Bruce Arians admits that he likely wouldn't have stepped aside as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if Tom Brady hadn't come out of retirement.

"I was going the other way. I was thinking he wasn't going to play," Arians said.

"I was thinking about who are we going to get? Who wants to trade? There wasn't anybody to draft. That was obvious. Me, to the public, I was fine with the two we had: Blaine (Gabbert) and Kyle (Trask). Because I've seen Blaine win with a good team behind him. Had Tom not come back, I probably would still be coaching. I couldn't give Todd that situation."

Brady retired shortly after Tampa's playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Six weeks later, he announced he'd return and two weeks after that Arians announced he'd step aside and Todd Bowles would become the head coach.