Brady was everything that makes him great today. Smart with the ball; accurate; took sacks when protection broke down and no one was open; great long ball; etc. We still couldn’t run the ball. And had some drive killers with first and second down runs.
Defense did not look good. Must be better in the playoffs.
Yeah Brady is the man
Offensive line injuries and poor play calling has held him back in addition to going through a divorce
hes still got it and we are lucky to have him
while he needs talent around him, I’ll take it! We will not be relevant without him. Keep him as long as we can
We lose today without him, no doubt.
The offense can’t sustain drives and even the defense is not that great.
Still slim to none chance he’s back next year but I sure hope he is!
if not Tom I’d love Jackson or Carr.
Hes back if we win a superbowl
Brady was everything that makes him great today.
Yes he was.
Posters on here claiming his arm was washed. Lol.
#1 - 55 air yards perfect pass hitting Evans in stride
#2 - 50 air yards perfect pass hitting Evans in stride
#3 - 42 air yards perfect pass hitting Evans in stride
”bRaDy hAnDcUfFs tHe oFfEnSe”
Gronk actually came out and addressed rumors of him and Brady to San Fran and New England and he said what about returning to Tampa?
id say it’s probably 34% he’s back in Tampa, 33% retirement and 33% he plays for another team
It’s between Tampa San Fran and Miami to be honest
And the OL did well
Bowles was asked why Mike Evans blew up yesterday with over 200 yards and 3 touchdowns. Bowles said it was simple: the front line allowed Brady to throw deep.
“Well, he had more time to throw it a little more – he had some time to throw it,” Bowles said. “Mike had some time to get down the field and they connected.”
The line played well.
If you look at the first Evans TD, the Panthers defense right before 2:00 is rush 4 and should be to not let anyone get deep BUT the safety toward that side is nowhere and jumps down to Godwin underneath, I think. The backup CB plays like there’s no way Evans is going deep. Lol. Or I guess maybe like he thinks he has help over top.
So, great play call and execution by us but absolutely clueless situational defense.
IIRC, they also turn the ball over next series. They had a little bit of a meltdown. Kudos to the D.
About time Evans had an elite type game!
only took 17 weeks 😂
timing couldn’t be better single-handedly won me one of my fantasy leagues
Still slim to none chance he’s back next year but I sure hope he is!
if not Tom I’d love Jackson or Carr.
Do you want Carr's contract? Jackson is a FA (although the Ravens will either resign him or tag him) but would cost a lot of money. The Bucs are in a deep hole moneywise next season.
Brady broke this years tendency Sunday, which was get the ball out quick. Short-Intermediate because he did not trust his OL to hold up.
He stayed in the pocket longer because Wirfs was back, so he felt more comfortable. Leftwich also finally put on his thinking cap on and used TE/RB to help Smith out before releasing out for routes. Knowing those two variables you could see how calm Brady was. Looked like the Tom I've watched the past two years. We don't win this game without the play of this OL pass protection and Brady's arm.
Run game is still atrocious, I'm thinking it's a scheme thing more than talent issue though. There are teams in the NFL with less talent across their 5 man line-up but still able to generate good push from play to play. IMO, we're not playing to some of these guys strengths. Hainsley is more finesse/quick type but next to him has brute power guys and its not meshing at all. We need to run more ZBS to help the young players Leverett/Hainsley out because individually speaking they aren't walling their opposition.
I'd LOVE to see the amount of man-man blocking vs zbs blocking runs and output for this year. White would kill the ZBS style too. I know under Arians he has a variety of both schemes but in the past was primarily using man most of the time. And that works when you have 4-5 good players, we have 2 and 3 JAGS right now.
Evans further punching that ticket to Canton.
I know under Arians he has a variety of both schemes but in the past was primarily using man most of the time. And that works when you have 4-5 good players, we have 2 and 3 JAGS right now
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