Tom Brady didn’t say much in his postgame press conference on Sunday — 82 words across three questions and 58 seconds to be exact.
After Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost a 29-19 game to the Washington Football Team, he walked behind the podium and told reporters, “Who wants to start? Make it quick.” Brady then fielded three questions — about not executing splash plays, the difficulties kick-starting the offense after a bye week, and throwing two interceptions — before leaving the podium less than a minute later.
When Brady walked away, a voice in the background asked, “That’s it?”
He finished 23-of-34 against Washington for 220 yards with two touchdowns, but threw multiple first-quarter interceptions for the first time since 2012 — and it was just his second and third first-quarter interceptions since signing with the Buccaneers, according to NFL Research. His first interception came at the nine-minute mark, when a pass popped off the hands of wide receiver Jaelon Darden. The second one came about six minutes later after Brady overthrew Mike Evans near midfield
“We started with the ball, they came away with it,” Brady said postgame about what he saw on those interceptions.
Washington failed to close out the game after taking a 10-point lead into halftime, but quarterback Taylor Heinicke led a final drive that lasted 19 plays, traveled 80 yards and ran 10:26 off the clock — stretching their lead back to 10 and only giving Brady 29 seconds to work with. Washington faced a fourth down at the 1-yard line, but head coach Ron Rivera decided to go for it, rather than kick a field goal to go up a touchdown, and Antonio Gibson ran it in to make it a two-possession deficit for the Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay plays hosts to the Giants during next week’s “Monday Night Football” game before traveling to Indianapolis and facing the Colts the following Sunday. The Buccaneers still lead the NFC South by one game over the Saints.
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