Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has a certain star power that makes him one of the most transfixing players in football.

But as Brady begins the next chapter of his career with the Bucs, former teammate Tedy Bruschi said his teammates need to be ready to step up and not rely on their quarterback to bail them out of tough situations (via Jenna Laine of ESPN):

“They need to get over Brady-watching. Because they get to the sideline and all of a sudden it's like, ‘It's OK, Tom will bail us out.' That's what I call Brady-watching,” Bruschi said.

Bruschi also said the Buccaneers should refrain from looking at Brady as the “GOAT,” rather than another piece trying to help the team establish dominance on the field (via Laine):

“I’ll say this right now,” Bruschi said. “If those players see him as that four-letter word, they better get over it. The four-letter word is a word I will not use to describe him. It’s that farm animal, it starts with G. I don’t do that. Because that’s almost like putting him on a pedestal. It’s like, dude, you’re still the same guy I intercepted in practice and took 20 bucks from. Come on, now. “That’s my one advice to his teammates right now. He is on a level plane as you, because he’s gonna make mistakes, but he’s also gonna make you better. And it can’t be done without you. Don’t look to him to do it. Our teams never did.”

Of course, Bruschi is used to a different Brady.

The former New England Patriots linebacker was part of a dominant Pats defense that helped drive the team's success long before Brady began to cement his status as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

Still, it is hard to avoid the hype surrounding Buccaneers' status as Super Bowl contenders in the aftermath of signing Brady in free agency.

The Buccaneers have plenty of talent on both sides of the ball. But, as Bruschi suggests, it will take all 53 guys on the roster to win a Lombardi Trophy.