TAMPA, Fla. — There never will be another Tom Brady. The Bucs knew their time with the future Hall of Famer would be short, and it proved sweeter than anyone could have hoped.
A Super Bowl 55 championship, three straight playoff appearances and two NFC South titles later, they can only hope all that winning created a culture that will continue long past Brady’s retirement.
Perhaps coach Todd Bowles was prescient the day after the Bucs lost 31-14 in the wild-card round to the Cowboys.