Kansas City's Season Ends With A Loss As Tampa Bay Wins Super Bowl LV

Kansas City’s season ended with a 31-9 loss at Super Bowl LV in Tampa Florida!

Why?

Tampa Bay raced raced out to a 15-point lead heading into halftime and didn't look back, securing the second world championship in franchise history. “according to an article by Matt McMullen on chiefs.com

Meanwhile,

Tampa Bay’s season ended with a 31-9 win in Super Bowl LV in Tampa Florida!

Why?

Tampa Bay got into their groove on the next drive thanks in large part to the legs of running back Leonard Fournette and a couple clutch tight ends. The next series, helped by a Chiefs penalty, kept the Bucs driving until it ultimately ended in an eight-yard screen to tight end Rob Gronkowski that he took the rest of the way into the end zone. It gave the Bucs a 7-3 lead with 37 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Bucs would stall the Chiefs on their next drive thanks to some insane pressure by all different levels of the defense. Kansas City punted again and gave the ball back to the Bucs just a little bit inside the second-quarter mark.

Tampa Bay would take the ball all the way to the Chiefs' one-yard line and enlisted the help of nose tackle Vita Vea on the goal-line series. It didn't end up helping though as Kansas City stood tall on a huge goal-line stand. They took back over their own one-yard line though.

he Chiefs got a quick first-down on a completion to wide receiver Tyreek Hill but wouldn't get much more than that as the Bucs' defense again stood them up. They'd punt again with just over nine minutes to go in the half. The Chiefs would re-run the punt because of a penalty and the ensuing re-kick was then shanked. The Bucs took over at the Chiefs' 38-yard line as a result.

The next Bucs' series almost ended in disaster as Brady was picked off by safety Tyrann Mathieu on a deflection. There was a flag on the Chiefs instead which resulted in a first down for Tampa Bay. They wouldn't be able to get the ball in the end zone AT FIRST but then Kansas City was hit with an offsides call that gave the Bucs a fresh set of downs. The first ensuing play was then another pass from Brady to Gronk and yet another touchdown. The successful point after meant the Bucs took a 14-3 lead with 6:05 left in the second quarter.

The Chiefs went all the way down the field again – well nearly, before the Bucs' defense was able to stop them. Third down and six and outside linebacker Shaq Barrett broke free immediately, chasing Mahomes deep into the backfield. Mahomes was forced to get rid of it and Kansas City was forced to settle for the field goal as the cut into Tampa Bay's lead a little bit. The score was 14-6 with just a minute left in the half.

The Bucs would make the most of that minute. Helped by multiple Chiefs penalties, they were able to drive down the field and get within scoring range. The drive ended in a touchdown to Antonio Brown from the one-yard line and the Bucs went into the half up 21-6.

The Chiefs got the ball to start the second half and immediately went to the ground where they got a good run from Edwards-Helaire for 26-yard pickup. They'd get past midfield but not much more than that as the Bucs' defense again applied pressure. This time, they were helped out majorly by the efforts of Lavonte David and they were forced into trying for a 52-yard field goal. Kicker Harrison Butker was good and made the score 21-9 with 11:26 left in the third quarter.

The next series looked as though it may stall with the Bucs in a third-and-four situation but a 12-yard completion to Fournette kept the drive alive. A 25-yard pass to Gronkowski got the Bucs in scoring position and then Fournette punched it in from 27 yards out to put the Bucs up 28-9 with 7:45 left in the third quarter.

Kansas City would have their next series cut short for a couple of reasons. The pressure finally got to Mahomes as Barrett got the first sack on him on the night, dropping him for a loss of six. It brought up third and long when Mahomes let the ball loose and safety Mike Edwards got a piece of it. The ball was tipped up in the air and rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr. came down with it for the interception.

Therefore, the Bucs' next drive began on the Kansas City 45 as they again went to Fournette to help move the chains. It was Jones that ended up converting a third and one that kept the Bucs moving. A couple straight incompletions and then a bad snap on third down would result in a 52-yard field goal try for the Bucs. Succop was good from the distance and it put the Bucs up 31-9 with 2:46 left in the third quarter.

“according to an article by Carmen Vitali on buccanears .com