With just over two minutes left, Tom Brady was poised to lead the New England Patriots to yet another game-winning Super Bowl drive. However, Brandon Graham and the Philadelphia Eagles had other ideas. Graham got a strip-sack on Brady and the Eagles recovered the fumble, effectively ending the Patriots’ chances of coming back.

After the game, Brady gave it up to the Eagles defense for making such a timely play.

“They made a good play,” Brady said per ProFootballTalk’s Charean Williams. “They made a good play. They made one good play at the right time.”

The Eagles front’s ability to get pressure on Brady was one of the big factors heading into the Super Bowl. However, things didn’t go exactly according to plan for them. Brady had avoided getting sacked a single time up until that play by Graham.

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With a clean pocket to work with for most of the night, Brady had his way against an Eagles defense which was among the very best in the league. He finished with 505 yards passing and three passing touchdowns, which should’ve been enough to beat most teams.

But despite the Eagles defense's problems stopping Brady, they eventually came through and made a play right when they needed to the most. And unfortunately for Brady, his defense couldn’t come up with a similar play all night long. They struggled to contain Nick Foles and the Eagles offense, which racked up 41 points and 538 total yards.

It took some time and a record number of total yards in a Super Bowl, but defense helped win a championship once again.