I’m happy to be in the same sentence as him, let alone break his record. Hopefully I can extend it really far,” Evans said. He made sure to keep the ball after giving away Brady’s 600th TD pass to a fan earlier in the season. Evans set a franchise record with his 72nd touchdown, passing Mike Alstott. “We have to make sure we sit down (Tuesday) as a coaching staff and understand how we’re going to play this game and give our players a chance to make plays.”ĭown 17-10, the Giants drove to the Buccaneers 25 on the opening drive of the third quarter before Jones, under pressure from Devin White, threw incomplete on fourth-and-1 after rushing to the line to beat the play clock.īrady then connected with Evans on a 5-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 24-10. “We have to do a better job of putting our players in position to make plays,” Giants coach Joe Judge said. “That was pretty impressive.”ĭaniel Jones threw a TD pass to left tackle Andrew Thomas and the Giants (3-7) stayed close for one half before unraveling. “He could’ve just chucked it up but I saw him running and that was pretty dope,” Gronkowski said. Rob Gronkowski joked that he was open up the seam for a touchdown on the play. They don’t happen very often so I do remember how far they go,” Brady said, unaware it was officially ruled 10 yards. On the next play, the 44-year-old scrambled 10 yards on third-and-4 to extend Tampa’s drive that ended with Ryan Succop kicking a 25-yard field goal that made it 10-3. “Hoping our best football is ahead of us.”īrady started 10 for 10 before misfiring on a deep ball to Mike Evans. “We’re at a decent point but we can play a lot better than we’ve played,” Brady said.
The Super Bowl champion Buccaneers (7-3) snapped a two-game skid as Brady avoided dropping three in a row for the first time since 2002. That’s one way to erase the taste of losing.īrady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants 30-10 on Monday night. (AP) - Tom Brady stepped up in the pocket to scramble, high-stepped a tackler, slid hard for a first down and got up pumping his arm and screaming.