Brady swayed Belichick on call to go for game-clinching field goal

New NFL Films footage shows it wasn't Bill Belichick's decision alone to kick a 41-yard field goal rather than go for it on fourth-and-inches late in Super Bowl LIII.

The New England Patriots led 10-3 with 1:16 left in the game and had the ball at the Los Angeles Rams' 24-yard line. The Patriots could've run a play to earn a first down and run out the rest of the clock, and with Tom Brady's penchant for quarterback sneaks, that seemed to be the obvious call.

Brady, however, had different ideas.

"Why don't we just kick of the FG? 40-yarder. Game's over." - TB12#SBLIII #NFLMicdUp (via @nflfilms) pic.twitter.com/V5oSXqX869

- NFL (@NFL) February 7, 2019

"Why don't we just kick the field goal," Brady suggested to Belichick. "It's a 40-yarder. The game's over."

Kicker Stephen Gostkowski snuck the ball just inside the upright to make it a two-possession game and the Patriots didn't allow another point the rest of the way.

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