Tom Brady will be entering uncharted territory in 2020, as he will be playing for a team other than the New England Patriots for the first time in his NFL career. The future Hall-of-Famer signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week, and he understands that there will be an adjustment period in his new digs:

“Where I've been, I've learned a great deal,” said Brady, according to Greg Auman of The Athletic. “As I move forward, no one cares what you've done in the past. … There's a lot of things I have to get up to speed on, learning different terminology. That's a unique challenge I haven't faced, but one I look forward to.”

Brady spent the first 20 years of his professional tenure with the Patriots, winning six Super Bowl titles and establishing himself as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game.

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However, Brady will be 43 years old at the start of next season, and he is coming off of a shaky 2019 campaign in which he threw for 4,057 yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions. It marked the first time Brady missed the Pro Bowl since 2008, when he was knocked out for the season with a torn ACL in Week 1.

Not only that, but Brady will be joining a Buccaneers franchise that has not made the playoffs in 12 years, representing the longest active postseason drought in the NFC.

Luckily for Brady, Tampa Bay has ample weapons on offense, but it remains to be seen if he can reverse what has been a largely unsuccessful culture for the better part of the last couple of decades.