Those ar Brady's owns words. Not mine, not some hack reporter. Brady's. He chose to be like that. He chose to freeze out guys.
Somewhere along the way, he changed what he wanted to do. He only wanted to throw to his guys. At the time, I didn't think missing OTAs was a big deal, but looking back, reading this and hearing him say it on Stern, I changed my tune. Was it the reason he wouldn't throw to new guy X? No, not solely. Do I believe it contributed? Yup. Do I believe that Brady held back the development of the younger WRs? No, not solely. Did he contribute? Yup. Was he worn down by everything that comes with being Tom Brady, QB of the New England Patriots, 6 Time Super Bowl Champion, GOAT and Future Hall Of Famer? Yup. Do I believe he wishes he could find that joy again? Yup. Do I believe that he's grasping at it by signing with the Bucs? Yup.
He could go to Tampa and have a renaissance with all those weapons. He could go to Tampa, Evans could drop a pass, run a wrong route, look back at Brady and see him with his hands up, going "WTF".
We will see.