• NFL free agency 2020: The first grades are in

    NFL free agency 2020: The first grades are in

    NFL free agency is not only about doling out massive contracts. There are trades, salary-cap casualties, bargains and scheme fits to consider. The interesting thing about the first week of free agency in 2020 is the winners are an unusual crop of starved franchises. On the flip side, perennial playoff teams of the past decade …
  • Tom Brady has brought ‘the LeBron effect’ to Buccaneers

    Tom Brady has brought ‘the LeBron effect’ to Buccaneers

    Tampa Bay is suddenly the hot destination now that Tom Brady is a Buccaneer. One of the secondary benefits of signing the Greatest Of All-Time to a team is the intangible way that player lifts the organization: Ticket and jersey sales will skyrocket and other players will want to become a part of that franchise. …
  • What Tom Brady can learn from Peyton Manning’s transition

    What Tom Brady can learn from Peyton Manning’s transition

    You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach a great quarterback a new vocabulary. Peyton Manning proved that much. As reality sinks in that Tom Brady is leaving the Patriots for the Buccaneers, the challenge ahead of him is crystalizing: After 20 years in the same offense, with the same head …
  • Tom Brady can’t lift the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl

    Tom Brady can’t lift the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl

    Tom Brady, because he is the GOAT, albeit a GOAT who will be 43 when NFL games begin again, will create the kind of buzz in Tampa that only Jon Gruden could bring during the Bucs’ Super Bowl 37 season.
  • Tom Brady and Antonio Brown might be the world’s worst “buy-one-get-one” deal.

    Tom Brady and Antonio Brown might be the world’s worst “buy-one-get-one” deal.

    After announcing his departure from the Patriots, the future Hall of Fame quarterback is expected to sign with the Buccaneers in the coming days.
  • Gisele Bündchen has ‘beautiful’ Patriots goodbye after Tom Brady’s exit

    Gisele Bündchen has ‘beautiful’ Patriots goodbye after Tom Brady’s exit

    New England will always have a place in Gisele Bündchen’s heart.
  • Adam Schefter tipped off Tom Brady split with incredulous scoop

    Adam Schefter tipped off Tom Brady split with incredulous scoop

    The idea that Tom Brady may leave the Patriots wasn’t new. “Has he put his home up for sale?” NFL insider Adam Schefter said on ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” in October. “Yes. Has his trainer put his home for sale? Yes. Has he set up his contract to void after the season to become a …
  • Chargers or Buccaneers? Breaking down Tom Brady’s free-agency decision

    Chargers or Buccaneers? Breaking down Tom Brady’s free-agency decision

    Tom Brady is ditching New England for greener pastures. Likely warmer ones, too. Will it be Tampa Bay or Los Angeles? Brady announced his departure from the Patriots on Tuesday after 20 years and six Super Bowl victories, and now all eyes are on where he goes next. The 42-year-old left that part out of …
  • Tom Brady signing with Buccaneers after Patriots goodbye

    Tom Brady signing with Buccaneers after Patriots goodbye

    Tom Brady’s departure was not completely unexpected. His likely destination certainly is. Brady is leaving the New England Patriots — and reportedly headed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Like his idol Joe Montana and rival Peyton Manning before him, Brady will finish his career in an unfamiliar uniform after he announced via social media on …
  • Tom Brady free-agency mania: 3 interested teams, 1 definitely not

    Tom Brady free-agency mania: 3 interested teams, 1 definitely not

    And then there were three. With the Titans and 49ers out of the Tom Brady sweepstakes, the once-crowded field of interested parties is down to the Chargers, Buccaneers and Patriots, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Earlier in the day, there were whispers that the Broncos could be a late entry to the Brady free-agency …