It’s perfectly understandable that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wanted to part ways with turnover-prone quarterback Jameis Winston, but at first glance, Tom Brady might appear to be an odd replacement.
After all, the Bucs are led by Coach Bruce Arians – he of the “no risk it, no biscuit” offensive mind-set – while Brady has seemingly become the dink-and-dunk master. How many times have we watched the former New England Patriots quarterback methodically move his team downfield with a seemingly endless series of shallow crosses and flips to running backs?
Then there’s the fact that Brady will be 43 this season, which is little short of ancient for almost any kind of athlete.