Tom Brady connects with Chris Godwin for first touchdown of the 2021 NFL season

We’re on the board. Within the first quarter of the NFL‘s regular-season opener between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, Tom Brady related with Chris Godwin on a 5-yard landing, giving us our first rating of 2021. Particularly, the landing got here on the Cowboys 5-yard line and Brady faked the handoff to Leonard Fournette earlier than having the ability to ship a strike to Godwin over the center of the sector. 

This capped off a nine-play, 94-yard scoring drive for the Buccaneers on their second possession of the sport. Their first drive of the night time resulted in a three-and-out, so it seems just like the Super Bowl champions wanted solely a short second to shake off the brand new 12 months jitters 

For Brady, it did not take him lengthy to make some NFL history. With the beginning tonight, the 44-year-old is now the oldest non-kicker to ever begin a Week 1 recreation. This was additionally Brady’s three hundredth regular-season begin, a feat that no player has reached earlier than.