Tom Brady’s Buccaneers return still has no ‘definitive date’

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has been away from the workforce for the previous week attributable to private causes, and it stays unclear when he’ll return.

Head coach Todd Bowles supplied an replace on the state of affairs on Thursday, saying there’s no “definitive date” for Brady’s return, The Athletic reported.

“We’ll see. We’ll discuss it subsequent week,” Bowles mentioned. “I’m not involved about it proper now. We’re attempting to follow in opposition to Tennessee and play a sport. I mentioned someday after Tennessee. There’s no definitive date for me. We’ll keep up a correspondence and discover out.”

The Bucs originally announced that Brady had stepped away from the workforce on Aug. 11, noting that the absence was deliberate previous to it turning into public and that he was anticipated to return someday after their second preseason sport, which is Saturday versus the Titans.

With Brady unavailable, Tampa Bay’s QB reps have been divided between Blaine Gabbert, Kyle Trask and Ryan Griffin. Gabbert is coming into his fourth season with the Buccaneers. Trask was a second-round draft decide of the workforce in 2021. Griffin has been with Tampa Bay since 2015.

Brady, 45, is coming into his twenty third NFL season. Last 12 months, he completed with 5,316 passing yards, 43 passing touchdowns, 12 interceptions and 102.1 quarterback ranking, finishing 67.5% of his passes. Tampa Bay went 13-4 in 2021, good for first within the NFC South, however misplaced to the eventual Super Bowl-champion Los Angeles Rams within the NFC divisional spherical.