By far the biggest news around the NFL so far this offseason came last Tuesday when it was reported that arguably the greatest quarterback in league history, Tom Brady, was leaving the New England Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He officially signed a two-year, $60 million deal on Friday.
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Yes, Brady left a team he had led to nine Super Bowls and six championships since his first season as a starter in 2001 for a franchise that has six all-time playoff victories, one Super Bowl, and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2007 – the second-longest current drought in the NFL behind the Cleveland Browns. Shocking isn’t a strong enough word.
Even though Brady will be 43 by the time the season kicks off – assuming there is one in the wake of the coronavirus crisis – and that he regressed a fairly significant amount in 2019, the Bucs took a huge jump in the odds to win Super Bowl 55, and now sit at +1200.