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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to run it back in 2021. Winning Super Bowl LV in emphatic fashion against the Kansas City Chiefs, the side showed that led by quarterback Tom Brady, they are no pushovers.

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But for the defending champions, preseason hasn’t panned out quite as they would’ve liked. In their opening tie, the Buccaneers lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 19-14.

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While Tom Brady only played two snaps, one of them resulted in a sack. With their next game coming up against the Tennessee Titans, Arians revealed whether or not we’ll see the likes of Brady and other key starters again during that game.

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Buccaneers to rest Tom Brady and other key players

Most of the Buccaneers Super Bowl starters including Tom Brady played minimal snaps in the side’s opening preseason game against the Bengals.

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And with their second preseason tie coming up soon, head coach Bruce Arians was asked about his plans for the game. Would To Brady be playing? The answers seems to be a no.

Arians said that he doesn’t expect Brady to suit up for the side’s game against the Tennessee Titans. “We probably won’t play any starters,” Arians said via ESPN.

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The Head Coach’s decision shouldn’t come as a surprise. Brady, 44, enters the 2021 NFL season after following a knee surgery. It was recently revealed that the QB had played the entirety of the 2020 NFL season with a torn MCL.

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Thus with Brady being the heart and soul of the offense, it’s understandable why Arians doesn’t wish to take any chances following his O-Line’s gaff last week around.

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Shivayan Roy is an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. After completing his Masters Diploma in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Roy functioned as a reporter for Goal.com and extensively covered the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Brief stints with The New Indian Express and Zee News were followed by a return to the field of sports to cover gridiron football. The football classic 'Rudy' sparked an undying love for the game in Roy. Apart from playing Madden in his spare time, he also takes time out to follow Formula One.

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