As the Buccaneers transformed from a 7-9 team to Super Bowl champions, everyone from Bruce Arians to Tom Brady’s teammates credited the intangibles the quarterback brought to the table.
Nobody has been able explain them quite like LeSean McCoy though.
The 32-year-old running back signed with Tampa Bay in August because he wanted another shot at a Super Bowl ring. In his 12th NFL season, he’d never seen a teammate like Brady before.
“He’s the only player that I’ve ever been around that, when he speaks, when he talks, I believe him,” McCoy said on The Pat McAfee Show. “He could tell me, ‘Shady, go walk on that water. You won’t drown.’ I’m going to be like, ‘OK.’ He has that type of thing about him. And the way he works. When I was younger, I wish I worked as hard as he does. We just won a Super Bowl and he’s back training, doing little things.”
As the Buccaneers began their Cinderella run to Super Bowl LV, Brady took things to another level.
“We have about eight, nine, maybe ten players in a group chat. All the skill guys,” McCoy explained. “All the guys that were active to play. And he’s going into details about every player we’re going against. He’s like, a voice over. It’s a video playing and it’s only him. He’s got the candles lit. He’s like, ‘This DB, he likes to press. He likes to hold. He doesn’t have good speed.’ With everybody. I’m like, this guy is so dialed in. He’s 43! He’s dialed in. He can play another five years. Just because, not only just the talent or the big arm and all that. It’s just like, he gets it. He gets it.”
McCoy wasn’t surprised to see the Patriots fall to 7-9 in 2020. During his tenure with the Bills, he believed Brady was the key to New England’s success.
“Real talk, I played in Buffalo and I would play this dude every year, twice a year. I’d say, ‘When Brady leaves, the Patriots, they will not be as good.’ Everybody talks about this (Bill) Belichick — and I respect Belichick, he’s a great coach — but c’mon, let’s stop that,” McCoy said. “When (Brady) leaves that team, they will not be the same. The guy is different. You feed off of him. His energy.
“The regular season, he was so serious. And then the playoffs, it was like the Terminator. He was even more serious. And then the championship week he was even more serious. Like, even the coaches have to be on their A-game because the dude demands so much respect. When he’s there, it’s like the championship habits pick up. The championship DNA picks up. And I think when you have a guy like that, you have a chance to win. And I love Belichick, but they’re not the same team without (No.) 12 over there.”
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