What a half of football.

What an end to a half of football.

Time answers to no man - unless that man is 43-year-old Tom Brady.

A simply sensational first period from the Bucs quarterback ends with a stunning pass to Scotty Miller and Tampa have an 11-point lead. Work for Green Bay to do in the second half.

Sean Murphy-Bunting's questionable interception gives the Buccaneers the ball at midfield but Tom Brady is almost picked off by Will Redmond.

He drops it and the Bucs are going for it on fourth down and 3 with 13 seconds of the half remaining.

They need a completion and then a time-out before possibly kicking a long-range field goal...

No, we're not.

Aaron Rodgers tries to find Allen Lazard again but Sean Murphy-Bunting is there first and intercepts.

Tampa are fortunate the play is not reviewable as the cornerback was holding Lazard before picking that ball off. He got away with one there.

Back from the two-minute warning and a Jamaal Williams run is stopped short, leaving the Packers on third down and six.

It looks a tough spot but Tampa Bay's defense goes to sleep, leaving Allen Lazard free in the middle of the pitch.

Aaron Rodgers finds him but is then sacked on the next play with just 32 seconds left.

We're going to see a Rodgers Hail Mary attempt, aren't we?

Apologies if I've missed it but I don't recall a penalty flag being thrown by the officials thus far. That must be some sort of record if I'm right?!

It's been a really fast-flowing game.

Tom Brady proves he's not faultless on third down with an incomplete pass, forcing the Buccaneers to punt.

Green Bay have the ball with just over two minutes of the half to go - prime Aaron Rodgers territory.

Tom Brady is on fire on third down tonight.

He floats a pass to a wide-open Chris Godwin to keep another Bucs drive going right on midfield with three minutes of the first half remaining.

Field goal - Packerspublished at 21:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2021

21:06 GMT 24 January 2021

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14-10 Green Bay Packers

Davante Adams makes it a hat-trick of near misses on successive plays.

After dropping a difficult catch on first and goal, he sees a pass to him batted down on second and goal - and then Adams hauls in a Rodgers pass on third down but cannot keep his feet in bounds in the endzone.

The Packers have to settle for a 24-yard Mason Crosby field goal to cut the deficit to four.

Davante Adams is unable to catch an Aaron Rodgers throw that is slightly behind him that would have levelled the scores.

Linebacker Lavonte David then bats down another attempted Rodgers pass to Adams and it's third down...

Another narrow escape for the Packers as running back Aaron Jones fumbles while being tackled but alert Green Bay receiver Robert Tonyan falls on the ball.

Green Bay have turned the ball over fewer than any other team in the NFL this season but they were fortunate they did not add to that tally there.

Jones follows up with a couple of determined runs and the hosts are six yards from the Tampa line.

This is shaping up to be some shoot-out.

Aaron Rodgers finds Marquez Valdez-Scantling before decent runs from Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones get Green Bay into Tampa's 30.

The Buccaneers had the best defense in the NFL against the run during the regular season, conceding just 80.9 yards per game, but the Packers are getting their rushing game going.

A bit of a let-off for the Packers as the Tampa kick-off brushes the endzone line which means they start on their 25-yard line.

Kick-off returner Jamaal Williams had been unsure if it had touched and tried to run out, only to get tackled a few yards from his line.

But Green Bay challenged and won the ruling.

Jason Bell
Former NFL cornerback for the Houston Texans on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

This is what we wanted to see. We know these guys at any moment could make huge plays. It's a cat and mouse game with the defences.

If you can cut the head off the snake the body dies and that's what they are trying to do. But haven't been able to.

So much to admire in those two plays.

Chris Godwin's catch, Tom Brady's arm (at 43, how can he still throw like that?) and a superb swivel move on Leonard Fournette's touchdown-scoring run that left a Packers defender on his backside.

A massive 55-yard pass from Tom Brady to Chris Godwin has Tampa threatening again.

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All about Steve: Brady putting down a marker already with a great first drive. Green Bay will have to bring their A-game in all departments if they're going to win this one. Could be a CLASSIC.

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Aaron Rodgers follows that pass up with another to Davante Adams and Green Bay are almost at midfield as the first quarter ends.

That was some turnaround in the space of a minute.