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The Buccaneers obviously did not have an offseason with their new quarterback, although Tom Brady led his own workouts. The offense goes against the defense for the first time in practice on Friday, giving Brady and the Bucs a month to figure it all out.
Coach Bruce Arians does not fear the lack of time in Braffie and with his (mostly) new teammates.
“Yeah, he’s probably the least of my worries at the moment,” Arians said Thursday, via ESPN’s Jenna Laine. ‘He is where he needs to be. We need to get more live reps. Block, tackle. This game is a blocking and engaging game. Fourteen days to block and tackle. Is that enough? And I hate tackling ourselves. We do not want to block ourselves, but we must be ready to play a game. I think this is the biggest drawback – do not sit in pads and do not play fast. “
Arians’ first look at his new quarterback and offense against anything other than air will give the coach an idea of where the Bucs are. They put up pads Monday.
“Just play,” Arians said. “He knows what he’s doing. But now the speed will pick up for him for the first time. See how he processes the information he thinks he knew, and we’ll find out what he knows and did not know at a much faster pace, and we have not gone against our defense and we are defensively complex, so it will be a lot of fun for him. ”
Arians treats the six-time Super Bowl champion no differently than any other player. He’s “just another man,” Arians said last week.
“He’s being called out like everyone else,” Arians said Thursday. ‘He did a bit yesterday because he likes to go the ball in walk-through and we do not throw the ball in walk-through. But not very bad. ”
