Jason Licht Shares A Tom Brady Memory
December 27th, 2020
Bucs GM Jason Licht gets in the face of Team Glazer during the pre-mask era.
What a day this must be for Bucs general manager Jason Licht.
When he took the Tampa Bay job, he didn’t draw up a seven-year plan to make the postseason — no GM does — but look at him now. Take a bow, Mr. Licht.
As Joe wrote yesterday, Joe considers the Bucs’ success this season to be evidence that Licht has matured as a GM and is simply better than he used to be. And yes, Jameis haters, the Bucs’ 10-5 record is about a lot more than getting the human turnover machine out of town.
Yesterday, Licht was talking before the Bucs game on the team radio broadcast about his favorite Tom Brady memory. Remember, Licht was a former honcho with the Belicheats, hired and re-hired again by one of the greatest football minds in history.
Licht served up three memories: one of being there for Brady’s first-ever game in Detroit, winning the Super Bowl during the 2001 season and how Brady interacted with Licht before the QB was an iconic superstar. “I always liked how after games he would come up to me, ‘Great job today.'”
Gushing about Brady’s infectious aura also was on the docket for Licht. “He’s one of types of competitors that has ice in his veins.”
Licht went on to compare Jason Pierre-Paul to Brady, “he’ll do it missing fingers and [with] a broken neck.” Of course, Licht was the guy who thieved JPP from the Giants for a third-round pick just prior to the 2017 NFL Draft.
Joe is so fired up with Bucs love and happiness today. It’s fun being a cheerleader — when there’s something to really cheer about.
December 27th, 2020 at 12:43 pm
Must give kudos to Licht this year.
Job well done.
December 27th, 2020 at 12:45 pm
Biggest game of the season so far on Sunday. If the Bucs win:
* It will be best record since Gruden went 12-4
* The “Den of Depression” moniker will be dropped (allegedly)
Joe, assuming the Bucs win: What will be the new nickname for RJS?
December 27th, 2020 at 12:52 pm
Howard
How about home of the Super Bowl Champs? Of course gotta earn it first.
December 27th, 2020 at 1:21 pm
Tompa Stadium
December 27th, 2020 at 1:22 pm
At this point the new nickname should include “Brady” or “Tom” in it
December 27th, 2020 at 1:23 pm
LOL….NRINB beat Howard to the punch! Awesome
December 27th, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Licht “…hired and re-hired again by one of the greatest football minds in history.”
Lovie?😂
December 27th, 2020 at 1:52 pm
Jameis haters huh joe???? How come when people speak the truth and not make excuses for jameis they are haters??? Guess what joe the truth is in the pudding you can have your 5000yds.
December 27th, 2020 at 2:04 pm
Atlanta giving KC all they want today
December 27th, 2020 at 2:20 pm
Jmark
I hear yah. Bit atlanta is a good team. But they cant finish is their problem
December 27th, 2020 at 2:33 pm
Awesome stuff. With the year that we’ve had, having our team in a position to kick a$$ in the playoffs is something a lot of folks will appreciate for a long time, myself included.
December 27th, 2020 at 2:33 pm
Look at phillip rivers stats as we were looking at him.
Less yards and 22 tds and 9 ints. Not terrible at all with low picks but
Brady was right move.
December 27th, 2020 at 4:50 pm
He absolutely nailed the Wirfs pick. That pick has put us in position to win this year. That and the development of Capps have been key to the balance on offense this season. He had to swallow some failure for sure. VH3, TWO kickers and of course Winston. But he’s actually hit more than he’s missed in the draft (Godwin, Marpet, White) and the deals for JPP, Shaq and Brady have helped this franchise turn a corner. His next challenge is to draft replacements for those key vets. I’ve always liked Licht, and it’s good to see him overcome some mistakes and get this team to the post season.
December 27th, 2020 at 6:46 pm
Toms place, has a nice ring to it,
December 27th, 2020 at 7:38 pm
Don’t get the Winston haters comment Joe??? For 5 years he gave the ball away over and over again. Last weeks pod cast, I think, it was brought up again how every team going into the playoffs year after year don’t have the turnovers. Winston was a bad pick on and off the field, but at the time they really didn’t have a good pick at QB between him and Mariota. 5000 yards didn’t get them even sniffing the post season and the consistent pics killed the D and the O never could overcome them. I am interested seeing if Payton can change anything for him. I hate Payton, but he’s a heck of a coach.
December 27th, 2020 at 7:40 pm
What irks me is that damn matt gay is money now with the rams. Wtf
December 27th, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Temple Of Manliness Best Reality All Damn Year!
December 27th, 2020 at 10:16 pm
This GM drafted a place kicker at # 2 who was a terrible bust. No. 2 nonetheless! That was a dumb, dumd move that would have gotten most GMs fired anywhere except with the bucs. A couple of years he wasted a draft pick on another kicker who couldn’t kick. Amazing
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December 27th, 2020 at 10:51 pm
No longer the “New Sombrero” or “The Den of Depression.”. How about “the house that Tom rebuilt?”
December 28th, 2020 at 2:19 am
Licht is very lucky to have a job
December 28th, 2020 at 10:11 am
I am so happy that the Glazers have learned their lessons. A new coach every two or three years is not the answer. A new GM every four or five years is not the answer either. Find what you think is the right man for the job of GM and be patient. I am proud of our ownership now.
I have enjoyed watching Jason Licht grow and mature as a general manager. I have shared many of the criticisms of him along the way. But what do I know? I can only generalize and watch from the outside like just about everyone else. Our present and our future appear unlimited. We have come a long way. I am proud of this franchise now.
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Go Bucs!!! Win Now!
December 28th, 2020 at 5:43 pm
The Bucs have been disappointed this time of year for so many years it is hard for Bucs fans to cheer about our making the playoffs. With Brady knowing how to win in the playoffs it is now possible to dream about the Bucs getting to the Super Bowl in Tampa. Yeah!!!