Tom Brady & The Preseason
May 28th, 2020
We’re just 78 days from the Buccaneers’ preseason opener and Joe cannot wait!
The Game 1 kickoff of preseason is always a highlight (one that typically ends a few minutes before halftime).
The Bucs open at Pittsburgh on Friday, August 14, but will that be Tom Brady’s debut?
Brady only played in Game 3 of the preseason last year, but he has played in Weeks 1 and 2 in recent years.
Certainly, the Bucs offense could use the work and the jelling time after lost spring practices. However, Brady playing in Pittsburgh behind a rusty offensive line is a great way to get Brady maimed.
Hall of Fame personnel man Gil Brandt talked about Brady playing — or not playing — in preseason this week on SiriusXM NFL Radio.
Brandt was confident that fans really don’t get the incredible intricacies and timing required for an effective passing game. The practice and preseason time is vital, Brandt explained. The Godfather of modern scouting and the architect of the old Cowboys dynasty spoke of how Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry used to have dedicated “passing camp” for his team after the NFL Draft to further improve the coordination of the aerial attack. Ultimately, Brandt isn’t sure how the Bucs will proceed in preseason.
Joe wonders how cautious the Bucs will be. They should be very cautious no matter what Brady wants to do in August. Still, Joe will predict Brady plays in Week 1 of the preseason, maybe one series and/or three passing attempts.
Joe’s glad the Bucs have joint practices lined up with the Jaguars before Week 2 of the preseason. That should get Brady all the work he needs that week without getting hit.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:08 am
Maybe Blaine Gabbert can win the Super Bowl if Brady wears out or gets injured.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:10 am
Did Brandt tell you he passed on Joe Montana to draft TE Doug Cosbie? lol
May 28th, 2020 at 10:12 am
Preseason always scares me. Too good a chance of needless injuries.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:13 am
Too bad “The Whisperer” couldn’t get off his golf cart and help sure up the game of the 26 year old, NFL leading passer who also brought five years of chemistry and continuity with him.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:17 am
Joe – A good point about this upcoming balancing act. Getting folks in sync vs. injury risks. Got to do some “risk its”.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:17 am
This pre season/season probably will be different….Need to find a balance….Bucs will need a lot of time together to find synchronicity , chemistry and also be carefull on injuries….Practice together for teams that are all in on this year is gold…….But at the same time we can´t get the QB injured….. Will be interesting that´s for sure!!!!
May 28th, 2020 at 10:20 am
Brady will likely play…….and needs to…….the protection needs to be there for him in every game pre-season or not.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:26 am
Clean house guess what the Bucs have been doing lately. They’ve been actually cleaning house. And it’s great you know plucking weeds tidying up the garden.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:31 am
They are doing joint practices with the Jags, which will get Brady into running plays real time against opponents and still keep him from getting hit. His experience at game speed is off the charts. He can take no-name receivers off the street literally and turn them into millionaires within two years.
I see him playing half the game for Game 3 and that’s it. He doesn’t need to be at the helm for the first crossing of our new “Ship of Dreams.” Too much risk.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:42 am
Clean House Says:
May 28th, 2020 at 10:13 am
Too bad “The Whisperer” couldn’t get off his golf cart and help sure up the game of the 26 year old, NFL leading passer who also brought five years of chemistry and continuity with him.
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You mean the one now that may be a third string QB?
May 28th, 2020 at 10:51 am
Brady needs the work to be in sync with the receivers. He has to play at least one drive of game speed. He cannot not play because of fear of getting hit, you can’t run a franchise like that. Anyways, I think he will be the first one to say…I’m playing.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:53 am
I mean he’s a QB whisperer not a miracle worker!!!
May 28th, 2020 at 10:54 am
So Clean House said he was done here. But he could not stay away. Guess the Gold and Black site did not put out 15 articles a day on Jameis so he came back!
May 28th, 2020 at 11:11 am
3rd string because the propoganda master delegation King was too lazy to do his job and commit to the kid, help him work out the kinks. BS and Licht both trying to save their own arse is their first and only priority. Now we get the Patriot leftovers.
NFL is a bunch of followers, and now the conventional wisdom is that if the self proclaimed whisper couldn’t right the JW ship, then there is no hope. This is a lemming league of front office followers with a fickle dumb media that likes whatever is the hot topic. They love to pile on the bandwagons, and JW’s stock is down…
The truth is that his agent sucks, and failed to control the narrative and JW is too busy trying to portray himself as mister nice guy.
Glazers sign off because they are selling merch now and crush the press cycle, which builds their franchise value.
Arians is not in development mode. He has no time or energy left to whisper. Hence him betting he’s gonna fix all his problems with Brady. I totally get his thinking. He’s in F it mode- no risk it mode- might as well take a calculated gamble that Brady has what it takes in a short window… and maybe he does…
I would enjoy seeing it-
I just wouldn’t bet on this all in short term solution.
I’ll be first to say I’m wrong when TB takes the Bucs to the promise land, but I’m not buying the bandwagon hype.
We may be the Browns of last year, Media darlings for all of these buffoon talking heads.
Clean House means get rid of Licht and BS
Never was about JW who I thought was definitely a franchise QB with a long road ahead of him.
I think it was the wrong move and I stand by it.
May 28th, 2020 at 11:17 am
Once a troll, always a troll.
May 28th, 2020 at 12:00 pm
All teams are going to have to whittle down their rosters, and they don’t have the usual luxury of OTAs and minicamp to evaluate their undrafted FAs. So, I believe many of the starters will get much less playing time in preseason than usual, and the camp meat will fill the void. I’m sure BA and staff will try to implement a unique training camp to get the team to gel. Unfortunately, some of the draft picks and most of the UFAs won’t get the normal evaluation they would have if we weren’t dealing with this “sickness.” However, at least it appears we will a have a season. I didn’t think it would happen, so I’m a happy camper.
May 28th, 2020 at 12:31 pm
Has anyone seen the pup? Hmmmm wonder who this new clean house guy is.
May 28th, 2020 at 12:44 pm
Since I’m “teleworking” and can’t take too much time catching up on my Bucs I want to give a shout out to Clean House (NDOG)! Thanks for the opportunity be more efficient by skipping over your narcissistic BS posts, especially the book you just wrote.
May 28th, 2020 at 12:48 pm
Clean House Says:
May 28th, 2020 at 10:13 am
Too bad “The Whisperer” couldn’t get off his golf cart and help sure up the game of the 26 year old, NFL leading passer who also brought five years of chemistry and continuity with him.
What, 5 years of losing. Perhaps he didn’t get enough W soup?
3rd string because the propoganda master delegation King was too lazy to do his job and commit to the kid, help him work out the kinks.
I guess google did him wrong! Less google, better film study!
May 28th, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Enough with Winston please! He’s gone for a measly $148k signing bonus, hell Peyton Barber got more to be a 3rd string rb. Barber used to get dogged here all the time, nice try blaming others because Winston didn’t sign for a bigger deal here or elsewhere. It’s simple he isn’t worth it.
May 28th, 2020 at 5:50 pm
Clean House Says:
“Too bad “The Whisperer” couldn’t get off his golf cart and help sure up the game of the 26 year old, NFL leading passer who also brought five years of chemistry and continuity with him.”
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If by chemistry, you mean eyes rolled at you by teammates, then yeah…
If by continuity, you mean ability for fans to consistently predict interceptions by looking at the game clock, then sure…
May 28th, 2020 at 7:26 pm
I don’t care what Biscuit said! My decisions were on point!!
40 TDs Baby!!!
Check The Sheet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 28th, 2020 at 8:26 pm
I just want to see him get on the same page as the rest of the offense.
It is more important to me to see a number 2 QB make a mark in the right place.