SEEMED DESTINED TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GAME’S SIGNATURE PLAY. SUPER BOWL XVIX- POST GAME TOM BRADY ISN’T A KID ANYMORE. YOUTH DOESN’T LAST FOREVER. BUT LEGENDS DO. Page 2 of 2 .