Tom Brady finally explains why he left the Patriots for the Bucs

The football world was shocked when the New England Patriots and Tom Brady split up after one of the league's most dominant runs. What may have shocked people even more was when it was announced that Tom Brady was deciding to head to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they had been stuck in the middle of the pack for so long.

This week, we found out what brought Tom Brady to The Bay, and it shouldn't surprise anyone.

Tom Brady started a newsletter, and one of the things he discussed in it was what brought him to Tampa Bay. He always had a checklist in his mind, and it just so happened that upon looking at the team, the Bucs checked every box.

"The presence of skill players was a 3 in terms of importance, for example, and the Bucs graded out as a 3 because of guys like Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. The same was true for the head coach. That was a 3 in importance, and Tampa scored a 3 with Bruce Arians. Game day weather was a 2, practice weather was a 3... In the end, I chose Tampa, almost exactly five years ago now, because, in the aggregate, it graded out higher than New England along those twenty or so dimensions."

The move of course proved to be perfect for all parties involved. The Bucs would win a Super Bowl with Brady, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans took major steps in their career, and Bruce Arians was allowed to ride off into the sunset.

This article originally appeared on Bucs Wire: Tom Brady shares what made him come to Tampa Bay from New England