Bucs hegemony: Tom Brady is aiming for another division title

Tampa Bay is shaping up to maintain the hegemony in the National South Division this season, and of course in the entire League, to win the 2023 Super Bowl. And it couldn’t be otherwise if the NFL star, Tom Brady, He remains in the franchise and returned to training on August 11 to play, now, what would be his last season on the grid.
Brady still wanted to be on the field and that’s why he came out of the -tiny- retirement, of just 40 days, to show that he still has power in his arm, the one that already established him as one of the best quarterbacks in the entire history of the professional american football
Brady’s short-lived retirement sparked unexpected hope for the rest of the division’s teams, who already dreamed of stealing the Bucs’ spot they’ve taken over in recent years… but the taste was short-lived.
Although the presence of Brady means a mental and sports boost for the Bucs, the New Orleans Saints, who had the best defense in 2021; the Carolina Panthers, a franchise that hopes to forget its second-worst defensive label from last season; and the Atlanta Falcons, with their renewed team betting on youngsters like tight end Kyle Pitts and receiver Drake London, are the teams Tom will have to battle with in the South, where things won’t be as easy as they seem for the Buccaneers .
New Orleans banked on a new project in the face of Sean Payton’s departure as head coach and has little to lose from another season that paints sadness after sadness.
For Carolina and Atlanta, new faces in the quarterback position will be the stories to follow, with everything and that their future is not promising either. Regardless of the performance that the rest of the teams may have this season, Tampa Bay is the bookmaker’s favorite to win its division, and of course be one of the protagonists in the Final next February.
Only time will tell if Brady’s possible goodbye will be accompanied by more success at the division level.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: with Brady, without Arians
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are favorites this season, although the team has had to restructure after losing Rob Gronkowski’s offense, one of the players with whom Tom Brady had a better understanding on the gridiron, and Ndamukong’s defense. Suh, among other departures from the team.
Coach Todd Bowles hopes that the arrival of Akiem Hicks to replace Suh will keep the team’s offense solid and, why not, repeat as the best franchise in this area, as it was last season.
The retirement of Bruce Arians would not be a factor, since the players have a good relationship with Bowles, who will not change much the game plan with which Tampa was successful two years ago, although he did promise to put his own touch on it.

New Orleans Saints: power in passing game
The arrival of coach Dennis Allen seems to give a kind of renewal to New Orleans, a team that, although it had the seventh-best defense in 2021, needs to stay strong on offense.
The team keeps Jameis Winston as its star quarterback and the receivers with whom he will now share the field of play, Jarvis Landry, Chris Olave and Michael Thomas, who did not play last season, will have to be very attentive to the signs that he gives them to stop. capture the ovoid and thus lead the Saints to be protagonists.
Winston outplayed both Andy Dalton and Taysom Hill, but his spot will be on the line in every game of the year, so it’s his job to prove play by play.

Atlanta Falcons: little reason to grow
With Marcus Mariota as the new quarterback in place of Matt Ryan, Atlanta aims to shine this season after last year’s 7-10 losing record, one that left their fans with a bad taste in their mouths.
The Falcons are betting on the renovation they are doing to face 2022, especially in the performance of rookies such as cornerback AJ Terrell and receiver Drake London, among others. However, the restructuring it needs is a mental one as Atlanta drags on from that Super Bowl LI loss, when they blew a 28-3 lead. Kyle Pitts is another reason to turn to the Falcons, even if the tight end is more busy blocking pressure than moving the chains, as he was last year.

Carolina Panthers: Facing a gloomy outlook
The 5-12 record last season outlines Carolina as one of the worst teams for this 2022. The understanding that quarterback Baker Mayfield may have with Christian McCaffrey, one of the team’s star running backs and who in five seasons in the The league is averaging 6.2 receptions per game, and wide receiver DJ Moore could give the team some breathing space.
The uncertainty now centers on how long both Mayfield and McCaffrey remain healthy during the season.
That yes, if Mayfield does not respond, Sam Darnold is ready to recover the position that he lost precisely because of the poor performance of the Panthers last year, although the former QB of the Jets says he is ready for the challenge with Carolina.