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. 

Goodbye Tom

The Superbowl between the Patriots and the Bears, I don't remember a lot of. I was like 5. The Patriots played bad,  I remember Grogan getting sacked, the team playing bad. The Bears running up the score and a lot of people seemed to have a lot of Bears gear for non bears fans.

I thought football on TV was boring. Always the same teams. Houston, Buffalo, Miami, NYG, Detriot, SF, and later the Cowboys. My father was a Niners & Oilers fan. I lived in western New York, I didn't see much of the Patriots unless they were playing Buffalo. In 1990 while everyone was jumping on the Bills, I thought The Patriots had a cool helmet. They sucked but were red white & Blue, and I found them, Along with 5 other teams. Football cards taught me some of the players.

Thankfully, tecmo superbowl in 1991 made me like football. While I always wanted the raiders or 49ers due to game design. But I had to play with The Patriots more than once due to house rules. The team had no offense but the defense saved me more than once. The team still was barely on tv.

By 1993, I had narrowed it down to two teams. The Patriots with their cool new blue jerseys, crappy silver helmet and side view of Patriot Pat. I liked Drew and was excited The former Giants Coach was taking over. The other team I liked was the Bears. The monsters of the Midway. Led by Jim Harbaugh and followed by Steve Walsh.

In 1994 Bledsoe threw for 70 Passss and I thought that was amazing. He was going to be better than Marino. The Bears choose Kramer over Walsh by the end of the 94 season and they were no longer the Monsters of the Midway. I was down to one team. Although I was hoping for a superbowl rematch.

Years go bye and Bledsoe get Hurt and loses his job to some nobody who is just having a hot flash. AFC championship comes and Bledsoe comes in and throws a TD. Yes, Bledsoe is back and will do what he should've done vs Greenbay. That young punk comes out in the second half, then goes on to lead a great drive in the superbowl victory. 

Since then, life gets stressful and it's Tom Brady on sunday to the rescue. I forgave him for stealing Bledsoe's job. Any time the Patriots had the Ball with a minute left, hell 40 seconds, I thought Brady was gonna get the Win. Tom was that freaking good. They say over the Past two years Tom was in decline. Only at not making depth talent stars. 

Brady is now a Buccaneer. There is enough breadcrumbs left in 2019 that I cannot be mad at Belichick or the Patriots. See my article "Now under center, the next man up" for details. I respect the GOAT. He can win another Conference championship but I cannot wish him another superbowl. I have now seen the end of three Era's in New England. While I wanted Hurts to be the Heir, I now hope this is the Stidham Era. Good Luck Tom and thank you. Thank you for the memories, and thank you for making my adult life that much easier.

Ranking the NCAA QBs after the 2019 season, Pre decloration.

I have little Idea at the moment who is making themselves eligible for the 2020 NFL draft. I did a top 25 non offensive line , offense ranking on who I thought would be good fits in New England. After the season I compiled a list of Quarterbacks and took the few remaining from my pre 2019 season list and compiled and ranked 40 quarterbacks who I think will be good. Since I am a Patriots fan I rated where I thought Jarrett Stidham would be. Stidham on my list coming out of college would be 21.5 out of 40. Perry from Navy is too talented to leave off this list, and earned it more for his legs, than Arm.

Some of My Criteria is 2 years of starting or a previous year with near 200 attempts. Quarterbacks had to have a decent competition percentage in 2019, with exception to like 3 players who were added after the list was compiled because they were on my pre 2019 top 25. Remember stats don't tell everything, so my list might not be statistically the way others rank their boards. I like to think my ranking is more analytical. There are people on the list that are or will be considered busts. For me Joe Burrow had a good 2019 but looks like a future bust.

1) J. Hurts OLK
2) J. Burrow LSU
3) T. Tagovailoa ALA
4) T. Huntley Utah
5) J. Herbert Oregon
6) C. Brewer Baylor
7) I. Book ND
8) S. Ehlinger TEX
9) B. Perkins VIR
10) B. White MEM
11) C. McDonald HAW
12) B. Purdy ISU
13) Z. Thomas APP
14) J. Luton ORST
15) M. Perry Navy
16) C. Garbers CAL
17) C. Robertson FAU
18) S. Buechele SMU
19) J. Fromm UGA
20) M. Fine UNT
21) D. Ellington GAST
22) J. Love SJSU
23) K. Bryant MIZ
24) J. Eason WAS
25) J. Smith LAT
26) K.J. Costello Stan
27) C. Evan's ULM
28) P. Ramsey IND
29) T. Storey WKU
30) N. Stanley IOWA
31) K. Mond TA&M
32) S. Montez COLO
33) K. Tate ARIZ
34) J. Abraham S.MISS
35) J. Blackmon FSU
36) F. Franks FLO
37) R. Agnew SDSU
38) J. Love USU
39) K. Pickett Pitt
40) J. Adkins MNSU

The good thing about my list is for every player that stays in college or doesn't go to the NFL, Everyone else moves up by one on my board. Feel free to let me know who's staying in college in the comments.