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The made a habit out of shocking the NFL in 2020. At the start of free agency, they left the entire league's jaws on the floor when they were able to lure to Tampa. From there, we all know the story. Not only did they find succe s, but they won three road playoff games en-route to a Super Bowl berth and became the first team in Super Bowl history Christian Vazquez Jersey to play the game in their home stadium. Against the , Tampa's defense suffocated while Brady and company went on to win the franchise's second title in team history.Now, they're looking to do it again. The Bucs will enter the 2021 season trying to repeat as champions, a feat that hasn't been done since Brady's climbed the mountain in back-to-back years in 2003 and 2004. While it's a tough thing to accomplish, the Bucs do have a strong case of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy yet again. Below, we'll highlight three main reasons why the Buccaneers will repeat as Super Bowl champions this season.The overall theme of the Buccaneers' mi sion statement this offseason was continuity. They went into free agency with the goal of keeping their championship core intact and they did so splendidly. Tampa Bay retained all 22 starters from that Super Kevin Plawecki Jersey Bowl-winning team in 2020 along with a number of role players. That makes them the first team in the salary cap era (since 1994) to bring back all 22 starters from the previous championship season. The last team to return their Week 1 starters from a Super Bowl-winning season was the 1979 , who just so happened to repeat as champions. This 2021 Bucs team knows exactly what it takes to be a champion and should be able to lean on that experience through this coming year.Typically, what makes repeating difficult is the regular-season schedule. Under more traditional circumstances, the Super Bowl champion likely finished in first place in their division, meaning they'd be handed a first-place schedule for the following year. However, the Bucs did not win the NFC South in 2020. That honor went to the , who Tampa Bay knocked out of the Divisional Round. Because they were second in the NFC South, they will square up against other teams who also finished second in Roger Clemens Jersey their respective divisions in 2020 (along with whichever divisions are slated to face the NFC South this year). Instead of playing the , , and in 2021, the Bucs will play the , , and . With that in mind, it's not surprising to see the Buccaneers have the fourth-easiest schedule in the NFL this coming season .In all, Tampa Bay's upcoming opponents had a combined winning percentage of just .465 in 2020. Not too bad when you consider the Bucs will be vying for the top seed in the NFC and the lone first-round bye in the conference.Because he Craig Kimbrel Jersey was able to win his seventh Super Bowl (first with the Bucs) last season, I think there's a bit of a misconception that Tom Brady has already peaked with Tampa Bay. I'd argue otherwise. The beginning of 2020 was a bumpy road for Brady and his new team as the legendary quarterback was still trying to figure his way through this latest chapter in his career. By the tail end of the season and into the playoffs, however, Brady and the offense clicked. Over his final nine games of the 2020 season (including playoffs), Brady completed 64.1% of his pa ses for 2,739 yards, 25 touchdowns, and just six interceptions. If you project that out over a 17-game regular season, Brady's looking at over 5,100 yards pa sing and around 47 pa sing touchdowns. If Brady can improve from Year 1 to Year 2 in Blake Swihart Jersey Tampa Bay -- almost in a similar fashion did in his second season with the -- the Bucs will be that much more dangerous.