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Prior to halftime, after it looked like the Buccaneers might punt on fourth-and-4, head coach Bruce Arians opted to put his offense back on the field and Fournette caught a 6-yard pass to move the chains.
On the very next play, Brady lofted a deep ball down the sideline and over the single coverage of Kevin King into the hands of Scotty Miller for a 39-yard touchdown that put Tampa Bay up 21-10 at halftime.
"At the end of the half, that's a play that can't happen," Amos said. "Situations like that, we can't give up a big play. That's one of those plays. We had a couple drives here and there where we couldn't get off the field on third down and it came back to haunt us."
An Aaron Jones fumble on the opening possession of the second half resulted in Tampa Bay taking over at the Green Bay 8, leading to a TD pass to Cam Brate that put the Buccaneers up by three scores.
That's when momentum began to turn. First, Rodgers led an eight-play, 75-yard drive that ended with the TD pass to Tonyan. Then, Amos picked off Brady on an overthrown pass for Mike Evans at the Green Bay 32. Seven minutes and 13 plays later, the Packers exchanged the takeaway for a 2-yard TD pass to Davante Adams.
With the Packers within five entering the fourth quarter, All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander picked off a ball over the fingertips of Evans with 12:34 left in the game and did it again on the next series after a Darnell Savage blitz.
Unfortunately for Green Bay, the offense would go three-and-out on both possessions.