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When Tom Brady left the New England Patriots in 2020, the NFL world was shocked to see his choice. Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a collection of offensive firepower with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and a decent offensive line. However, nobody truly considered them a threat. In the first season together, Brady and HC Bruce Arians were able to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to clinch the Super Bowl.

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The year after that, the team came ever so close to another Super Bowl. Nonetheless, a heartbreaking loss against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game spelled out a trip back home for them. In contrast to the first two seasons, Brady’s 3rd season with the Bucs was full of offensive woes. Ones that even Leftwich could not solve. However, Shanon Sharpe had his own views on the matter and he did not hold back.

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Shannon Sharpe blames Tom Brady for Leftwich decision

The Buccaneers fired OC, Byron Leftwich, on Thursday after the team’s humiliating loss (31-14) to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs. It is no secret that the offense had its wind knocked out of it this season. The team had no running game. A weak offensive line struggled to set the likes of Evans and Godwin let loose on the opposition. Surprisingly, even though the offense was really lacklustre, Brady was still able to rack in 4694 passing yards and was fairly safe with possession of the ball. But for NFL legend and former Broncos TE, Shannon Sharpe, Leftwich was just a scapegoat for the failures of the QB.

The Hall of Famer expressed his thought on the firing. It was pretty obvious that he held Brady responsible for what happened to the OC, instead of holding Leftwich accountable.

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Sharpe faces the wrath of the fans

Fans, who saw this latest take, were not at all pleased with the blame game. Some even told Sharpe to “stop the nonsense.”

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While this fan asked some solid questions to further disprove the former TE’s opinion.

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Contrary to what Sharpe said, this fan thinks Brady helped Leftwich look better than he would have without him.

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Another fan gave the QB credit for helping out with the offense in the first two seasons.

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Buccaneers’ GM, Jason Licht, also received his share of the blame for the offense.

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This fan explained how taking Brady away from the equation would make things look.

The situation was not helped by the fact that Arians was replaced by comparatively unproven Todd Bowles, who was the Buccaneers’ DC for the past few seasons.

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