Tedy Bruschi warns Buccaneers before Tom Brady's first Season in Tampa

Tom Brady is the "G.O.A.T." but don't expect him to do all the work, Tedy Bruschi told everyone associated with the Buccaneers organization.

“They need to get over Brady-watching. Because they get to the sideline and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘It’s OK, Tom will b ail us out.’ That’s what I call Brady-watching,” Bruschi said.

Bruschi offered the following advice to his long time quarterback's new family.

“I’ll say this right now,” Bruschi said. “If those players see him as that four-letter word, they better get over it. The four-letter word is a word I will not use to describe him. It’s that farm animal, it starts with G. I don’t do that. Because that’s almost like putting him on a pedestal. It’s like, dude, you’re still the same guy I intercepted in practice and took 20 bucks from. Come on, now. “That’s my one advice to his teammates right now. He is on a level plane as you, because he’s gonna make mistakes, but he’s also gonna make you better. And it can’t be done without you. Don’t look to him to do it. Our teams never did.”

Bruschi knows the pre-GOAT, Tom Brady said Marty Fenn of Clutch Point. 

"The former New England Patriots linebacker was part of a dominant Pats defense that helped drive the team’s success long before Brady began to cement his status as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history." wrote Marty Fenn.

Anyone who watched the last two seasons of Brady's career, knows that he can no longer carry a team on his back or elevate the players around him.  Add to that Brady's unwillingness to throw to people who have dropped a pass or misread a defense when deciding a route.

The Buccaneers are favored to win the superbowl but it will take a lot of work. Tom Brady will expect all work and no play, and anyone looking to have fun around Brady better be prepared to wait until February. Tom Brady will not except anything less. If anyone in the Buccaneers organization has an issue with that, this could be a long season for them. 

Tom Brady must also be prepared for a mutiny and may regret going to a new environment, where his work level and level of expectation is not shared by the coaching staff or owner. Disfunction starts at the top. There's a reason why the Buccaneers haven't been to the Superbowl since they had Gruden, and it's not because of Jameis Winston.