Breaking Down Tom Brady's First Press Conference as a Buccaneer | Bucs Insider

experience in this free agency time. So let's start with the coach and Jason part of it. You know, we hadn't gotten to hear from them since this whole thing went down, so I want to hear your thoughts on that you learned anything about the process of signing him in this Yeah, one thing that I thought was interesting was when they talked about what a priority that Tom

Brady became from them. You were here for the couple of months after the end of the season leading up to free agency, and you can recall I'm sure, um Bruce Arians saying we're gonna have a plan. We're just not necessarily gonna tell anybody that plan because you know,

what's the point strategically of that. So to find out and it's not obviously not a surprising piece of information, but to find out that when they realized that Tom Brady was a really a real possibility, that became point blank the number one offseason priority for both Bruce Arians and Jason light And and they got it done. So

that's exciting. And also another thing from their point of view on that, especially coaches, that him talking about how Tom Brady can do everything in this offense that he needs to get done. And um, that's an area that I know some people have question is is Tom Brady a good fit for Brutarian's offense? And you know, I've been of the opinion along that Bruce and Tom will easily work together to find the best way to utilize his talents and what Bruce does in his offense. So

I've never been particularly worried about it. But then you hear Tom Brady saying, Hey, to me, football is about throwing to the open guy. If that's the deep guy and that's where he's open, and this offense has made that happen, then that's where we're throwing. If it's a short guy fits outside that guy's the inside. Guys like you throw to the open guy and you put the ball in the hands of the guys will make the place. Yeah, that's how you know, is when it is that simple

for you. Yeah, it's easier to say for some people, it's not as easy to do. But obviously he is. He can do it right. So now looking at the Tom Brady part of the call, he had a chance to answer questions from several local media and media from all over the country, and that we're wanting to get in there. So what were some of the things that

stood out that you may be learned from that. I think everybody wanted Tom to come in and start making predictions and proclamations and we're gonna win six more Super Bowls and all that, and he he as, I don't think anybody would in that situation. Wasn't interested in making fictions. But what he returned to over and over again at least three or four times during that thirty something minute press conference was our conference call was I'm a team player.

I know what my responsibilities are gonna be. I'm gonna come in and do them to the best of my ability, and I'm gonna expect everybody else around me to do the same, because you can't have a great offense with one player. One great quarterback is not going to make a great offense. And he is a great quarterback. But he says everybody has to be on the same page and everybody has to be playing with confidence and anticipation.

And he returned to that a couple of times. So I think this harkens a little bit to some of the other things that Bruce and Jayson Moore saying, and that it's not just he's a great player, it's the leadership that he's going to bring to this team. And I think that was just kind of exuding out of

that conference call the entire thirty minutes. And overall, what do we feel like we have even seen about just the way everyone is responding to having him here, just the overall impact that he could make on this team to coach talk about and listening to Jason, listening to Tom Brady himself, what field did you get from this first conference call about just how this could look moving forward? Yeah, I know you've talked to some of the players and

they've been pretty uniformally excited about it. Right, Um, I think you get I think you have a quarterback that, despite all of his achievements, um is still driven to do more and to prove more, and he's starting a new chapter after twenty years and with one team. And by way, he's the first player in NFL history to spend twenty years with one team and then signed with

another team. Just twenty years of one team is pretty rare in itself, but then to move on to another team, that's a brand new challenge that I think probably really excites him. And we didn't have any other players on the call, but Bruce and Jason were obviously thrilled. That's pretty clear. The Tom Brady news has dominated the headlines, but there have been some other moves that have been

important to this Bucks team recently. One is an offensive lineman that's been signed, Joe Hay What do you know about him and the reason that they would want to bring him in? Well, what I know about Joe Hagan is that he spent four years in Indianapolis and I think he made about thirty seven starts during that time. He started at right tackle, he started at left tackle,

He's even started at right guard. We know through the years how much the coaches value that sort of versatility and to me profiles as at least at the very least prime Canada to be your swing tackle that can play on either side and he's your active tackle on game day. But considering the situation with Tamar Dotson yet resigned a free agent at the moment, that the right tackle position for the Buccaneers is wide open at the moment, and you'd have to consider that he's at least one

of the top candidates to battle for that job. And you know, sometimes you get a player from a team and I'll compare that to Shaq Barrett and I'm not making any great um uh predictions here or anything like he'll have the kind of break on season and Shack Barrett died. But sometimes you get a player from a team who was on a unit that was just really, really good, and so you might also be very good, but there's just not as many opportunities for you there.

And in Indianapolis is widely believed to have the best offensive line in the games, especially after they resigned Anthe Costanzo to so to get one of those guys and maybe give them a bigger opportunity again, it could be the same sort of situator, and then we know that Tom Brady is a big fan of Titans, so I wanted to spank about what that position could look like. Here. We've talked a lot about Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and and how great that would be for Tom Brady.

But what do we know about who the Titans will be for this team next season? And some news about who we have and have not recited yet. Yeah, that's a good question because during that conference call with Tom Brady, he he started listing off some of the guys he's excited about playing with, And of course he started with Chris and Mike, but he's like an O J and Cam and so o J. Howard. Uh. You know, he didn't have the season that anybody expected last year in

Bruce arians the first year here. But you heard Jason Light at the Combines say we have a plan for o J in our offense, you know. So there's obviously there's been trade rumors about him, but I know they believe they can use him well and maybe with Tom Brady that will work even better. Um. You also had Tanner Hudson who was going to be an exclusive rights free agent, and Antonio Claire who was going to be

a restrictive free agent. They both kind of just skipped that step and signed a new one year deal with The Buccaneers have Antonio Claire, who Bruce Arians has said is a very good blocking tight end. You saw Tanner Hudson in the preseason last year show incredible hands. I think Mike Evans at one point last year said Tanner's got the best hands on the team, and then a plaies, well except for me, Tanner's got the best on the team. Uh. And so you've got a lot of intriguing different types

of town there. You also still have Cam Braid and you know, there was a point in Cam's contract a couple of days ago in which um there was a large part of his two thousand twenty salary that was going to be guaranteed. And so it was a key date in finding out if Cam would be back, which I'm sure you agree with me, we were really hoping

he would be. UM. Now, team doesn't always announce things like this, but there's certainly have been some reports of him getting a restructured contract, which is probably why he's still on the roster now. And I think that's just fantastic news. So the tight end position as a whole, when you talk about those guys were signing and Cam still being around and the team having a plan for O J and oh yeah, tom Brady's in town now to get in the football, I think it's really exciting

time for that position. I completely agree. All right, well, that's gonna do it for us on this edition of Buccaneers Insider presented by Miller Lite. Thanks so much for watching. Make sure you stay tuned to Buccaneers dot com for all the continued coverage of tom Brady's arrival and all the rest of the free agency news that is going to continue to trickle out. We'll see it then,