Buccaneers: 5 final takeaways from Tom Brady’s Howard Stern interview

Buccaneers: 5 Takeaways from Tom Brady’s two-hour Howard Stern interview

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 04: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots looks on from the sideline during the the AFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

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FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 04: Tom Brady #12 (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

4. He knew he was leaving New England before last season

This can’t be stressed enough.

Tom Brady may not have known he was going to end up a part of the Buccaneers, but he knew he wouldn’t be a Patriot far before the beginning of the 2019 season.

Tom Brady tells Howard Stern he knew before the start of last season that it would be his last year as a Patriot.
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) April 8, 2020

He wanted a new change of pace, new scenery and new opportunity. That was apparent to him far before any analyst predicted that he would sign elsewhere.

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