#tb12

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Reporter Casey Phillips: So you and Gronk got your 90th touchdown connection against Atlanta [Tom: Yeah!], which puts you second all time in the NFL. Why is he the guy you have this connection with?

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Tom Brady: He's hard not to have a connection with...he's so easy to like, be his teammate, to throw the ball to 'im, from a quarterback aspect. Just like, the connection we had since the beginning of our relationship, you know what I mean? He got picked when he was pretty young to come play together with me in New England and I think that position [the tight end] is so like, critical to the success of a quarterback because that throw to him is always available; you know, he's always a tough matchup to defend and then you put his incredible athletic ability and athleticism, uh, his speed; all the things that matter, but then there's an intellectual part that people don't see because they always think that Gronk is soft all the time but Gronk is a very very smart player, [and] person; he has very high awareness of everything, so we've been able to play together for a long time and do some really great things together and ummm...he just continues to blow me away. I mean, with all the stuff that he does as a player and how I seen him like, you know, go from a 20-year-old, 21 year-old kid to now, you know, he's just...he's so mature, [is] such a professional and...he LOVES football. He loves playin' and competin'. I think we're all...this team loves him as they should because he's just an amazing guy.

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This cannot be the end for Tom. I had a perfect chance to see him play my favorite team this year and didn’t take it. Please, give me one more year. I’m dropping every dollar I have on that Bucs Rams rematch in Tampa. Already planning TB12 tattoo ideas. Thank you for everything if this is the end. People can hate for a lifetime, but you’ve inspired me to never give up.

HEY. NO. SAME. SAME. NO, NO, LOW KEY. LOW KEY BY FIVE. GO.

“It’s gonna come down to this young defense to try and get a stop…against what many people feel like is the best quarterback that’s ever played the game.”

Tom Brady