Bucs QB coach: Tampa will run Arians' offense 'with a Brady influence'

Since Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the follow-up question has been: What offense will they run?

Will the Bucs ask the 42-year-old to learn a new offense entering the 21st year of his career? Or will Brady force the No. 1 passing offense to suit his style?

Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen shed some light on the balance the team will strike.

"I think what we'll see here is (head coach) Bruce (Arians') offense with a Brady influence," Christensen told The Athletic's Bob Kravitz.

"Bruce wants to keep the offense the same," he continued. "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."

Brady will have a stacked receiving corps to throw to, including the tandem of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, his favorite tight end in Rob Gronkowski, fellow tight ends O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate, and rookie wideout Tyler Johnson.

Christensen was asked whether he believes Brady will have the arm to get the ball downfield to his weapons.

"Absolutely," he said. "I looked at every pass he threw for the last four years. It was interesting, because you had the possibility of (Drew) Brees, (Philip) Rivers, (Andy) Dalton, all those guys had a chance of becoming available, so we looked at all of them. And I'm telling you, anybody who says he's lost arm strength, all I know is I must have missed something.

"Remember, (New England) 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 lights out."

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