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- Tom Brady spent his final two seasons in the NFL playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs.
- During his first season with the team, the Bucs won the Super Bowl.
- Despite the success of their relationship, there were reportedly aspects of the Bucs’ organization that “frustrated” the future Hall of Fame signal-caller.
After 22 seasons in the National Football League — two of which were spent in Tampa Bay playing for the Buccaneers — future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady called it quits on his playing career as he announced his retirement from the league in early February, about two weeks before Super Bowl LVI.
Brady’s stint in Tampa Bay was certainly a successful one as he led the organization to a Super Bowl title in his first season, which is the franchise’s first title since 2003.
Despite the successful nature of their relationship, though, reports now indicate that aspects of the Tampa Bay Bucs organization — a massive departure from the authoritarian-esque culture of his previous employer, the New England Patriots — reportedly “frustrated” Brady.
Sources told The MMQB’s Albert Breer that there were aspects of the Buccaneers’ organization that frustrated Brady. It’s unclear whether Brady had any gripes with Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians in particular.
Moving to Tampa was quite a culture shock for Brady coming from the tight-run ship of the Patriots with Bill Belichick at the helm. After last season’s Super Bowl win, Arians opened up about how he would let Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski, who also played only for the Patriots during his career, take days off if needed. Such a schedule was not allowed in New England. [via Sports Illustrated]
Despite having been retired for barely a month, Brady is already making his first post-career moves as he not only launched his apparel line BRADY but is also set to star alongside Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin in the road trip comedy film 80 For Brady.