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For the first time in his NFL career, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is engaged in training camp in a hot, humid climate. A climate that promotes a condition in medical journals known as “swamp donkey.”
It results in transpiration of the center’s under-choice on football to get at the traditional center-quarterback exchange. It also means that the quarterback needs to place his hand in certain areas that are made wetter and wetter by the heat and humidity.
On Wednesday, Bucs coach Bruce Arians announced that Brady has a preference for dry football.
“I had a number of guys who could not stand to have the sweat on the ball,” Arians said. ‘Tom’s has a very unique way with the towels and the talcum powder. Ryan [Jensen] is a center, so he buys in there. They’ve been working on it at Berkeley [Preparatory School in the offseason]. When we’re outside, it’s hard to keep them dry – there’s a lot of sweat left. It’s nice, but sooner or later it’s going to get wet if you have to. Tom gets pissed when it’s not a spiral, but that’s going to happen. ”
It’s one of the basic realities of football in Florida, especially in the warmer months. And it could result in Brady possibly developing an affinity for gun formation.
