What does Tom Brady do for the Bucs' offensive production?
Yahoo Sports' Liz Loza and Matt Harmon discuss how the addition of Tom Brady affects Tampa Bay's offensive weapons. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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LIZ LOZA: Tom Brady right now, it is being reported that he is going to end up in Tampa Bay. What are you thinking from a fantasy perspective in terms of-- because, you know, we've talked about this heading into the 2019 season. Like, if we're going to make Jameis, you know, under-- like, under QB 12 in terms of fantasy points. Like, then-- but we're going to have Mike Evans and Chris Godwin be wide receiver ones, then the math doesn't exactly work. And we also know here that Tom Brady's skill set is different than James-- Jameis Winston's.
MATT HARMON: Quite-- quite different. I'm going to take the under on the 30 interception from Tom Brady there replacing Jameis Winston. Look, I think that Brady showed obvious decline in terms of just where he can put the ball on the field. I think the-- the window for Brady is shrinking. Not just like window to Super Bowls, whatever, but also obviously just where he can throw on the field. The area is sort of constricting, that bubble is becoming smaller.
I think that definitely benefits a small-- like, Chris God, like you said, I think perfectly can do all of the things. But I think one thing that really took his statistical production to kind of that next level this year. Not just the fact that he was up in the pecking order in terms of targets, but also playing that sort of big slot role in Bruce Arians' offense, which-- which we've all talked about.
Many-- much ink was spilled last preseason about that Larry Fitzgerald type role. I mean, that was awesome for Godwin last year and I think that meshes really well with what Brady can still do. I do think it's worth asking the question when it comes to Mike Evans. Like, that-- that seems very not exactly what Brady can do at this point.
But I really do trust Bruce Arians to not be super stubborn and kind of mold things to the skill set of Tom Brady, and I think Evans can run-- I think Evans is kind of underrated as a separator, anyways. Just because he can win a bunch of 50-50 balls doesn't mean that's the only thing he can do. This is such a coup for Arians who like, I-- obviously was at his wit's end with Jameis Winston and was certainly not trying to mess around with a rookie quarterback here at the end of his long NFL career. This is great for him, he gets a veteran in there that can figure everything out.
