Super Bowl 49: Tom Brady finds Julian Edelman to take the lead late (Video)
By Robby Sabo
Tom Brady does it again as he finds Julian Edelman to come back and take the lead late in the Super Bowl.
If first you don’t succeed, you try and try again.
Earlier in the game Julian Edelman tried a zig pattern on replacement cornerback Therald Simon. Although Edelman torched him at the goalline, Brady was a little too high and outside.
With just over two minutes remaining in the game, and the New England Patriots trailing the Seattle Seahawks by 3 points, Josh McDaniels dialed up the same zig pattern.
This time Brady wouldn’t miss:
As a defensive back, that pattern is almost impossible to cover if ran to perfection.
The touchdown capped off another masterful drive by Brady in which he continued to use Rob Gronkowski in one-on-one match-ups and relentlessly found running back Shane Vereen out of the backfield.
The drive went 10 plays, 65 yards in just under five minutes. The Pats once trailed by 10 points in the fourth quarter. They now lead by four.
Russell Wilson now has the opportunity of a lifetime to win the Super Bowl on a final drive.
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