People have picked apart individual issues, but not one has really gotten into just how horrible an offseason this has been for Tampa:
They lost their All-Pro Tight End and essentially just replaced him with a backup
They lost their former All-Pro WR Antonio Brown and replaced him with over the hill Julio Jones
They lost their Bowl Guard Ali Marpet to retirement and their other guard to free agency. Aaron Stinnie was set to replace one, and after he was lost for the the season they replaced all of them with a rookie and a guy the patriots didn’t want.
They lost their Pro Bowl center to injury and just replaced him with his backup.
They lost their best running back to free agency in Ronald Jones, and were already one of the worst running teams in the league before that happened.
And I believe this Tom Brady family thing will be a huge deal to him. It will affect his play, not to mention the older he gets the risk of injury goes up dramatically. Eventually caught Favre, caught Peyton, caught Brees.
I think this is a 10-7, 11-6 team. If they’re losing 6 games then Dallas would be one of them