A new team won't necessarily mean a new offense to learn for Tom Brady. While Tampa Bay's offense will include of some of the things Brady did in New England, it will continue to be an extension of head coach Bruce Arians' offensive philosophy. Arians' offense did, after all, finish third in the NFL in scoring last season while producing the league's passing champion. 

"I think what we'll see here (in Tampa Bay) is Bruce's offense with a Brady influence," Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen recently said during an interview with Bob Kravitz of The Athletic. "Bruce wants to keep the offense the same. We did some good things last year. Tom has been terrific as far as saying, 'Just tell me what you want to do.' And honestly, there's a lot of carryover from all these offenses; it's just what you call certain things. 

"We're looking forward to seeing how he can influence the offense. He'll make it better. That's what the great ones do. He'll have some great ideas so we're anxious to get his take on things."

Christensen, a veteran offensive coach who worked with Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck during his 14 years on the Colts' coaching staff, said that the Buccaneers took a hard look at each veteran quarterback that was available this offseason. After doing their homework on each player, Christensen said that the Buccaneers were convinced that Brady was clearly the best option. Christensen said that, despite Brady's decline in production during the second half of the 2019 season, he doesn't think that Brady has lost any zip in his fastball. 

"I'm telling you, anybody who says he's lost arm strength, all I know is I must have missed something," Christensen said. "Remember, (the Patriots) didn't have those kinds of receivers who could get deep. It wasn't about anything that he couldn't do. I thought he played last year at a high, high, high level, still light's out. He comes here, we've got the two outside receivers (Chris Godwin and Mike Evans), you think back to what Peyton had in Denver and he goes out there and sets the NFL record for touchdown passes and reaches two Super Bowls, wins one. I think that's very attractive to Tom. Peyton had fun at his second stop. He was able to turn that place around. I think Tom's excited about what he can do with those two cats."

Godwin and Evans are both coming off Pro Bowl seasons that saw them catch a combined 153 passes for 2,490 yards and 17 touchdowns. After losing Breshad Perriman in free agency, the Buccaneers spent a fifth-round pick on Minnesota receiver Tyler Johnson, who caught 25 touchdowns during his last two years with the Golden Gophers. Brady will also have a familiar face in his huddle in tight end Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement to join Brady in Tampa Bay. 

In New England, Brady was the master at taking what the defense gave him while methodically choosing when to take his shots down the field. In Tampa Bay, Brady will surely get the green light to take more chances down the field, given Arians' offensive philosophy. Former NFL quarterback Carson Palmer, who enjoyed his best season under Arians during their time together in Arizona, relished the freedom he had within Arians' offense. 

"You play for him, and you see he has guts," Palmer said during an NFL Films documentary on Arians. "He'll let it fly, no matter what. Everything else is in the league is copycat, everybody's doing pretty much the same thing, and you see what he's doing, it's totally different." 

After having a professional but subservient relationship with Bill Belichick in New England, Brady will have a much more cooperative relationship with Arians, who routinely dines with his quarterbacks both in-season and in the offseason. While some coaches are afraid to get close to their quarterbacks, Arians feels that it is imperative for him to have a strong relationship with his signal caller. 

"The building of relationships, and getting to know guys, especially quarterbacks, that bond has to be so much stronger and deeper than any other bond," Arians said in his NFL Films documentary. 

Above all, Brady will get the opportunity to play for a head coach who has a proven track record when it comes to having success with elite level quarterbacks, a list that includes Manning, Luck, Palmer and Roethlisberger. While Arians' never strayed from his "no risk it, no biscuit" philosophy, he did make subtle adjustments to help complement the skills of each of these players during their time together. Expect him to make the same accommodations for Brady during their time together in Tampa.