Jarrett Stidham is the presumptive starting quarterback for the New England Patriots in 2020, succeeding departing future Hall of Fame gunslinger Tom Brady. No doubt comes with a ton of pressure.

According to three-time Super Bowl champion tackle Matt Light, though, Stidham has a wealth of wisdom from observing Brady in action along with sharing a quarterback room with the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers signal-caller (via Patriots Wire).

“I witnessed it happen with Tommy in a very difficult time. It’s not as if he had the snaps in practice leading up to that Week 3 where he was going to take over the reins from a very veteran quarterback in Drew Bledsoe,” Light said on “Good Morning Football” on Friday. “Stidham is going to prove it right now. Unfortunately right now means they’re not able to get together, but when they finally do get together, it’s going to happen in practice first.

“It’s not going to happen in that first game — although you’re going to find out what he’s made of in that first game when the bullets are flying for real and the guys are amped up and it’s all on the line. But he needs to prove it in how he conducts the practices and how he gets guys on the same page in the meeting room and in the film room, the classroom.”

With the Patriots leaning on their reputation as a no-nonsense, disciplined organization, perhaps the very first thing Stidham needs to do is demonstrate his leadership and professionalism in practice.

Stidham, 23, will enter just his second professional season in 2020, though, after New England selected the Auburn product in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. That being said, at least the rising sophomore quarterback had an up-close look at how the six-time Super Bowl champion Brady operated at his position and his post as the face of the Patriots.