Buccaneers grow to be to start with group that will host Tremendous Bowl at dwelling stadium

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have designed Tremendous Bowl history with no even participating in the match.

The Buccaneers’ 31-26 acquire around the Green Bay Packers clinched them getting the very first crew in NFL historical past to enjoy in a Super Bowl hosted at their household stadium. The Bucs will face the winner of the Expenses-Chiefs AFC Championship Recreation in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 7.

Tampa Bay was effectively mindful of what was at stake in the conference title video game past a trip to the Super Bowl. The Bucs experienced operated in the shadows of Raymond James Stadium and seen the signage erected all all over the facility and city when they geared up to confront the prime-seeded Packers, and Arians warned of the dangers of hunting ahead past 7 days.

Now, he is joyful to glimpse in advance with conviction.

“We are coming household, and we’re coming property to get,” Arians reported in a concept to Buccaneers enthusiasts subsequent Tampa Bay’s get.

Tampa Bay raced out to a 28-10 halftime direct, gorgeous the reduced crowd at Lambeau Industry just before the onus shifted to the Buccaneers’ defense to complete the work. By the time the clock expired, Tom Brady experienced won his first NFC Championship and is established to play in his 10th Tremendous Bowl.

This a person will be unique for the reason that of uniform, and mainly because it is at property. But the intention stays the similar.

“It’s been a extensive method for the full team and right now was just a fantastic team effort,” Brady stated Sunday. “We performed sporadically a minor little bit, but the protection came up massive and we are gonna will need it again in a pair weeks. I know it is a huge video game coming up but we get to delight in this for a minor bit and then get completely ready to go versus whoever we participate in. It is gonna be a fantastic video game.”

Tampa Bay’s earn concluded a transformation so a lot of thought feasible as before long as Brady created his absolutely free-company intentions clear in March, but remained only a desire until Sunday evening. The Buccaneers went from a team exterior the postseason floating in the directionless waters of the middle of the pack to the conference’s best in 1 fell swoop of a period.

It is a destination they wouldn’t have attained with no Brady.

“This trophy. This trophy,” Arians mentioned when questioned what Brady has meant to the Buccaneers. “The perception he gave every person on this corporation that this could be accomplished. It only took just one guy.”

A single male will direct his Bucs into a historic meeting in two weeks.

“So quite a few groups do not get a chance ’cause they never get to host the Super Bowl in their stadium,” Arians mentioned. “It was definitely the purpose of ours to begin this period, but having to the Super Bowl wasn’t what our target is. Our purpose is to gain it.”