Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles was noncommittal Thursday when asked by reporters about a return date for quarterback Tom Brady, who has been away from the team since Aug. 11 to tend to what has been described as “personal things.”
When Bowles announced that Brady would be stepping away, he said Brady would be back after the Bucs’ second preseason game at the Tennessee Titans Saturday night in Nashville, meaning the earliest Brady could return to practicing with the team would be Monday, Aug. 22. But Bowles did not provide a clear return date, and Thursday he said that he wasn’t sure when Brady would actually return, despite Brady’s absence being pre-planned weeks ago, prior to training camp.
“We’ll see,” Bowles said Thursday. “We’ll talk about it next week. Not concerned about it right now. We’re trying to practice against Tennessee and play a game. I said ‘sometime after Tennessee.’ There’s no definitive date for me. But we’ll check on it, we’ll keep in touch and we’ll find out.”
Bucs coach Todd Bowles said Thursday that he’s not clear when exactly Tom Brady will be back despite Brady’s absence being pre-planned weeks ago https://t.co/yEWHSx0Wa9
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) August 18, 2022
#Bucs QB Tom Brady is not at practice today for personal, non-football reasons. Coach Todd Bowles will discuss it after practice, but my understanding is he won’t be present for a few days.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 11, 2022