I understand the greatness of quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick.
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Brady met with the media on Tuesday and when he was asked about whether or not he could’ve played last Thursday, he said “Yeah, I think so”. This is a class that’s tough to endorse, but I give the Patriots credit for Butler and an overall resourcefulness in the team-building process that lessens the sting for them. Jimmy Garoppolo completed 16 of 21 passes for 181 yards and one touchdown while Jacoby Brissett added 87 yards in 9-for-13 passes. “I wanted to go and coach said it’s probably best if you – for what I was gonna to go out and do – just take it easy”. “I’m just preparing as if I always have”.
He said that on Thursday, after letting out an expletive that he couldn’t repeat in front of his children, he didn’t allow himself to dwell on his misfortune. So I waited a week, at which time Colvin happily told me his old war stories abut selling popcorn at the RCA Dome. It was just a silly accident. You never know, last week was a good example, you never know what’s going to happen.
“It’s a crappy way to not be out there, because it’s a silly mistake”.
He hasn’t missed a regular-season start since 2008, when he tore the ACL in his left knee during the season opener.
Brady has yet to play a single snap in a preseason game, and the opportunities to do so with the first-team unit are slipping away fast. Then, No. 12 missed Sunday and Monday’s practice.
It’s likely that Brady will want to play out his current deal that has him under contract with New England through the 2019 season at a very reasonable salary of $14 million. Year after year, you’re going to be more comfortable in the system, whatever it may be.
Brady’s appearance was the first in Foxborough since the Bears game.
“No, I don’t comment on any personal situations”, Belichick said, according to Mike Giardi of CSNNE.
“We have a ton of conversations, day in and day out”, Garoppolo said.
There were other circumstances and because of his athleticism, his intelligence, his versatility, a lot of times he was the guy making the move, Belichick said. “Now I feel like I’m 94 percent”, he said, referring to his jersey number.
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“He works his tail off to prepare, and I know he has the respect of everybody”, Brady said.
