Father Time will have to keep on waiting. Tom Brady decided to put his retirement on hold to run things back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a third consecutive season, the 23rd in his career.
Brady, 45, feels like hehas unfinished business with the Bucs, whom he led to a Super Bowl triumph in 2021. But even with the star signal-callercoming back, thefranchise still went through significant changes this offseason.
In addition to Todd Bowles being promoted to head coachafterBruce Ariansā retirement, the Bucsā offensive line will look different this years. Many things have been said about the new OL, which is why Brady expects his teammates to use it as motivation to prove their doubters wrong.
Tom Brady requests Bucs OL to prove haters wrong
āI hope they take it to heart, all the things that people have said about them, which has not always been the most flattering things,ā Brady said in his Letās Go Podcast, via Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports.
āBut like all of us, we have to go out there and earn it and either prove them right or prove them wrong. ā¦ I think Iāve always used little different [criticisms] as motivation for me. Iām a really motivated person, but it always helps when someone says something thatās not flattering.
āItās going to be a challenge. Weāve got Shaq Mason, who I love to death. Iāve played with him a long time, I know what heās all about. Robert Hainsey, he earned the respect of his teammates with his work ethic and him showing up every day last year. ā¦ Heās going to step in and try to do a good job. And weāve got a left guard who is battling every day. Luke [Goedeke] has done a great job for us in training camp. We drafted him to come in here and play. Weāll see if he can get in there and be prepared to do a great job.ā
Brady means what heās saying, he didnāt come back for nothing.He looks happy to be back on the gridiron, but itās also clear that heās intrigued by the idea of spending more time off it. Therefore, we can only expect him to demand the best from his teammates.
