Tom Brady will not return to the Patriots in 2020, ending a two-decade run with the team.
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00:00Tom Brady announced on Instagram he will be leaving the New England Patriots.
00:04For more, I'm joined by the MMQB's Conor Orr.
00:07Conor, he's been linked to the Bucs and the Chargers reportedly,
00:11but Brady still is a 42-year-old quarterback.
00:14What's the ideal scenario for him right now?
00:17Well, I mean, if he can get on the same page with someone like Bruce Arians,
00:21I mean, Tampa Bay makes the most sense to me, and here's why.
00:24They have arguably one of the three best receivers in the league
00:28and Mike Evans, they have Chris Godwin, they have two good tight ends
00:31and a workable offensive line.
00:33Plus, Bruce Arians has worked with everybody from Peyton Manning
00:36to Ben Roethlisberger to Carson Palmer.
00:39He knows how to handle veteran quarterbacks at the end of his career.
00:42He knows how to adapt his system for people exactly like Tom Brady,
00:46and while Tom Brady is unique, that's a pretty good path
00:49and precedent for him to follow.
00:51And I think that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in a good position
00:54to contend in their division right now.
00:56There's not a lot of uncertainty, and they can come in
00:59and win some games right away.
01:01The Chargers, I think, are a less logical destination to me,
01:04even though L.A. is the right spot.
01:07I mean, Tom Brady's got his film production deal kind of starting up
01:10out there.
01:11However, I don't know if they have necessarily all the pieces in place
01:15that Tampa Bay does to make this work as fluidly.
01:18So you're saying maybe Tampa's the better football fit,
01:21but L.A. the better lifestyle fit?
01:23Yeah, I mean, certainly.
01:25And listen, I mean, if you're Tom Brady, you're 42 years old,
01:28you've sacrificed your entire career to make life better.
01:33You've taken less money to make life better for the Patriots.
01:36So he's going to enjoy this process, and he might end up making
01:39a lifestyle decision.
01:40Who knows?
01:41You know, this is an unprecedented time that we're kind of floating
01:44in right now.
01:45We'll be right back.