Pats players have fired up reaction on Twitter to Brady/Gronk Super Bowl TD originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Tom Brady has finally done it.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback had never scored a first quarter touchdown in a Super Bowl until Sunday night's game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond James Stadium.
Brady found Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski on a 8-yard touchdown pass with 37 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.
Brady and Gronkowski played in four Super Bowls together -- Gronk missed Super Bowl LI due to injury -- in nine seasons as teammates on the New England Patriots from 2010 through 2018. Brady's Patriots teams never scored a first quarter touchdown in nine trips to the Super Bowl.
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Several of Brady's and Gronkowski's former Patriots teammates had an excited reaction on Twitter to the touchdown. Here's a roundup of those tweets:
Another Boston sports legend, former Red Sox star David Ortiz, also was fired up over Gronkowski's touchdown.
Brady connected with Gronkowski again in the second quarter for a 17-yard touchdown pass, the fifth time the pair has connected for a touchdown in the Super Bowl.
A win for Brady would give him seven Super Bowl titles in 10 appearances -- more than any player or team in NFL history.