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Saturday 7 OctOber 2017
Brady throws for 303 yards, Patriots hold off Bucs 19-14

By FRED GOODALL performance by Bucs kick- first overall in the 2015 draft
AP Sports Writer er Nick Folk. was hoping to be the latest
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Folk missed two field goals beneficiary of New Eng-
Tom Brady threw for 303 and an extra-point before land’s struggles.
yards and one touchdown, beating the New York Gi- Running back Doug Martin
and New England’s porous ants on a last-second kick provided a lift in his return
defense showed signs of last week. from a suspension for vio-
improvement Thursday in a He missed three more field lating the NFL’s policy on
19-14 NFL victory over the goals Thursday, including a performance enhancers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 31-yarder that would have with 74 yards rushing and
The Super Bowl champions cut a nine-point deficit to one TD.
rebounded from a last- six in the closing minutes. But one week after throw-
second loss to Carolina, With his 186th career regu- ing for 332 yards and three
despite Brady turning the lar-season win as a starter, touchdowns without an in-
ball over twice — Brady tied Brett Favre and terception and overcom-
on his first interception Peyton Manning for the ing a pair of fourth-quarter
in eight regular-season most by a quarterback in deficits to beat the Giants,
games and a fumble on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) looks to NFL history. Winston was unable to
throws a pass as he is pressured by Tampa Bay Buccaneers de-
one of Tampa Bay’s three fensive end Robert Ayers (91) during the first half of an NFL foot- He also has 25 postseason move the ball consistently
sacks. ball game, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. victories, including five Su- until the fourth quarter.
Neither of the mistakes led Associated Press per Bowls. Winston finished 26 of 45
to points for Tampa Bay (2- field goals of 27, 23, 45 and 14 with 2:09 remaining. He Defensively, the Patriots en- with 334 yards and no inter-
2), which was unable to do 48 yards for the Patriots (3- marched the Bucs from his tered the night on pace to ceptions.
much offensively until the 2). 25 to the Patriots 19 before yield more than yards than DeSean Jackson had five
fourth quarter. Jameis Winston rallied throwing an incompletion any team in league history. receptions for 106 yards.
Brady threw a 5-yard TD Tampa Bay late with an on the final play. And, Winston and a young Playing without injured
pass to Chris Hogan in the 18-yard TD pass to Cam- It might not have come Tampa Bay offense that’s tight end Rob Gronkowski
second quarter, and Ste- eron Brate that trimmed down to a last-second progressively gotten bet- (thigh), Brady finished 30 of
phen Gostkowski kicked New England’s lead to 16- drive if not for another poor ter since he was selected 40 with one interception.q
AP-NORC Poll: Thomas Peoples of New

New
Jersey,
Brunswick,
said the protests are a per-
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Taylor, who is white, said fired. Fired!’” player. He doesn’t think
she supports police but un- That prompted dozens their actions are meant to
derstands why players are of NFL players, and a few disrespect the country or
protesting. And her person- team owners, to join in the military.
al politics also factor in. protests. They knelt, raised Still, he would not partici-
“I’m for it because Don- fists, sat or locked arms in pate in such a protest.
ald Trump is against it,” she solidarity during pre-game “It’s not my approach to
said. ceremonies when the an- resolve a problem,” said
The form of the protest them was played. Peoples, 66, who is black.
seems to matter. Accord- Broken down by race, 55 “I’m not a protester. But
ing to the poll, Americans percent of African-Amer- they’re expressing their
are more likely to approve icans approve of players In this Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers safety Eric feelings about how some
than disapprove of players refusing to stand for the Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel during Americans are treated in
who, instead of kneeling, anthem, and 19 percent the national anthem before an NFL football game against the this country.”
link arms in solidarity during disapprove, the poll found. Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, Calif. The AP-NORC poll of 1,150
the anthem, 45 percent to Among whites, 62 percent Associated Press adults was conducted
29 percent. disapprove and 25 per- said Sleeper, 78, who is agree with the assessment Sept. 28-Oct. 2 using a sam-
“People don’t want to cent approve. white. “This is a way to get that refusing to stand for ple drawn from NORC’s
be confronted with their Seventy-nine percent noticed, and possibly get the anthem is disrespect- probability-based Ameri-
racism in any form. If they of blacks disapprove of some action taken.” ful to the military, and most Speak panel, which is de-
are confronted with it, Trump’s call for players to Chandler, Arizona, busi- also think it’s disrespectful signed to be representa-
they want it in the mildest be fired, while just 8 per- ness owner Larry Frank, 67, to the country’s values and tive of the U.S. population.
form possible,” said DeRay cent approve. Among said the protests are inap- the American flag. About The margin of sampling er-
Mckesson, a Black Lives whites, 48 percent disap- propriate and disrespect- 6 in 10 blacks said they did ror for all respondents is plus
Matter activist who has prove and 38 percent ap- ful to military veterans. not consider it disrespect- or minus 4.1 percentage
protested police actions prove. Trump’s response, he said, ful. points. The poll includes a
since the 2014 killing of Mi- Thomas Sleeper of Hold- was “dead-on.” Just 4 in 10 Americans total of 337 black respon-
chael Brown in Ferguson, en, Massachusetts, said “We should keep politics overall, and about half of dents, who were sampled
Missouri. he considers the protests out of our sports,” said African-Americans, think at a higher rate than their
The NFL protests got more to be freedom of expres- Frank, who served in the refusing to stand for the proportion of the popula-
attention and morphed sion protected by the First Air Force. “We pay them to flag can be an act of pa- tion for purposes of analy-
into a bigger debate Amendment — and pre- come out and play games triotism. sis. The margin of sampling
about patriotism after game protests are likely and entertain us. Using this Frank, an avid Arizona Car- error among blacks is plus
Trump told a crowd at an the best stage for them medium is not the right dinals fan who is white, said or minus 5.7 percentage
Alabama rally last month: because “individually pro- way to do it. Do it off the he plans to boycott watch- points. For results report-
“Wouldn’t you love to see testing is not going to get field. Let’s not interfere with ing football on Veterans’ ed among all adults, re-
one of these NFL owners, as much press.” the process of a good busi- Day to show his disgust with sponses among blacks are
when somebody disre- “They want people to know ness and a fun sport.” the players’ protest, part of weighted to reflect their
spects our flag, to say, ‘Get that the country isn’t liv- The poll shows that overall, a larger campaign being proportion among all U.S.
that son of a bitch off the ing up to its full standard,” about 6 in 10 Americans promoted on social media. adults.q