How Bruce Arians, Bucs players reacted to Tom Brady officially joining team

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers no longer need to save their plaudits.

Tom Brady officially signed his contract with the Bucs in free agency Friday, confirming he'll be playing for Tampa Bay in 2020 after 20 seasons with the New England Patriots.

The Bucs were quick to pump up the 42-year-old QB, posting a series of Brady articles to their website in addition to a 60-second hype video.

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Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians also delivered a glowing statement about the six-time Super Bowl champion.

"Tom is the most successful quarterback in the history of our league, but what makes him so special is his ability to make those around him better," Arians said in the statement. "I have had the privilege to work with some of the best passers in our game, and the characteristics they all possessed were the ability to lead and get the best out of their teammates. Tom is no different.

"He is a proven winner who will provide the leadership, accountability and work ethic necessary to lead us to our goal of winning another championship."

Arians, who was Peyton Manning's quarterbacks coach on the Indianapolis Colts and also has worked with Ben Roethlisberger and Andrew Luck, reportedly was a big draw for Brady, who will get to work with dynamic offense weapons in wide receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans and tight ends O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate.

As you'd expect, Brady's new teammates also are thrilled to have him on board. Here's Bucs safety Devin White welcoming Brady with quite the offer for the horseback-riding QB:

Brady's new center, Ryan Jensen, and punter Bradley Pinion also chimed in on Twitter:

On Instagram, Tampa Bay left tackle Donavan Smith and kicker Matthew Gay both responded to the Bucs' post welcoming Brady with "fire" emojis.

Bucs star linebacker Shaquil Barrett said earlier this week his teammates are in "disbelief" about potentially landing the greatest quarterback of all time, but it seems they're adjusting quite well to the reality.

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