Brady passes Brees for most touchdown tosses
TAMPA BAY 45, LAS VEGAS 20
LAS VEGAS — Tom Brady dropped back and lofted a pass that just got over the defender’s arms and fell into Scotty Miller’s hands right before he reached the sideline for a 33- yard touchdown.
The 43- year- old Brady is getting back to his Super Bowl- winning form following an early- season adjustment to his new team in Tampa, Fla.
Brady threw four touchdown passes to move past Drew Brees for the most in NFL history and ran for another to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 45- 20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
“We’re 5- 2, in a decent place, not quite at the halfway point in the year,” Brady said. “We’ve got a lot of football left. We’re going to need everybody, and we’re going to need everybody’s best.”
Brady f inished 33 for 45 for 369 yards, while also running for Tampa Bay’s f irst score on a one- yard sneak in the first quarter.
He now has 15 touchdown passes and one interception the past four games as he has found his rhythm with his new team.
“It’s knowing the guys better, knowing the system better, everything that we change each week,” coach Bruce Arians said. “There’s such good communication of what we’re trying to get done, where the ball should be going versus each coverage. It’s just total growth in the offense.”
Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski in the second quarter and then delivered his best pass of the day to Miller in the final minute of the f irst half. He then helped seal the game with the throw to Chris Godwin that put the Buccaneers up 31- 20 over the Raiders ( 3- 3) midway through the fourth quarter.
Brady added a fourth to rookie Tyler Johnson with 3: 08 left to give him 559 in his career, passing Brees for the most. Brees threw two earlier in the day for New Orleans.