Tom Brady ready for another Super Bowl tilt

Tom Brady, is treating campaign No. 22 no differently to the Super Bowl-laden previous. The chip is still there and so too is his passion and drive.

“I love playing football,” Brady told Peter King in his latest Football Morning in America column. [Offensive coordinator] Byron Leftwich said something really good the other day: It’s a very simple game that’s so hard to execute. It’s a totally imperfect game that you’re trying to do as perfectly as possible. Every day I come out trying to do it. I’m hoping this is my best year.”

Could it be? Well, Brady’s weaponry and offensive have hardly been better across his two-decade career and let’s not forget, despite a slow start last season was one of his best.

Let’s reflect for a moment. New team, new coaches, new system, new lifestyle, a torn MCL, all amidst a global pandemic.

Brady’s healthier now and certainly feels more at home with the offense if Bucs head coach Bruce Arians is to be believed.

“When he calls a play this year, he knows the picture in his brain. Last year, it was just words,” Arians said.

Brady has two years remaining on his three-year deal with Tampa and assured NFL defenses in the offseason that he’ll see them out. Could he play beyond then, taking him to the ripe old age of 46.

“I’ll know when the time’s right,” Brady told King regarding the inevitability of retirement.

“If I can’t . . . if I’m not a championship-level quarterback, then I’m not gonna play. If I’m a liability to the team, I mean, no way. But if I think I can win a championship, then I’ll play.”

For every year which Brady sticks around, he believes his squad will be a bonafide Super Bowl threat. With Tampa’s roster, it could be years.

When prodded on whether 2021 will be better than any before, Brady illuminated the formulaic approach he is renowned for.

“That’s a prediction and I’m not for that,” Brady said. “I’m into doing the work. Is the process gonna be right? I’m gonna work my ass off to get it right.”

The Bucs are every chance to put themselves in a position to go back-to-back, a feat rarely achieved in the National Football League. I mean, can you even remember the last QB to do it? You might’ve heard of him.

Thomas Patrick Edward Brady.