While the football game got away from them in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons and first-year head coach Arthur Smith weren’t overly discouraged by their showing against the defending Super Bowl champions.
Tom Brady tossed five touchdown passes and Mike Edwards returned two, fourth-quarter interceptions for scores to finalize the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 48-25 win over the Falcons in Tampa, Fla. After going down by double figures, Atlanta clawed back in the third quarter and was within a field goal in the fourth quarter before things unraveled.
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