… Falcons LB Mykal Walker left with a groin injury in the second quarter. The Falcons played without TE Kyle Pitts (hamstring), who was inactive. The officer said the mother has several children and was confused about which one jumped onto the field. A police officer later told the AP the boy is older than 10, but he couldn’t release his information because he’s a juvenile. Succop added a 44-yarder as time expired in the first half to make it 13-0, with Fournette’s 21-yard reception setting up the kick after Atlanta’s Younghoe Koo missed a 52-yard field goal with 20 seconds left.Ī woman who identified herself as the mother of the child who ran on the field told The Associated Press the boy was 10 years old. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)īrady led a pair of 13-play drives - one covering 88 yards and the other 84 - to build a 10-0 lead on Fournette’s TD run and Ryan Succop’s 21-yard field. He was 14-of-25 passing for 147 yards and one TD without an interception, but he was also sacked five times for 37 yards in losses.Ītlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith, left, checks on injured Atlanta Falcons linebacker Adetokunbo Ogundeji (92) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Oct. Mariota was Atlanta’s most effective runner, gaining 61 yards on seven attempts. They remained committed to the run, though, and wound up with 151 yards rushing on 31 attempts. Right now, the way they are calling it, I think a lot of people would have gotten that call.”Ītlanta has one of the NFL’s most productive running games but did not have much success on the ground early without leading rusher Cordarrelle Patterson, who was placed on injured reserve last week.Ī week after rushing for over 200 yards in a three-point victory over Cleveland, the Falcons were outgained 297 yards to 89 overall in the opening half. #PLAY RUNNING FRED 3 FOR FREE CRACK#“I think they are starting to crack down on some of the things like slinging quarterbacks. I saw it in the London game this morning,” Bowles said. The Falcons (2-3) trimmed a 21-0 deficit to six on Marcus Mariota’s 19-yard TD throw to Olamide Zaccheaus and subsequent 2-point conversion pass to KhaDarel Hodge with 4:38 remaining in the fourth quarter.Ītlanta did not get the ball back as Brady, aided by the penalty against Jarrett on a third-down sack, led a clinching drive deep into Falcons territory.īucs coach Todd Bowles was asked if quarterbacks of lesser stature than Brady would have gotten the same call. Police said there would be no charges and no arrest was made. Leonard Fournette scored two TDs for the Bucs (3-2) on a 1-yard run and a 1-yard reception.Ī boy ran onto the field after Fournette’s first TD and was tackled hard by a security guard at the opposite end of the field. “We’re not nearly at the point of where we’re capable of being.”īrady completed 35 of 52 passes without an interception. “Five games in and we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Brady added. There are no easy games, You’ve got to play good,” said Brady, who hasn’t lost three straight starts since 2002 with the Patriots. “Obviously, it’s tough to lose two straight at home. Atlanta, including one of his seven Super Bowl victories. “It looked bad on my standpoint, but I was in the back end.”īrady, coming off losses at home the previous two weeks to Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes, threw for 351 yards and a touchdown. They pay these guys to make those calls,” Falcons cornerback Casey Hayward Jr. “From my vantage point it looked like it was a bad call, but that’s why you put the refs out there to make these calls. Officials conferred briefly to confirm the ruling before announcing it. The 6-foot, 305-pound Jarrett spun Brady to the ground, drawing the flag and prompting Brady to pop up angrily. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette (7) is brought down by Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Timmy Horne (93) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. “I don’t throw flags,” Brady said when asked about the play in which he was sacked for a 10-yard loss on third down with just under three minutes left. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat their NFC South rivals 21-15, running out the clock after the flag thrown against defensive lineman Grady Jarrett kept Brady and the Bucs offense on the field to close out the victory. Those streaks stayed intact Sunday with timely assistance from a disputed roughing-the-passer penalty. He hasn’t lost three straight games in over two decades. (AP) - Tom Brady has never lost to the Atlanta Falcons.
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