TAMPA, Fla. - The greatest of all time gave the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the greatest two years in the team's history.Tom Brady signed on with the Bucs in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic, shocking the sports world by leaving the winningest NFL franchise for a team with the worst winning percentage in all of sports. FROM 2020: It's official: Tom Brady is going to be a Tampa Bay BuccaneerBrady didn't come to be the savior, but he was."Nothing is going to be perfect for a long time, but we're going to work our tails off to get it right," Brady said in his initial meeting with the press after becoming a Buccaneer in 2020."This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I'm not going to make that competitive commitment anymore," Tom Brady wrote. "I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention."MORE: Tom Brady’s retirement announcement thanks Tampa Bay, makes no mention of New EnglandWith the world in a shutdown, Brady quickly went to work, defying the NFL with his own private workouts on the campus of Berkeley Prep High School.
The SkyFOX helicopter gave the world its first look via aerial video of the newest Buc building connections with his new teammates, that admittedly were in awe of the greatest to ever play the game.Tampa is getting its first view of Tom Brady's secret workouts -- and they include Rob Gronkowski."The first time he texted me, I had to get double confirmation from other people that it was actually Brady," recalled Bucs tight end Cameron Brate. "He said, 'Hey this is Tom.' We still kind of had to pinch ourselves the fact that we have him at quarterback."Even with Brady's tireless preseason efforts, it took time for him to get on.