(CNN) — Tom Brady is taking a while away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to “cope with private issues,” in accordance with the workforce’s head coach Todd Bowles.
The 45-year-old quarterback missed observe on Thursday, and Bowles advised reporters that he won't return till after the workforce’s second preseason sport, on Aug. 20.
“Tom has been excused at this time,” Bowles mentioned. “He’ll be again someday round after Tennessee. He’s going to cope with some private issues.
“That is one thing we talked about earlier than coaching camp began. We allotted this time as a result of he needed to get in and get chemistry with the blokes and undergo two weeks of coaching camp.”
Bowles didn’t elaborate on the explanation for Brady’s absence, however mentioned it was a plan that had been in place from earlier than coaching camp started and remained assured that Brady could be again for the workforce’s season-opening Week 1 conflict towards the Dallas Cowboys.
“Clearly, there’s at all times going to be doubt,” Bowles mentioned, “however I've a reasonably excessive degree of confidence, sure.”
Bucs linebacker Devin White mentioned Brady had his workforce’s full assist and understanding.
“He’s a grown man — (extra grown) than most of us within the locker room, and he’s a human on the finish of the day,” White mentioned. “He’s acquired private issues occurring, however he’s a man that’s been doing this so lengthy, he (doesn’t) have to be right here.
“If he’s not right here, we all know that he’s nonetheless working. He has a fantastic supporting solid round him and he’s going to get his work in whether or not he’s right here or not right here, so when he comes again, he’ll by no means miss a beat and that’s the one essential factor.
“However greater than soccer, we’re praying for no matter he’s acquired occurring as a human being and we hope everybody else does too and that’s all we ask for him — his well-being. Soccer comes second, him being a human comes first.”
Since becoming a member of the Bucs in 2020 from the New England Patriots, Brady — the league’s oldest quarterback — has helped to dramatically enhance the workforce’s success.
A perennial underachiever earlier than his arrival, the Bucs gained the Tremendous Bowl in Brady’s first season on the helm — his seventh Tremendous Bowl ring.
The workforce fell wanting expectations final season, shedding to the eventual Tremendous Bowl winners the Los Angeles Rams within the playoffs.
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