Tom Brady in primetime might as well be Jameis Winston

Tom Brady in primetime might as well be Jameis Winston

As excited as Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans have been about the addition of Tom Brady, the truth is that he has been an utter failure when it has mattered most this season.

Tom Brady signed a two-year deal worth $50 million earlier this offseason and the expectation was that he was going to lead the Bucs to a postseason berth and a potential run at the Super Bowl.

Through the first 11 games of the season, though, Brady has been about as bad as you could ask during primetime games.

The Bucs have played a total of four games in primetime this season. The result? They are 1-3 overall in those games and he has completed just 60.7 percent of his passing attempts for five touchdowns and five interceptions.

Those numbers line up almost evenly with what we saw Jameis Winston do during his time in Tampa Bay.

Tom Brady is the GOAT, but his clutch ability doesn’t seem to be there anymore

Brady has had multiple opportunities in primetime games to lead the Bucs on a game-winning drive and he has almost single-handedly squandered the opportunity each time.

Against the Bears, Brady didn’t even know the Buccaneers were facing a fourth down (he thought it was third down) when he threw a bad incompletion. Against the Rams, he threw a terrible interception down the field despite the fact that the Bucs had plenty of time and timeouts remaining where they could’ve continued just to methodically drive down the field.

He has looked good at times in games- like the matchups against the Chargers, Raiders and Panthers- but he has also looked awful at times, as well.

That’s not what you should expect from the GOAT, but it just doesn’t seem that his clutch ability is there anymore.

It’s fair to say that his offensive line hasn’t done him any favors, but at some point Tom Brady has to start to shoulder the blame for some of these close losses.