Tom Brady is finally heading to Hollywood – where Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams await

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Tom Brady will play his first NFL game in Los Angeles, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against Matthew Stafford and the Rams – watch Sky Sports NFL live from 9:25 pm on Sunday.

Tom Brady has made many marks in his NFL career. The Los Angeles game is not one of them.

While Bruce Arians and the Bucs are brandishing their banner supplier, the Rams are hoping they’ll have the same at Matthew Stafford, whose offseason arrival made Sean McVeigh the happiest man in the league.

So far, not bad for the story of two quarterbacks who raised the average age of the league’s too early MVP candidates. While the NFL was overwhelmed by the strength of Justin Herbert’s arms, Kyler Murray’s pyrotechnics, Josh Allen’s story, “Hell, yeah!” The eternal genius of Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes, Brady and Stafford returned there in invisible “non-contact” red jerseys, making the teams afraid to give them a yard, knowing full well that they would snatch 10.

It is significant that in the first two weeks of the season, Brady was attacked only 19 times (15th place), and Stafford – 16 times (17th). In some cases, teams dared to leave the receiver free, the readout was too smooth, and the ball was released too quickly.

Brady was pressurized only nine times (30th among starting quarterbacks) and 10 percent of defensive falls (32nd), while he was rushed only twice (31st); Stafford was pressured seven times (32nd place) and 11.9% of retreating (30th place), and he was rushed only once.

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Watch Matthew Stafford’s best passes in his debut against the Chicago Bears in the first week of the 2021 NFL regular season.

The X and O icons are important. But as long as the pocket is clear, Brady and Stafford will be a stick for protection.

Sunday’s 48-25 win over the Atlanta Falcons extended Tampa’s 30-odd streak to nine consecutive games, breaking the record previously set by the New England Patriots for Brady, whose nine touchdowns in his first two outs are the most. in his career. … Last season, the Rams finished 24th in attacking efficiency and are now third behind Stafford, averaging 30.5 points per game (5th).

There’s a lot that is said about the persistence of Bux’s pass defense, which played a defining role on the road to the Super Bowl, but helps to have a quarterback who still juggles his pocket and knows when to climb and when to slide as well as everyone else. in the league.

Such was the nature of the discontinued COVID offseason in 2020, teething problems were natural in the first weeks of the campaign. Brady was always going to feel more comfortable and more dangerous this year, as he had time to properly personalize and simulate his attack with Byron Levich and Arians.

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