A rookie mistake from Tom Brady in the dying seconds helped the Chicago Bears to a 20-19 victory over Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field.
Trailing by a point with less than a minute left on the clock, the veteran quarterback forgot which down he was on following an incomplete pass on fourth-and-six which turned the ball back over to Chicago to close out the game.
After the play, Brady raised four fingers to the officials in an apparent signal that he thought he still had a fourth down to work with.
Tom Brady seemed to think that 4th down play was 3rd down. pic.twitter.com/SHVbMrG3Ma
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 9, 2020
It was a stark contrast to how the 43-year-old started the game.
He looked clinical in the first quarter, marching the Buccaneers out to a 10-0 lead.
However after a stuttering start, Chicago's offence finally got clicking in the second as the Bears found the end zone twice to take a one-point lead into the half.
Although a field goal put Tampa Bay back in front heading into the fourth, Bears quarterback Nick Foles did just enough to keep his side in the game as Chicago clinched the win with two late field goals.
FINAL: The @ChicagoBears improve to 4-1! #DaBears #TBvsCHI (by @Lexus) pic.twitter.com/GDwdEunXeX
— NFL (@NFL) October 9, 2020
