Apart from the management and players of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, nobody knows what brews inside the locker room. They are the right persons to give first-hand validation for the rumors related to the team. A.Q Shipley, who happens to be the offensive assistant, recently opened up on the rumored friction between Tom Brady and Bruce Arians.

After spending a six-week retirement from the league, Tom Brady returned to the field. However, a few days later Arians shocked Buccaneer fans with his abrupt exit from the coaching job. Experts and fans started speculating about a possible rift between the duo, which was later denied by the quarterback and the former head coach.

What does Shipley have to say about Tom Brady and Bruce Arians?

Apart from being a coaching staff for the Buccaneers in 2021, Shipley donned jerseys for the team in 2020 as a center. On his recent appearance at the Pat McAfee show; last week, Shipley had a broad view on everything related to the management and dynamics of the team. According to him the friction between Brady and Arians is a mere fabricated story produced by the media houses.

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“I’m curious. I’m just curious about how we’re just guessing sources these days. I mean it is a wild world. A wild world.” Shipley told McAfee on his show.

When asked about his relationship with Bruce Arians over the past years, the 35-year-old has nothing but huge respect for the veteran. “I love that guy, you know that,” Shipley said. “I mean the guy employed me for 10 of my 13 years in this business. So, you know, there’s not much else to get into besides that, except how much respect I have for him.” Shipley added to his statement.

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Interestingly, he and McAfee played for the Indianapolis Colts as teammates, and Shipley has been a frequent guest in past years on the show. Earlier this year, Shipley officially left the Buccaneers coaching staff and claimed coaching was not something for him. “within a week after the [2021] season, I knew that coaching was not in my future.” Shipley told Pat McAfee about stepping away from his job.

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht’s take on the Arians-Brady relationship

Even before Shipley marked his presence in front of the media, Jason Licht was the first person from the Buccaneers’ side to clarify the matter. On his appearance at the Rich Eisen Show, Licht said that Brady and Arians maintained a healthy relationship for years. The duo occasionally cuss out each other, and apart from that, they maintain a phenomenal bond.

The general manager also added that Arians and Brady were always great friends, and they continue to be one, as per his conscience nothing has happened as such leading BA to leave his job. He called all the allegations baseless and vowed to focus on the present. Indeed, the story shall always remain undiscovered until Brady and Arians give contradictory statements on the same.

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