There’s yet one more indication that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady thought he’d be a part of the Miami Dolphins final offseason.
According to a chunk by Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times printed on Friday, recently retired Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen “was disappointed prior to the start of the 2022 season” when Tampa Bay blocked him from changing into Miami’s offensive coordinator. That alternative reportedly got here with “a significant pay increase.”
As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio talked about, accepting that job “would have positioned Christensen to work with” Brady in Miami. Florio reported final February that Dolphins proprietor Stephen M. Ross wished to pair Brady with former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton after Payton stepped down from his position with the Saints the earlier month and Brady introduced what turned a temporary retirement on Feb. 1.
In March, then-Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians made it clear the franchise wouldn’t commerce Brady’s rights to a unique staff at the beginning of the brand new league yr. The seven-time Super Bowl champion in the end confirmed on March 13 he was returning to Tampa Bay for one more season however later refused to deny he had been interested by becoming a member of the Dolphins.
Ahead of this season, the Dolphins had been pressured to forfeit a pair of draft picks for violating tampering guidelines relating to Brady and Payton.
Florio additionally identified that Christensen’s “retirement” is probably going a case of him being “pushed out” because the Buccaneers are paying the coach via the ultimate yr of his contract. Christensen theoretically might be a part of a unique group as Brady stays on observe to hit free company this coming March.
Brady and Christensen are known to be shut, to the purpose that Christensen’s departure from the Buccaneers caused some to assume the 45-year-old will play elsewhere in 2023 if he chooses to proceed his profession. For what it is value, Brady has already been linked with the Dolphins this winter attributable to issues in regards to the well being of present Miami signal-caller Tua Tagovailoa.