Tom Brady returned to the New England Patriots on Tuesday, and the quarterback kept a tight lip for why he received an excused personal absence while also explaining his scissors mishap that prevented him from playing against the Chicago Bears last Thursday.
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“The QBs ran out for warmups and it was like, ‘all right, I’m not playing.’ A bummer I couldn’t be out there with my teammates”. As he said, “That’s a crappy way to not be out there because it’s a silly mistake”. Gordon, who missed the first two preseason games with a quadriceps injury, led the National Football League in yards receiving in 2013, but was suspended all of last season. “I learned from it and hopefully won’t be operating any more scissors for a while”.
Brady, who was suspended four games for his alleged role in the Deflategate scandal, has yet to play this preseason. That means no prying objects from cleats, probably no gardening, no arts and crafts, and lots of stewing while he’s away from the team until October.
“We just have to do the best we can to try to put together the best team we can based on the information and observations that we have”, Belichick said, “and I’m sure that there will be some adjustments or fine-tuning as the year goes along, as there always is”. I’m just taking the advice of coach (Belichick), and whatever he wants to do, I’m going to do everything I can to be ready to go when I am called upon.
“I’d like to be out there every time I get a chance to play, so you only get so many opportunities a year”.
The Carolina Panthers have their biggest test yet with the third preseason game against the New England Patriots. Like all preseason games, just worry about which starters aren’t able to leave the field without the assistance of the medical staff.
“We’ll take it day to day, week to week”, Belichick said, according to the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin. It’s not like Brady is going to play in the first four weeks of the regular season anyway. I don’t even think you’re in the same universe. You just have to go about your business the same way you always have. So I waited a week, at which time Colvin happily told me his old war stories abut selling popcorn at the RCA Dome. Sebastian Vollmer was expected to be the starter at right tackle, but has missed both preseason games and remains on the physically unable to perform list with an undisclosed issue. “Now I feel like I’m 94 percent”, he said, referring to his jersey number. “You never know what’s going to happen, and we’ll go from there, I guess”.
Asked his reaction when he noticed the severity, Brady said he uttered a word he shouldn’t repeat.
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While we’re busy penciling in a group that earns almost a fifth of the team’s payroll, we should maybe consider that we’re writing with invisible ink.
