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NFL2021
TAMPA BAY
BUCS
COACH
Bruce Arians (3rd season with team, 22-14)
LAST SEASON
11-5 (2nd in NFC South; won Super Bowl)
Record since 2011: 60-100 (4-0 in playoffs)
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2020 TEAM STATISTICAL LEAGUE RANKINGS
2020 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING OFFENSE
3rd of 32 (30.8 ppg)
RUSHING
Ronald Jones II: 192 carries, 978 yards, 7 TDs, 69.9 ypg
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SCORING DEFENSE
8th of 32 (21.2 ppg)
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RUSHING OFFENSE
28th of 32 (94.9 ypg)
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PASSING OFFENSE
2nd of 32 (289.1 ypg)
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PASSING
Tom Brady: 401-610, 4,633 yards, 40 TDs, 12 ints, 289.9 ypg
SCORING
Ryan Succop, PK: 136 points (28 FGs, 52 PAT, 8.5 ppg)
Stats from pro-football-reference.com
A GOAT at peace
Brady says knee feels fine, happy to get back to work
By Fred Goodall
Associated Press
A
“long,arduousoffseason’’behindhim,
TomBradysayshissurgicallyrepaired
knee feels good and he’s happy to be
backtoworkwiththeTampaBayBuccaneers.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion
revealed recently that he played all of last
season with a torn medial collateral ligament
that required surgery shortly after the Bucs
dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL
title game in February.
The44-year-oldquarterback’srecoveryhas
progressed well enough that Brady has shed
the black sleeve he has worn since tearing the
anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in
2008 and is practicing without it.
“It feels good now. I mean, it was not my
favorite offseason of all-time,” Brady, who
turned 44 on Aug, 3, said after the final practice before the Bucs donned pads for the first
time in training camp.
“I haven’t had surgery in a long time, so you
kindofforgettherehabprocessandsoforth.So
it’skindofalongarduousoffseasonwhenyou
gothroughrehablikethat,”Bradyadded.“Igot
a lot of time with my family, so that was really
enjoyable.But(I’m)happytobebacktowork.”
Despite playing with an injury the quarterback said personal trainer Alex Guerrero
helped him deal with throughout his first
seasonwithTampaBay,Bradythrewfor4,633
yards and 40 touchdowns vs. 12 interceptions
in 2020.
Including four postseason wins, the Bucs
finished on an eight-game winning streak
and are trying to become the first team to
win consecutive Super Bowl titles since
Brady led the New England Patriots to backto-back crowns in 2003 and ‘04.
Coach Bruce Arians has stressed that to
have any chance of repeating, the team has
to let go of what it accomplished a year ago.
Brady, who insisted he wasn’t in the best of
moods because the Bucs had not had a good
practice, concurred.
“We realize we’re starting at the bottom
with everybody else, and we’ve got to climb
our way up,” Brady said. “We’re going to
have our challenges, some mentally different challenges this season than last year, and
we’ve got to put the work in.
“It’s training camp, it’s a grind. We’ve got
to grind through it. We’re going to have bad
days, we’re going to have good days. We have
to come out tomorrow with more urgency
and get the job done.”
Brady conceded it’s comforting to not
have to worry about any lingering issues
with his knee heading into a new season.
“It’s exciting for me. I mean it was just a lot
of maintenance last year, Alex and I would
spend time day after day. ... ‘Hey, let’s tape it’
and take the tape off, pregame, pre-practice
taping it at 7 a.m., leaving the tape on at night
and just trying to stabilize it as best I could,”
Brady said.
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field after playing against the Bengals in a
preseason game Aug. 14 in Tampa, Fla. ALEX MENENDEZ/AP
2021 SCHEDULE WEEK 9 BYE
WEEK 1
Sept. 9
WEEK 2
Sept. 19
WEEK 3
Sept. 26
WEEK 4
Oct. 3
DAL
ATL
@LAR
@NE
8:20 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
NBC
FOX
FOX
NBC
WEEK 5
Oct. 10
MIA
1 p.m.
CBS
WEEK 6
Oct. 14
WEEK 7
Oct. 24
@PHI
CHI
8:20 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
FOX
CBS
WEEK 8
Oct. 31
WEEK 10
Nov. 14
WEEK 11
Nov. 22
WEEK 12
Nov. 28
WEEK 13
Dec. 5
@NO
4:25 p.m.
FOX
@WFT
1 p.m.
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NYG
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
@IND
1 p.m.
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@ATL
1 p.m.
FOX
WEEK 14
Dec. 12
WEEK 15
Dec. 19
NO
BUF
4:25 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
FOX
NBC
WEEK 16
Dec. 26
WEEK 17
Jan. 2
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Jan. 9
@CAR
1 p.m.
FOX
@NYJ
1 p.m.
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CAR
1 p.m.
FOX
Note: This section was printed before final roster cuts, so personnel are subject to change; all times are Eastern and subject to change