If Brady falters in T.B?

[YouMightDieTryin]

You poke the goat in the button and the horns are going to come out.

Honestly though this a majority on TB. The INT where Evans stops was on Evans and miscommunication. But, the INT on the shoulder of Watson wasn't even close to where it should've been. A few other errant passes that were nowhere near the target. This falls on TB12. He has to clean it up and get better sync with his teammates. Edelman and White aren't there to bail him out anymore.

[Yarnith]

Brady has always been a system QB and Arians a marginal HC with a super aggressive system. At the end of the day Arians isn't good enough to hide Bradys flaws and Brady isn't good enough to overcome Arians poor decisions. Expect the turnovers to keep coming but the TD's will come up some too.

[Orenthal Shames]

Tampa isn't the well oiled *coached* machine that NE is. It's a weapons upgrade offensively, but the Bucs had a ton of penalties and were piss poor on special teams. New players and system aside, that alone is going to be a big adjustment for Brady.

[millworkguy]

What does Arians expect to gain by throwing TB under the bus publicly?

Fire him up a bit, competitive spirit?

[CL3VELANDBR0WNS]

I wouldn't panic. I do agree that Brees didn't look too good either but he's been a check down machine for years now.
Brady obviously has taken something off his throws too but I think both of these guys are top-15 options while no longer elite.
Keep in mind that Evans was basically out there as a decoy all game with a bum hamstring & I actually think Gronk is straight up done.... late career Jason Witten had more spring in his step. The defense basically had to key on just Godwin and the game was won right there.

[DynoScout]

You poke the goat in the button and the horns are going to come out.

Honestly though this a majority on TB. The INT where Evans stops was on Evans and miscommunication. But, the INT on the shoulder of Watson wasn't even close to where it should've been. A few other errant passes that were nowhere near the target. This falls on TB12. He has to clean it up and get better sync with his teammates. Edelman and White aren't there to bail him out anymore.

If I understood Arians' post-game comments well, the Evans pick was a miscommunication but the poor read was on Brady, not the other way around. Granted, maybe I misunderstood.

Watching live it looked like a coverage the receiver would sit down in, as opposed to run through. So I thought Evans did the right thing, and maybe that has me biased and listening for something after the game that wasn't actually said.

I had the game on mute and didn't listen to the broadcast, so don't know if they broke down the play in great detail. If they did I would assume Aikman put it on Evans, fwiw.

[ericanadian]

This was never a good fit as Brady has generally been heavily reliant on short, high efficiency passes to the slot, TE and RB. Arians likes the deep ball.

That said, this wouldnt be the first season where Brady looked average in the first game, only to turn it around down the stretch, so I wouldnt count him out yet.

Personally, this feels a lot like Philly trying to assemble a dream team in Andy Reid’s second to last season and I don’t envision it ending well regardless of whether or not Brady gets it together.

[steelman]

This was never a good fit as Brady has generally been heavily reliant on short, high efficiency passes to the slot, TE and RB. Arians likes the deep ball.

That said, this wouldnt be the first season where Brady looked average in the first game, only to turn it around down the stretch, so I wouldnt count him out yet.

Personally, this feels a lot like Philly trying to assemble a dream team in Andy Reid’s second to last season and I don’t envision it ending well regardless of whether or not Brady gets it together.

I agree that it's a terrible fit. Arians is extremely stubborn and it will be some time and possibly numerous losses before he even considers adjusting anything.

I think he's a very overrated coach.

[MucBuc]

FWIW, here's a breakdown of each of the 8 deep balls Brady threw in the game:
https://www.pewterreport.com/bradys-dee ... bucs-loss/

Seems like his arm is still good enough, so things should improve over the course of the season.

[Pac_Eddy]

This was never a good fit as Brady has generally been heavily reliant on short, high efficiency passes to the slot, TE and RB. Arians likes the deep ball.

That said, this wouldnt be the first season where Brady looked average in the first game, only to turn it around down the stretch, so I wouldnt count him out yet.

Personally, this feels a lot like Philly trying to assemble a dream team in Andy Reid’s second to last season and I don’t envision it ending well regardless of whether or not Brady gets it together.

I think Brady's tendency toward a short, high efficiency game is more due to the makeup of the Patriots roster. When he had a healthy Gronk & Randy Moss, it was bombs away. The Patriots have missed on many WR draft picks along the way, so I think it's Brady & Belichick adapting to the realities of their team.

This Tampa team has great receiving options, so I'd expect Arians to still get his way and have more shots downfield. The Saints have a great defense and Evans was playing hurt, so I wouldn't assume week 1 is the norm.

[Patsfan86]

I am just SOOOO happy this was a total disaster. Brady did a lot for the Pats but eff him now. He should have had the guts to stick it out and retire a Patriot, he had it great with Bill even if Bill is a jerk. I hope Brady fails miserably. Bill has always and will always be the guy. #bitter #CAM

[abloom]

I am just SOOOO happy this was a total disaster. Brady did a lot for the Pats but eff him now. He should have had the guts to stick it out and retire a Patriot, he had it great with Bill even if Bill is a jerk. I hope Brady fails miserably. Bill has always and will always be the guy. #bitter #CAM

You do realize now he's going to go out and score 4+ tds right?

[Patsfan86]

I am just SOOOO happy this was a total disaster. Brady did a lot for the Pats but eff him now. He should have had the guts to stick it out and retire a Patriot, he had it great with Bill even if Bill is a jerk. I hope Brady fails miserably. Bill has always and will always be the guy. #bitter #CAM

You do realize now he's going to go out and score 4+ tds right?

Who Cam? Definitely

[abloom]

I am just SOOOO happy this was a total disaster. Brady did a lot for the Pats but eff him now. He should have had the guts to stick it out and retire a Patriot, he had it great with Bill even if Bill is a jerk. I hope Brady fails miserably. Bill has always and will always be the guy. #bitter #CAM

You do realize now he's going to go out and score 4+ tds right?

Who Cam? Definitely

It's just getting worse and worse. Now Brady will score 4+ and cam score nothing... Thanks a lot...

[millworkguy]

#bitter

Gotta open the box, and ask why?

His contract was up, he went elsewhere.

Have you never left a job for a different opportunity? Does everyone you previously worked with get to run around telling you off, and how you left them?