Tom Brady: We should all approach this week as nothing but football

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Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady isn’t thinking about anything but preparing for the Rams this week, and he doesn’t want his teammates thinking about anything else, either.

Brady said today that this is not a time for any distractions, of any kind.

“I don’t do anything extra this week,” Brady said. “I just want to do football. That’s all I want to do, prepare and get ready. That’s how we should all approach it. This isn’t the time for the trips to the movie theaters. This is the time to lock in on football. This is all we have, three days left and then we’ve got to earn more. Look at it like that, everything, you can put off until the end of the year, and we hope the end of the year isn’t Sunday. But you have to earn it.”

Brady’s teams have won 35 postseason games in his career, and he’s all-in on winning No. 36 on Sunday.

23 responses to “Tom Brady: We should all approach this week as nothing but football

  1. The expression has been said about lots of players – but it really applies to Brady. He makes the other players around him better.

  2. Brady plays a lot of extra weeks of football. BB hasn’t needed to so much since Tom walked

  3. Sounds like PFT has this all wrapped up for the Bucs on Sunday.
    There will be a surprise on Sunday.

  4. NFL (Niners Football League) says:
    January 20, 2022 at 6:24 pm
    Says the guy who brought in AB the ultimate distraction.
    *********
    Won a Championship with that distraction as well.

  5. This is kind of been a constant theme with him all season. Someday, we all will learn who on the offense was not preparing properly.
    It also says a lot about the head coach.

  6. Meanwhile BOTH your coordinators are interviewing for head coaching jobs. They’ve been busy.

  7. The Legend has spoken. The distractions happen when players get DUIs coming back from a bar etc. If you don’t go to the movies or bring someone into the hotel with the Omicron virus, then you won’t have to deal with those kinds of problems right now.

  8. The Cowboys and the Patriots seemed to be lacking in intelligence and leadership from their players.

    The Bucs are an all around quality team, just hope their defense can do the job. With all the great quarterbacks playing this weekend, defenses all will have their hands full.

    Exciting football this weekend for sure.

  9. Tampa Bay hadn’t won a playoff game in 18 years until Tom arrived. Now they got to taste winning. Winning never gets old with Brady, and he’s trying to compel his teammates to feel the same way. It’s great for all those young men in his locker room to witness Tom’s leadership skills. It’s not easy to copy, but it’s amazing to witness firsthand. Those guys will have the rest of their lives to go to bars and movies. It’s also great for his teammates to see the way Tom treats his coaches, and the respect he gives them. Tom is the farthest thing from a prima donna. He still acts like he’s a rookie, as far as not expecting special treatment. And Bruce Arians understands his role. He understands that he needs to be a strong coach, and Brady orchestrates that, as well. Those leadership skills are great, but they alone can’t win football games. What Tom does on the field is even more impressive. It sucks for all the other great QB’s of today, and all the other great teams that Tom Brady wins all the super bowls, but we’re all witnessing something very special. Just try to enjoy it.

  10. The Rams are a better team, top to bottom. But in a sudden death playoff, Tom Brady on one side, Matthew Stafford on the other…I have to believe Brady will outplay Stafford.

  11. charliecharger says:
    January 20, 2022 at 8:24 pm
    Tampa Bay hadn’t won a playoff game in 18 years until Tom arrived. Now they got to taste winning. Winning never gets old with Brady, and he’s trying to compel his teammates to feel the same way. It’s great for all those young men in his locker room to witness Tom’s leadership skills…..
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    Can we please back off of the Brady worship just a little bit? Yes, he’s won a lot of championships. That doesn’t make him the greatest leader of all time. The slobbering over Brady really is over the top.

  12. Every person is different. Some focus better by taking frequent breaks. Some by focusing for long sessions. Go to a movie if it gives your mind a break. Not everyone needs to live for their profession in order to do it at a high level. This attitude is why most coaches leave NE and never find success. They don’t understand people. Let’s not worship these high achievers as if everything they say is gospel. They may know how to do it, but few of them can teach it.

  13. Gonna be hard to win this one with all the injuries the Bucs have sustained. But I never count Brady and his team out. The Defense will have to really step up and play another great game to help out the Offense. We’ll see. Can’t wait…. Go Bucs!

  14. Wow! What profound message. Focus only on the task at hand. How original, said no one ever.
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    Clearly the Broncos have not done this since 2015.

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