Tom Brady didnât have the retirement he expectedto. He had an awful 2022 and was eliminated by the Dallas Cowboys in theSuper Wild Card round. Now, Bruce Arians, Senior advisor of theTampa Bay Buccaneers, has confessed why the quarterback really failed in his last seasonin the NFL.
If thereâssomeone in theBuccaneers who knows Tom Brady thatâs Bruce Arians. His former head coachhad the opportunity to be close to the quarterback in his last seasonsand got the best of him in 2020.
Unfortunately, thingsdidnât really work outin 2022 for the Bucs. Bradyreturned last year to play his 23rd season, butTampa Bay didnât perform very well and were eliminatedsooner than expected.
Bruce Arians gets real on why Tom Bradydidnât succeed in his last season
In 2020, Bruce Arians was the head coach of the Buccaneers. He asked the teamâs front office to hire Tom Brady and the quarterback was convincedhe was arriving to the best place possible.
It didnât take too long for this partnership to work. In his first season at Tampa, Brady managed to lead the team to the Super Bowl LV, where the Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs with a 31-9 score.
Unfortunately, his upcoming years were not so good. In 2022, Tom decided to put an end on his careerafter 23 seasons after a very bad campaign. However, Bruce Arians thinks thereâs an unknownreason why the quarterback failed in his last year.
âTom wasnât himself, you know, with all the things that were going on,â Arianssaid during an appearance on âThe Rich Eisen Show,â per the Joe Bucs Fan website. âAnd I got to give him all the credit in the world for battling through what he went through last year for his teammates. I think the world of him but it wasnât the real Tom Brady out there.â
In the beginning of 2022, Brady had a first attempt to retire, but he decided to return for one more season. According to reports, this was the main reason why Gisele Bundchen, his former wife, decided to divorce him. That is the main reason why Arians thinks Brady couldnât be at his best last year.
