The 45-year-old quarterback missed practice upon Thursday, and Bowles told reporters which he will not return till after the team’s second preseason game on August 20.
“Tom has been excused today, ” Bowles mentioned. “He’ll be back at some point around after Tennessee. He’s going to deal with a few personal things.
“This will be something we discussed before training camp started. We allocated this time because he wanted to get in and get chemistry with the guys plus go through two weeks associated with training camp.
“Knowing this individual wasn’t going to play the first two online games, he didn’t wish to take away reps from Blaine (Gabbert) plus Kyle (Trask), in addition to (Ryan Griffin), as far as going into these next two games. inch
Bowles failed to elaborate on the reason behind Brady’s absence, but said it was a plan that had been in place from before training get away began and continued to be confident that Brady would be back for your team’s season-opening 7 days 1 clash contrary to the Dallas Cowboys.
“Obviously, there’s always going to be doubt, ” Bowles said, “but I have a pretty high level associated with confidence, yes. ”
Bucs linebacker Devin White said Brady acquired his team’s full support and understanding.
“He’s a grown guy — (more grown) than most of us in the locker room, plus he’s an individual at the end of the day, ” Whitened said. “He’s obtained personal problems going on, but he’s a man that’s been doing this such a long time, he (doesn’t) have to be here.
“If your dog is not here, we know that he’s still working. He has a great supporting cast around him and he’s going to get his work in regardless of whether he’s here or not here, so when he comes back, he’ll in no way miss a defeat and that’s the only thing.
“But more than football, we’re praying intended for whatever he’s got going on as a human being and we hope everyone else does too and that’s all we ask for him — his well-being. Football arrives second, him being a human comes 1st. ”
Since joining the particular Bucs in 2020 from the New England Patriots, Brady offers helped to significantly improve the team’s achievement.
A perennial underachiever before their arrival, the Bucs won the Extremely Bowl in Brady’s first season on the helm; his seventh Super Bowl band.
The team dropped short of expectations final season, losing to the eventual Super Bowl winners the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs.
Despite being the oldest quarterback within the league, predictions for that Bucs are once more sky-high this season: Extremely Bowl or bust.