The back and forth between the Bucs and Patriots has begun.
It all began when head coach Bill Belichick told reporters that Tom Brady currently plays in a similar offense with Bruce Arians as he did with the Patriots.
“It’s the offense he’s run his whole career,” Belichick told reporters. “Well, I mean as it evolved here, but the running game is the running game. The running game is different, but the passing game is the passing game. It’s pretty similar, you could call most every play from the flare control to the protection. You know, similar to the way we do it.”
When informed of those comments, Tampa head coach Bruce Arians decided to return fire and accuse New England of actually copying his offense.
“I think they [Patriots] copied a lot of ours so it’s probably the same,” Arians said, per Buccaneers.com. “Ask them which film they watch every week. They always picked ours up and watched it, so it’s the same stuff.”
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There are sure to be some fireworks on Sunday as Brady makes his return to Gillette Stadium for the first time since a playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card.
