NFL analyst reveals how Tom Brady elevated the Buccaneers’ standards on and off the field

Tom Brady's influence can still be felt in Tampa even after his retirement - Source: Getty

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not had Tom Brady for almost two years now, but his influence can still be seen in the continuation of their winning ways with Baker Mayfield. But how did this happen? How did the franchise somehow continue to contend even without arguably the league's greatest player ever?

On "Up & Adams," Fox Sports reporter Carmen Vitali said:

'Tom Brady chose to go to Tampa, and so it made everybody carry themselves in a different way and expect more for themselves. And it wasn't like, "If the Bucs could just get out of there." It was "We believe in ourselves, because the greatest football player of perhaps all time believes in us."'