So, I’m sure he’ll use it to his advantage. “Certainly, Tom has an intimate knowledge of everything that we do here, more so than any other player in the league by far. But Belichick, 8-11 since Brady’s departure, said it doesn’t mean they will reinvent themselves this week.
“We gotta be on.”Īs much as Brady knows the Patriots, they also know him. “This is one of those weeks where we can’t have a bunch of ‘my bads,'” McCourty said. Tampa Bay’s 34.3 points per game are also tied for tops in the NFL that includes receivers Chris Godwin, Mike Evans and fellow ex-Patriot Rob Gronkowski. He leads the league this season with 10 touchdown passes and his 362.3 passing yards per game are second to Las Vegas’ Derek Carr. This 44-year-old version of Brady is still playing at a high level after taking the Bucs to a Super Bowl title last season. “So what we do, we’ve gotta do a good job of. “It’s gonna be a guy that he’s gonna know a lot of what we do,” said veteran safety Devin McCourty, who won three Super Bowls with Brady.
It makes the margin for error minute against a quarterback who is a master at getting the ball out quickly and reading and deceiving defenses with his eyes. None of those other players has the institutional knowledge Brady does of their defensive schemes or tendencies. While they all have played against former teammates before, the Patriots acknowledge this time is much different. “The opportunity is wonderful and I’m looking forward for the moment,” Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. He’ll be opposite not only former coach Bill Belichick, but past teammates who have also never taken an NFL field and looked across at Brady wearing another team’s jersey, let alone ever had a chance to tackle him. New England will be the first time for me being on the other sideline.”īrady will be back in Foxborough on Sunday night to meet the Patriots for the first time since he left after 20 seasons to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I know everything about that,” Brady said this week.
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