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Tom Brady’s retirement shook the NFL and all its lovers, but now, Todd Bowles, coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, acknowledged this Sunday that with the retirement of the sports legend his team lost the expectation of being great, something they must fight.
“First of all, You don’t replace a player of that magnitude. You lose aura. Pyou lose the expectation of being great and now that that’s gone, that perception is that everything else he left with him when in reality it is not like that ”, Bowles explained at a press conference.
Let’s remember that the player announced his retirement from the NFL after 23 seasons in the highest American circuit, of which he played 20 with the New England Patriots, with whom he won six Super Bowls, and three with the Bucs, with whom he won one. .
During the three years the 45-year-old spent in Tampa Bay the team always qualified for the ‘playoffs’. In the 2022 campaign, the last of the ‘quarterback’, the Buccaneers lost in the wild card game against the Dallas Cowboysthus being the possible next target of the Bucs.
The Tampa Bay coach stressed that despite As irreplaceable as filling the hole left by Brady is, his team must convince themselves that they are capable of competing.
“We have a lot of good players on offense and defense, although we are missing some pieces, we just have to understand that and ignore what is said outside. Just because he’s gone doesn’t mean we can’t be great. We just have to do it more as a team.” emphasized.
To cover Brady’s loss, Tampa Bay signed Baker Mayfield in free agency, former Panthers and Rams player, who said he will not seek to be equal to Brady, they also have Kyle Trask, 25, who has yet to start a regular-season game since he joined the team in 2021.
“Baker has a great understanding of the game, he knows where to go with the ball. It’s ideal for the style of offense we’re looking to run, it fit the bill perfectly. Between him and Trask I have no doubt that I will reach the goal which is to win, first, the division, then do damage in the ‘playoffs’ and try to win a Super Bowl.”
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