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Brady talks perspective, accountability after debut loss

By BRETT MARTEL team's going to wish they
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom did things better," Brady
Brady's 20 previous NFL sea- said. "We're going to feel
sons, six of which ended that way as we move
with him holding the Lom- through the season. It's go-
bardi Trophy, have taught ing to be about our mental
him not to read too much toughness, our urgency,
into a single setback. how hard we work in prac-
Not that he wanted to gloss tice to get things done. Not
over his mistakes — name- turning the ball over is a
ly, a pair of interceptions good place to start."
— after a Tampa Bay de- There were some high-
but that began with a tri- lights, starting with the Bucs'
umphant spike but petered opening possession.
out into a double-digit loss Brady lofted a 26-yard com-
on Sunday. pletion to Godwin along
"I've lost plenty of games in the right sideline, drew a
my career," Brady said fol- pass interference penalty
lowing the 34-23 setback, with a 22-yard attempt to
which included an anticli- Evans and capped the
mactic Tampa Bay TD in drive with a 2-yard keeper,
the final minutes. "I know I after which he emphati-
don't like it. But it happens. cally spiked the ball off the
"We've got to learn from it," Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is sacked by New Orleans Saints defensive end turf.
Brady continued. "When Trey Hendrickson (91) in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 13, Less than a minute after
you play good teams, you 2020. his second interception
can't make mistakes. Ob- Associated Press had put the Saints up 24-7,
viously, I made too many Brady threw his first TD pass
mistakes today. ... I'm going offense and build chemis- turned it inside the Tampa ing very well on third down for Tampa Bay — and the
to focus on what I have to try with his receivers. Bucs Bay 40. A few plays later, at certain times," Brady 542nd of his career — to
do, and I have to do a lot coach Bruce Arians said Alvin Kamara was carrying said. "The turnovers really tight end O.J. Howard in
better job." Brady's first interception re- the ball into the end zone hurt us. We've got to clean the back of the end zone.
Brady's arrival created big sulted from a miscommuni- for New Orleans. that up for next week." The Bucs lamented their
expectations in Tampa Bay, cation with Evans. Early in the second half, Brady finished 23 of 36 pass- mistakes but took solace in
particularly given his stock- "He thought Mike was go- Brady's pass intended for ing for 239 yards and two how much season is left to
pile of weapons on offense ing down the middle — it receiver Justin Watson touchdowns, but eight of fix what failed and build on
— including elite receivers was a different coverage along the right sideline was his completions and one what went right.
Mike Evans and Chris God- — Mike read it right," Arians undercut by cornerback of his touchdowns came in "It's good that this hap-
win and newcomers Rob said. "He should have been Janoris Jenkins, who met no the final six minutes, when pened early," Howard said.
Gronkowski and Leonard across his face, but Tom resistance as he sprinted 36 the game was virtually out "We get to eat a piece of
Fournette. overthrew it." yards for a touchdown. of reach. humble pie and get back
But even a QB as accom- Saints safety Marcus Wil- "We hung our defense out "It's Week 1 of the NFL sea- at it next week. That's
plished as Brady, it seems, liams came down with the to dry on some short fields, son. A lot of things are go- the good thing about
can struggle to learn a new ball near midfield and re- not moving the ball, not do- ing to be corrected. Every football."q

Kicked off: Browns waive K Seibert after 2 misses in opener

Sunday's season-opening tra point off the left upright formation and then we will
loss at Baltimore. He's being and then pushed a 41-yard let it go from there."
replaced by Cody Parkey, field-goal try to the right A fifth-round pick in 2019
who kicked for the Browns late in the first half as the from Oklahoma, Seibert
in 2016 and is best known Browns were routed 38-6 by made 25 of 29 field-goal
for missing a late field goal the Ravens. attempts and 30 of 35 ex-
for the Chicago Bears in Even if Seibert had made tra points as a rookie last
the 2018 playoffs. those kicks, they probably season. By all accounts,
Parkey will handle kicking wouldn't have changed he had a decent training
duties when the Browns the outcome of the game, camp this summer and the
host the Cincinnati Bengals but first-year coach Kevin Browns seemed ready to
on Thursday night. Stefanski felt he had seen stick with him.
Also, the Browns placed enough. Parkey was recently signed
tight end David Njoku on "I expect him to make those to the team's practice
injured reserve with a knee kicks," Stefanski said after squad as a precaution due
Cleveland Browns place kicker Austin Seibert (4) attempts an injury. A first-round pick Sunday's game. "I hold him to COVID-19 concerns. In
extra point in the first half during an NFL football game against in 2017, Njoku scored the to the same standard that an NFC wild-card game af-
the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Baltimore. Browns' only touchdown we hold every other play- ter the 2018 season, Parkey
Associated Press in Sunday's loss. Njoku will er on this team. He has to missed a 43-yard field goal
miss at least three games, make those kicks." — the ball hit the upright
By TOM WITHERS Cleveland waived Austin per the NFL's new rules this Earlier on Monday, Ste- and crossbar — in the final
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Seibert on Monday after he season. fanski hinted at the switch seconds as the Bears lost
Browns kicked aside their missed an extra point and Seibert's fate was sealed when he said the team 16-15 to the Philadelphia
kicker after one game. field goal in the first half of when he clanged his ex- wanted "to gather more in- Eagles.q