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Heres how Tom Brady can adjust to Bruce
Heres how Tom Brady can adjust to Bruce
heading down to Tampa to join the and end his 20-year relationship with the was biggest free agent move we saw this offseason. As we approach the debut of Brady in his Bucs uniform when Tampa Bay goes on the road to face the in Week 1, it's natural to wonder what kind of offense Brady will be operating in and, more importantly,
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Naz Reid Jersey this on film -- but very clearly it appears it's Brady adjusting to Bruce Arians."Benoit believes that Brady does have the arm strength to perform well in Arians' high-flying system saying that "his arm has always been better than people realize." He also propped up Brady's 2017 season as evidence he can work in a system where he's asked to move around the pocket, hang onto the ball a bit longer and throw downfield. That season, Brady won the third MVP award of his career. One of the other big questions for the Buccaneers in determining their overall succe s for 2020 on that side of the ball, Benoit points out, is along the offensive line."They put a lot of pre sure on their O-line," Benoit said
Ashton Hagans Jersey . "Part B of what makes Arians so aggre sive -- Part A is throwing downfield -- is we often get everyone out in routes. Five guys out in routes, which means one-on-one pa s-blocking in a lot of scenarios. So, we're asking more of our QB to throw deep, we're asking more of our linemen to block, and we're asking more of our receivers to get deep and make those more difficult catches so to speak. It's an aggre sive offense in that sense, but I think Brady still has the attributes to run it well." It should be noted that Bruce Arians has said that the Buccaneers' , which could help in certain blocking situations, especially with the offseason addition of , who is a superb blocking tight end. As for the team Brady
James Johnson Jersey left behind, Brinson and Benoit also discu sed the Patriots' quarterback situation. The po sibility of having a between and was brought up this week, and head coach Bill Belichick didn't exactly rule out that opportunity. Benoit theorized, however, that may be a ploy by Belichick to make his opponent plan for multiple quarterbacks."It's not beyond Belichick to do something like that," he said. "I'd be surprised if you do for two reasons: One, you have such limited practice time. Are you installing two different offenses? Because you have to do that to maximize Newton. No. 2 is with such limited practices is there enough reps to get two guys ready to be starting QBs, who were not on the field last year? I can't imagine you would do it that way."I think what Belichick decided was this: It's a pa sing league. We all see that. It's a nickel defense league. That's how everybody plays. The play base and they ran the ball all over everybody and had play-action and killed base defenses. The did that with . The , to some extent, they are kind of run-oriented. They got to the NFC Championship. The best team for most of the season was Baltimore, who had the most prolific run game in history last year. The teams that can run the ball, not just run the ball, but run the ball uniquely, right now they have a huge advantage because the league is set up to stop pa sing offenses." Benoit characterized Newton as a "unique weapon" that could fit the mold of this latest trend going on around the league and could
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