Bruce Arians: Tom Brady can take all the time he needs

Posted by Josh Alper on January 24, 2022, 10:44 AM EST
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Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said last week that he’d be “shocked” if quarterback Tom Brady doesn’t play again next season, but Brady didn’t guarantee anything after Sunday’s 30-27 loss to the Rams.

Brady said that he hasn’t put a lot of thought into his plans for 2022 and that he’ll “take it day by day and see where we’re at” once he has turned his focus to that question. At a Monday press conference, Arians said that the team won’t be pushing Brady for a decision.

Arians said, via Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com, that Brady should take “all the time he needs” before any final decision about his plans for a 23rd NFL season. Arians also said that the team will be “doing our homework” about quarterback options while Brady ponders his future.

Blaine Gabbert and 2021 second-round pick Kyle Trask are the other in-house options. Pivoting to either of them would lead to a very different set of offseason decisions in Tampa than ones they’d make with Brady still in the picture.

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36 responses to “Bruce Arians: Tom Brady can take all the time he needs”

  2. Brady is coming back for sure. He seems like a guy who will have a hard time letting go.

  3. Most years you would need to know something by draft day to adjust accordingly BUT it is one of those poor qb draft year so Trask is likely better than anyone coming out of college this year!

  4. You know your franchise is built on a house of cards when you’re worried about whether a 45 year old may decide to retire.

  5. Bruce Arians is an average run-of-the-mill coach who only looks good because of Brady. Of course he’ll say the nicest things because he knows once they go back to Ryan Fitzpatrick at QB, they’re 8-9 again.

  6. Just because he has done it so far, people seem to assume Brady will still be great every year to decides to continue. But age does eventually catch up with everyone. The odds increase with each passing year, and the dropoff can come suddenly.

  7. He will be back … the days of back-to-back SB winners are gone. Vegas makes too much money on playoff upsets.

  8. this is the first season that brady hasn’t come straight out and said he”s playing next year, which is ominous.
    he’s usually absolutely certain about it

  10. That’s because Bruce knows that without Tommy he’ll be exposed for what he is….a below average coach.

  11. Well, duh, Bruce. You’re not going to press him for a decision soon after a tough loss. Good move. This is a year-round commitment for Brady. He must decompress. Perhaps he’s looking forward to his annual piece of pizza. He has said — I believe in his “Man in the Arena” series — that it would be troubling for him to be sitting on his couch watching other QBs and saying to himself, “I can do a lot better than that.” So, my guess is he plays.

  12. GoodellMustGo says:
    January 24, 2022 at 11:05 am
    Just go away Cheatin’ Tommy nobody cares about you or your tainted legacy.

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    —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-The GOAT can do whatever he pleases. Unfortunate that rattles you. With that said, Arians knows that Brady is going to think long and about it. He has TB12 going, just released his Brady brand and it looks to be doing very well. That is a lot of work along with being a top 5 QB at the age of 45. Stick around one more Tom!

  13. I love how the media is not asking why the sudden change of heart from Brady and pointing to the possible retirement of Gronk, Brown gone and the cap hell they’re in with numerous free agents leaving with a rising cap with teams spending like drunken sailors to get to a floor and fresh with cash off the CBA.

    If TB wasn’t up against the cap so badly selling out to win it all this year and failing miserably, Brady wouldn’t be hesitating when asked the question.

    A mere 3 months ago he mentioned playing until 47. He just keeps dangling out ages to keep getting the attention he so desperately craves.

    Can you imagine what he’ll try to do when he does retire? He’ll be even more insufferable.

  14. I thought Brady signed just a two year deal with the Bucs? If so and he wants to keep playing, I could see him going to a strong playoff READY NOW team…Titans or Colts.

  15. Whether Brady comes back or not, that team is getting a little long in the tooth…especially on defense.

  16. He’ll be back. The team is still loaded with talent, and for TB12, there’d be nothing worse than Aaron Rogers signing on and winning a Super Bowl with the Bucs.

  17. Bruce Arians telling Brady to take all the time he needs is kinda like me telling Tom that he has my permission to go play at Pebble Beach in a couple of weeks.

  18. Teflon Bruce is busy talking past the issues that Licht needs to seriously evaluate. It may be time for BA to become emeritas…

  19. According to some talking heads up north, Brady wants Arians gone. Don’t know how true this is. Maybe besides which players remain, he wants to see which coaches go. They are all just average.

  20. The GOAT can do whatever he pleases.
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    The GOAT? Surely you don’t mean the same guy who is 0-2 against Eli Manning in two of the biggest games of his life? Or the guy who stunk against his old team in another one of the biggest games of his life? Or the guy who was suspended for cheating?

    You can’t possibly be talking about Cheatin’ Tommy 🙂 Cause that ain’t a GOAT.

  21. How come no posts about Brady getting undeserved “roughing the passer” calls. Yesterday, Von Miller hit him in the face with his helmet, left Brady with a busted, bloody lip & the ref threw the flag on Brady for “unsportsmanlike conduct” because Brady was bi*ching about the hit.

  22. Depends how many of these key FAs they can retain, especially up front with Jensen and Cappa. He wouldn’t dare play for a depleted roster at this point.

  24. Translation – Please come back, Tommy so I can pilfer the Glazers for one more bug paycheck!

  25. bsandersupthesidelinecutsbackinside says:
    January 24, 2022 at 10:54 am

    Brady is coming back for sure. He seems like a guy who will have a hard time letting go.

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    I don’t think it is about letting go … the guy just seems to love the game and is still excited to get out there with his teammates. And as long as his body can take the beating and his family is ok with it why the heck not !

  26. Arians and Tampa Bay; be sure to tip John Elway and Pat Bowlen on your way out for stealing their playbook for buying a SB.
    Snagging Tom Brady to play QB is kinda like picking Wayne Gretzky for your Saturday afternoon pond hockey game..an enormously obvious decision should you be absurdly lucky enough to make it

  29. fishfan71 says:
    January 24, 2022 at 10:58 am
    You know your franchise is built on a house of cards when you’re worried about whether a 45 year old may decide to retire.

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    And still playing better than guys half his age. He lead the league in passing yards and touchdowns.

  30. nerfedtackle says:
    January 24, 2022 at 12:23 pm
    fishfan71 says:
    January 24, 2022 at 10:58 am
    You know your franchise is built on a house of cards when you’re worried about whether a 45 year old may decide to retire.

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    And still playing better than guys half his age. He lead the league in passing yards and touchdowns.

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    It’s exactly what he wanted. But, he was a worse QB, as we saw yesterday. Once he obsesses over passing over and over and over and doesn’t lean on a run game, with fewer weapons, he’s compromised.

    How are his stats since Godwin and Brown left? Hmmm?

    Stat accumulation does not mean the QB plays a good or great game in the process. They can make decisions or be unproductive for large chunks of a game, harming their team, you know, like how Brady was yesterday for an entire half.

  31. How are his stats since Godwin and Brown left? Hmmm?

    How would it be on any team that loses its 2 top receivers?!!

    I thought the offensive coordinator called the plays.

  32. If Blaine Gabbert is the starting QB for Tampa next season then they might end up with the #1 pick in the 2023 draft.

  36. Why not? Brady can still compete at high levels. If there’s one veteran QB who should comeback, it should be Brady. If that Bucs defense stood firm the last few seconds, Bucs could have been hosting the NFC championship. It’s fun looking at the Rams players’ faces when Brady started doing what he does. They could have been thinking of the Falcons.

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