Tom Brady's football genius on display as Bucs dump Eagles

No other tight end in NFL history has even 10.Brady and Gronk advancing in the playoffs — a tale as old as time.Now, happy Bucs fans and players were not a postgame guarantee. Quarterback Jalen Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni had turned the Eagles' season around, and the young starter was beginning to look like maybe — after a college career of not quite being The Guy — he could be Philly's Guy.The Bucs’ defense had some key players out, and Tampa Bay was also missing a few of Brady’s favorite offensive weapons. Remember, this was Brady’s first season of full-capacity stands in Tampa and the Bucs’ first true home playoff game since 2008 (which they lost). In the postgame news conference, Brady said the matchup "favored a running game with the wind, but we found a way to play well against a really good football team."Was that a slight dig at the run-heavy Eagles? Not that his winning isn’t impressive or notable; it just feels like there’s not much more to say about it.At one point during the game, the announcer in the Bucs’ press box said, "That’s Brady’s 84th touchdown in the playoffs, a record." It wasn’t that Brady had broken a record — he already had it, with a huge lead. On Sunday, the Bucs kept the Eagles far away from their end zone until garbage time and held Philly to 95 yards rushing.It was a very boring game with a very predictable outcome.The truth is that Tom Brady is an absolute football genius.