{"id":191770,"date":"2025-07-08T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/191770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:28:10","slug":"steelers-urgency-reminds-cam-newton-of-tom-bradys-super-bowl-winning-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/191770\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers’ Urgency Reminds Cam Newton Of Tom Brady’s Super Bowl-Winning Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Brady solidified his legacy as arguably the greatest NFL player of all time after he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 and helped them win a Super Bowl. He proved that he could win without Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. During Brady\u2019s time there, the Buccaneers loaded up on veteran players, such as Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, and Leonard Fournette. Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton thinks that the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers are operating in a similar manner.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s what it\u2019s giving,\u201d Newton said recently on his 4th and 1 podcast.<\/a> \u201cThe energy of, \u2018We\u2019ve got to win right now. The time is now. We have to, we\u2019re betting it all.\u2019 The reality of it is, this has been noted to be Aaron Rodgers\u2019 last year. Who\u2019s to say this ain\u2019t Mike Tomlin\u2019s last year, too? He\u2019s a walking 10-win coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers have been loading to be competitive this year.<\/a> They signed 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers, whom they hope will be their Brady. However, he isn\u2019t the only older player they\u2019ve added. The Steelers also acquired Darius Slay, Jalen Ramsey, and Robert Woods, who are all over 30.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Brady\u2019s Bucs had an experienced and respected head coach in Bruce Arians. One year after the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, Arians stepped down as their head coach, taking a slight step back from football.<\/p>\n

Perhaps if the Steelers win a championship this year, Tomlin will do something similar. However, it\u2019s important to note that he\u2019s only 53, while Arians was nearly 70 when he left coaching. Tomlin also hasn\u2019t given any indication that he\u2019s ready to walk away from the NFL.<\/p>\n

Also, there are some major differences between the championship Bucs and the current Steelers. For starters, Rodgers isn\u2019t Brady. While he looked fine last year, Brady was still playing at an elite level with the Buccaneers. It\u2019s unlikely that Rodgers will reach those heights.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers\u2019 roster was also more talented than the Steelers\u2019. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were one of the best receiver duos in the league. Their offensive line was more solidified, headlined by proven starters in Ryan Jensen, Ali Marpet, and Donovan Smith.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the Steelers might not see the same success that the Buccaneers did, despite having a similar urgency. It\u2019s difficult for quarterbacks over the age of 40 to continue playing at a high level.<\/a> Brady was an outlier. If Rodgers somehow has a career renaissance, then the Steelers could be more serious Super Bowl contenders. However, that\u2019s far from guaranteed.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Brady solidified his legacy as arguably the greatest NFL player of all time after he joined the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[18746,1586,211,7571,7,6,57,704,250,2597,2596,1369,691],"class_list":{"0":"post-191770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-4th-1-with-cam-newton","9":"tag-aaron-rodgers","10":"tag-buccaneers","11":"tag-cam-newton","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-tampa-bay","16":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","17":"tag-tampabay","18":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers","19":"tag-tom-brady","20":"tag-trending"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}