Tom Brady Addresses His 11-Day Absence from Buccaneers

Tom Brady formally addressed his 11-day absence from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as reporters tried to pry extra information out of the NFL famous person on Saturday.

After being away for practically two weeks because of “private” causes, the soccer icon returned to the sector earlier this week. Whereas chatting with reporters on Saturday after his solely preseason sport, Brady, 45, considerably defined why he took break day.

“Everybody has completely different conditions they’re coping with, and all of us have distinctive challenges to our lives,” he told reporters. “I am 45 years previous, man. There’s a variety of s— happening, so that you simply need to try to determine life the perfect you’ll be able to. You already know, it is a steady course of.”

Brady was proper again to enterprise upon his return to the staff. On Monday, ESPN Buccaneers reporter Jennai Laine wrote on Twitter that “there is a noticeable temper shift with everyone when he takes the sector.” A video was additionally posted on social media displaying the famous person QB going by way of footwork drills and throwing the soccer.

Earlier this month, a supply near Brady told PEOPLE that he was not injured and was simply taking private time.

In response to Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles, Brady, and the staff already discussed the absence earlier than the beginning of coaching camp in July.

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“We allotted this time as a result of he wished to get in and get chemistry with the blokes and undergo two weeks of coaching camp, understanding he wasn’t going to play the primary two video games,” he defined.

“He did not wish to take away reps from Blaine [Gabbert] and Kyle [Trask] in addition to Griff [Ryan Griffin] so far as going into these subsequent two video games,” Bowles continued. “And it is one thing he must deal with.”

In the meantime, league sources informed Pro Football Talk that Brady might have been vacationing with spouse Gisele Bündchen at “an unique resort” within the Bahamas throughout his absence.

“His dedication to household and having a private life was on the coronary heart of this hiatus from soccer, and there was no medical emergency, as speculated, or different causes,” in accordance with the web site.

On the identical day he returned to the coaching camp this week, Brady additionally casually denied rumors that he was filming The Masked Singer throughout his time away from his staff.

After acknowledging the speculation in a submit on Twitter, he commented, “Wasn’t on the Masked Singer final week. Was carrying a masks although,” alongside a video advert for his attire model, Brady.