This was always going to be the reality when Tom Brady’s time in Tampa came to an end. The Buccaneers are now left to pick up the pieces and figure out their identity without the greatest quarterback of all time.
Let’s preface all of this with a couple of truths. For starters, we don’t even really need to establish what everyone already knows: signing Brady was 100%, absolutely, unequivocally worth it. It was worth it as soon as Tampa Bay returned to the postseason last year and it was even more worth it when the team completed its storybook journey to hoisting the Lombardi Trophy on its home field at Raymond James Stadium last February.