Tom Brady, Buccaneer: Inside the QB's New Routine

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As the NFL regular season looms, QB Tom Brady is adjusting to his new role in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pocket. Different playbooks, unfamiliar facilities, and a new climate all present challenges to the veteran QB. Meanwhile, his Buccaneer teammates are adjusting to a new play caller under center. ESPN's Jenna Laine brings us her reporting on how Brady is getting used to working in Tampa with a new team. Then, 18-year NFL veteran QB Josh McCown explains how difficult it is to learn a new playbook - considering McCown has learned 16 different ones over the course of his long football career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is this a bigger challenge even than you anticipated with the pandemic, with all that's going on and what you've had to overcome?
0:07.8	I think every football season is a big challenge in one way or another.
0:11.5	And, you know, changing teams after a long period of time, it's been different having the opportunity, you know, over this time to, you know, move and then to, you know, for example, study my playbook.
0:22.0	I mean, I really haven't had to do that in 19 years. So, you know, you forget, man, that's really
0:28.1	tough.
0:32.8	It's never easy to start a new job, even when you're Tom Brady.
0:38.5	The 19-year veteran of the New England Patriots has a whole new system to learn in Tampa
0:43.4	Bay.
0:45.5	Today, an up-close, well, socially distanced look at how Brady is adapting.
0:51.7	Plus, learn what it's like to memorize a new team playbook from an NFL quarterback who's
0:56.9	done it 16 times, Josh McCown.
1:01.1	I'm Pablo Torre.
1:03.1	It's Monday, August 10th.
1:05.4	This is ESPN Daily.
1:12.8	Hey, Jenna, thanks so much for joining me in the middle of a move.
1:16.9	That is a lot to process at the same time.
1:20.3	Oh, absolutely.
1:21.3	I appreciate you having me.
1:23.0	Thankfully, we are not doing this on video, though, because there are boxes behind me.
1:28.5	All wall ornamentation has been removed, so they're looking quite bare. And I am swimming in a bunch of
1:36.0	electronics. ESPN football reporter Jenna Lane has covered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for more
1:42.1	than a decade, and she's not leaving town,
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