Bruce Arians criticizes Tom Brady again

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians continues to show that there are no sacred cows in Tampa Bay. There are also no sacred GOATs.

While the Arians have not directly said quarterback Tom Brady played poorly on Sunday night, the Arians have made several comments that point to Brady as the reason for some of the many problems the Bucs faced during a 38-3 loss to the Saints. .

Asked by reporters on Monday whether the game included situations where Brady and the receivers did not read the covers the same way, the Arians said: “The interception of [Antonio Brown] – it was just a bad throw.

As for an interception on a pitch to catcher Chris Godwin, Arians was more subtle, by his standards.

“Chris’s [Godwin] – Chris read the itinerary correctly, [but] Tom thought he was going deep, ”Arians said. “He stopped [and] these things can happen sometimes when you do it on the run. “

The Arians offered another sideways criticism of Brady when asked to explain if the offense wasn’t making an effort to involve receiver Mike Evans more.

“Mike was open a couple of times in this ball game,” Arians said. “He was not targeted – that was it. Mike was open.

Evaluating Antonio Brown’s debut, the Arians said that in the first third of the game, “[W]we should have gone to him [but] decided to go to Gronk.

Again, the Arians never come out and say Brady played badly. The various comments, taken together, paint an essential portrait as unflattering as this famous audience sketch: Arians thinks Brady played badly.

Of course, Brady played badly. If he doesn’t change things quickly, the Buccaneers won’t be in the playoffs this year.