From Florio: On Thursday, Brady was asked whether he’s comfortable with where he and Gronk are at together, in the Tampa Bay offense.
“Well, I think we all have a lot of things we’ve got to [work on],” Brady said. “We’re going to be improving from the time we started until the time we finish the season. I don’t think we can be discouraged by certain things. Some weeks it’s going to be some guy’s week. Other weeks it’s going to be other guys’ weeks. Everyone is working hard at practice to try to find their spot [and] their role.
“We’ve got to figure out what works, what combinations work, what we do well or what we don’t do well. That’s just part of the season. You wish everything would be perfect, but that’s just not the reality of football. There are too many things to orchestrate. There are too many moving parts. You’ve just got to figure out ways to win games. It starts with eliminating negative plays, turnovers [and] penalties and putting ourselves in good situations to score points. In the end, it’s got to be scoring more points than the other team. If our defense gives up 40, we’ve got to score more than that. If they only give up three, we’ve got to score more than that. You ebb and flow as the season goes. Some weeks the defense plays better, some weeks the offense plays better [and] some weeks you get contributions on special teams. Either way, we’ve got to figure out how to win the games when the opportunities present themselves to make them happen — we’ve got to be able to do it.”
That’s a lot of words that ultimately say nothing about the lack of balls thrown to Gronkowski...
Thanks, Brady, for that inside scoop that you have to score more points than the other team to win. That was some keen insight from the veteran QB. But more importantly is the fact that when somebody says its going to take time to gel, that's not just a made up excuse for less than optimal play. Brady is saying it, and if he says it I believe it. They are still figuring things out.
Bucs fans don't want to hear that, because Brady has a small window of time to get things done. So hopefully they can get it figured out soon, because after the Broncos they have the Chargers, Bears, Packers and Raiders. None of those are easy games. In fact, there just aren't any easy games period. So figure it out pronto guys.
