Tom Brady has been away from the Buccaneers for per week, and there is no telling when he’ll return. Excused from follow for undisclosed private causes, the star quarterback apparently deliberate his extended absence previous to coaching camp. After initially saying that Brady could be again following this Saturday’s second preseason recreation, nonetheless, head coach Todd Bowles informed reporters Thursday he really has no timetable for Brady’s availability, even with the regular-season opener simply over three weeks away.
“We’ll see,” Bowles stated, per ESPN, when requested Thursday when Brady will return. “We’ll talk about it next week. [I’m] not concerned about it right now. We’re trying to practice against Tennessee and play a game. I said ‘sometime after Tennessee.’ There’s no definitive date for me. But we’ll check on it, we’ll keep in touch and we’ll find out.”
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Bowles added that he is stayed involved with Brady because the quarterback started his absence Aug. 11, expressing confidence that the seven-time Super Bowl champion will probably be below middle when Tampa Bay visits the Cowboys to begin the season Sept. 11. The undeniable fact that Bowles is even addressing Brady’s availability for Week 1, nonetheless, underscores the rising thriller surrounding his absence, which reportedly has nothing to do with well being or household.
As ESPN famous, Brady has obtained excused days off prior to now, particularly as he is gotten older, however that is the primary time in his historic 23-year profession that he is been lacking for so many consecutive days throughout coaching camp or the preseason.
“This is something we talked about before training camp started,” Bowles said last week. “We allotted this time because he wanted to get in and get chemistry with the guys and go through two weeks of training camp, knowing he wasn’t going to play the first two [preseason] games.”
Brady’s first excused absence got here after a scheduled veteran’s day without work on his forty fifth birthday. It additionally got here simply days after the NFL publicly disciplined the Dolphins, who have been discovered to have “impermissibly” recruited Brady whereas he performed for each the Patriots and Buccaneers from 2019-2021. Brady just isn’t going through any punishment for the alleged contact with Miami, although he didn’t dispute reviews of a connection to the Dolphins when requested earlier this summer time.
It’s been a busy offseason for TB12, who retired from soccer after the 2021 season however abruptly introduced his return to the Buccaneers not even 40 days later. Weeks after Brady’s return, head coach Bruce Arians retired from his personal put up to allow Bowles’ promotion, successfully giving much more offensive management to Brady.
