Brady And Jameis
October 7th, 2017
Patriots QB Tom Brady talks America after Thursday’s game.
The admiration of the great Tom Brady by America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, is hardly a secret.
Jameis believes Brady to be one step short of a football god. The ultimate quarterback. Even when he spoke at the combine coming out of college, Jameis proudly boasted he wanted to be great like Brady.
Jameis often cites Brady as the standard of quarterbacks; it’s a borderline obsession that he strives to be Brady. Hey, Jameis believes, if it is good enough for Brady, then it is good enough for me.
When Jameis was a rookie, there was a former Patriots cornerback, Stephon Morris, who the Bucs were giving a tryout. At lunch, Jameis found out Morris was with the Patriots and Jameis, Morris told Joe, sat down with him and picked his brain for 20 minutes asking him everything about Brady: What he does at practice, how he works at his craft, you name it.
So after the kick-in-the-groin loss to the Patriots Thursday night, Joe asked the great Brady what his reaction was when a young quarterback like Jameis, who came into the league with a bursting resume and who already has an NFL record, fawns over him. Brady seemed to hint he looks up to Jameis in a way.
“I feel that same way about a lot of younger players too,” Brady said. “I watch those guys and try to learn from them. I was young and I learned from the older guys and now that I’m older I’m trying to learn from the young guys, it’s just the way it goes. He [Jameis Winston] is a great young player and he obviously led the team back tonight and they were very close. I got a chance to say hi to him before the game but he’s got a great future.”
And the two quarterbacks met again after both had their respective press conferences following the game.
One thing Joe remembers from interviewing Morris three years ago was that he told Jameis if he wanted to be like Brady, he had to be absolutely razor-sharp precise in his passes.
Wise words.
October 7th, 2017 at 1:35 pm
Joe, nice use of a line from the 1960 classic movie “Inherit The Wind”
October 7th, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Hopefully one day very soon Jaboo…….
October 7th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Brady…hits his passes
October 7th, 2017 at 2:05 pm
AE- what you said.
October 7th, 2017 at 2:21 pm
Jaboo, needs to stop admiring other players and make a name for himself.
October 7th, 2017 at 2:25 pm
Brady wouldn’t have his first 2 rings if not for Adam Vinatieri.
If Folk hits 2 of his FG’s we won. If Evan Smith didn’t get called for hands to the face we probably won. If Cam Brate doesn’t drop a perfectly thrown pass for a touch down, we most likely would have won.
Jameis is already the best QB we’ve ever had by a long shot. Yes, he needs to improve many aspects of his game, and become more consistent.
But some of y’all seem to forget that field goal drives are scoring drives as well. And professional Kickers are payed to make it through the uprights. Especially when it’s less than 50 yards.
Get Jameis a real Kicker and we will win 95% of the close games we play.
October 7th, 2017 at 3:13 pm
I use to dislike Brady because he was so good. But I really admire the guy a few yrs removed because of how he surgically plays the game. he sees the field, probably studies his oppenent like prey, and is pinpoint accurate. Jameis might get there..But he’s got a ways to go. I mean, when a QB takes one receiver in a game and beats you consistently..and you, can do absolutely nothing about it, that speaks volumes about Brady. I want to see Jameis calm down at the beginning of games. I’m starting to think he gets to emotionally fired up before he takes the field. Sometimes he settles down just a tad..to late. Hopefully, he overcomes this with time.
October 7th, 2017 at 3:14 pm
Why admire the opposition? Your job is to beat them
October 7th, 2017 at 3:20 pm
I admire GREATNESS..Period. Thats how one learns. Hell, I admire your comment here LakeLand. Even though YOu cannot appreciate that!!
October 7th, 2017 at 3:24 pm
3rd year guys stop freaking out Brady wasn’t good until year 6 look it up
October 7th, 2017 at 3:44 pm
Sounds good to me. He should pick up all information you can get from someone like Brady
What’s wrong with some of you? Saying he should not admire Brady or the opposition?
It’s called respect, It doesn’t mean he’s not trying to beat his asss.
Sapp respected the heck out of Farve, still tried hitting him every play
October 7th, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Seriously, that attitude makes it clear you guys are McCoy haters. You think because football players are hitting each they should have this intense hatred. Doesn’t work like that. They’re all from the same colleges and sometimes ex teammates. It’s a small fraternity. There’s a lot of respect.
Do you think DB 55 was any good? He wasn’t exactly a mean nasty guy and showed respect to many.
Basically it’s not a problem. You can Winston wants to win intensely
October 7th, 2017 at 3:51 pm
Great posts above! Agree completely with what you said.
Lakeland, when you play the greatest QB to ever play the game one needs to appreciate it. It’s like getting to watch a comet pass, or watching Michael Jordan play basketball in the 90’s. Some things are amazing, and should be appreciated.
October 7th, 2017 at 3:51 pm
It’s better to play with a clear mind like Jameis has and not one of jealousy. I’m pretty sure Kobe Bryant didn’t ignore Jordan while sharing the same court . Kobe probably picked jordans brain when he had the chance in the middle of the game let alone after it
October 7th, 2017 at 3:52 pm
^@Mike Johnson, great posts!
October 7th, 2017 at 3:54 pm
Sapp wanted to break Brett Favre’s neck on Sundays but Sapp admired the hell out of him. Still does.
October 7th, 2017 at 4:30 pm
considering Brady has more super bowl appearances than the bucs have playoff wins Brady is a great guy to admire. Obviously, jameis has to go outside the organization to learn about winning considering the veteran captains here have no experience winning or clue how to win.
October 7th, 2017 at 4:32 pm
Dave
mccoy is a good player but a horrible leader and a career loser who does not know how to win or finish. Ole softee is just not a winner and the record proves it.
October 7th, 2017 at 4:53 pm
I hate Brady!
Actually, TB is awesome! I wish I could hate him, but I just can’t….he’s just so damn good at what he does! Guess I just hope that Jameis can be that good some day.
October 7th, 2017 at 5:08 pm
Blake, Brady nor Vinatieri would have those rings without that Defense. Let’s keep things in proper perspective.
October 7th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
“Guess I just hope that Jameis can be that good some day.”
Jeagan…. not going happen. Not even close.
October 7th, 2017 at 5:28 pm
Brady is a system qb. He wouldn’t be 5-time champ without Belichick. Put him in any other offense especially Koetter’s and he’d be mediocre at best. Just ask Matt Ryan
October 7th, 2017 at 5:30 pm
87, are you starting to turn on Winston? Say it ain’t so!
October 7th, 2017 at 5:43 pm
BuccaneEric75…nope just ain’t gonna be no Brady. To me Brady IS the GOAT.
Winston will win his SB’s. Yes I said Bowls.
He’ll also win them here with Tampa. Probably do it with the same accuracy he has now too.
Hell no I ain’t worried about JW. It’s the same clowns as it’s always been since we drafted him anyways. Can’t expect it to change. Actually it does change when he has a good game. You don’t see or hear a peep from them as if it never happened.
October 7th, 2017 at 8:12 pm
Everything Mike Johnson said in his first post is SPOT FOIKING ON!!
“he sees the field, probably studies his oppenent like prey, and is pinpoint accurate”..
Brady has built in scopes in his eyeballs..the way he scans that field..it’s a thing to admire..
Jameis needs to retrain his eyes…he’s had good protection, enough time for a good scan..
October 8th, 2017 at 3:48 am
Jameis will be the greatest QB in the history of the franchise, but I doubt he will ever be accurate or consistent enough to qualify as “elite”. Mike Evans is elite. Jameis is not. He has a decent OL and he has the weapons. He misses open receivers and throws behind his guys way too often. Favre threw a lot of interceptions, but he could hit his receivers in stride. Jameis rarely does that. I love his attitude and work ethic, but he’s not correcting his mistakes. Three interceptions in a game is not acceptable. Three quarters of mediocre football is not acceptable. Two TDS against one of the worst defenses in the NFL is not acceptable.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:59 am
Joe you might want to repost Blake !! He seems to have watched the same game we played !! Pretty spot on!!! Blake is a real fan !! Not a bandwagon kind !!!
October 9th, 2017 at 7:59 am
Blake_Bucsfan, I admire your optimism, man. It’s true that Winston is the best talent at QB the Bucs have ever had. It’s also sad, because Winston is still not good enough, and there are signs that he may not improve much on that any time soon.
October 9th, 2017 at 9:28 am
Blake_Bucsfan Says:
October 7th, 2017 at 2:25 pm
Brady wouldn’t have his first 2 rings if not for Adam Vinatieri.
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You mean he wouldn’t have his rings if not for a kicker doing his job? Yes, Vinatieri played a huge role in the first two rings Brady has… but if not for Brady, the Pats wouldn’t have even been close to getting those rings. If not for the Tuck Rule, Brady wouldn’t have ring one, if not for any other reason there goes ring two.
October 9th, 2017 at 9:33 am
Buc1987 Says:
October 7th, 2017 at 5:43 pm
Winston will win his SB’s. Yes I said Bowls.
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No, you didn’t. You said “SB’s”. That could be anything. Snowballs, Sitting Bulls, sleaze balls, etc, etc, etc.