
“Like, there is a family thing that I believe is happening - that is good - that he’s not playing football.” I don’t know specifically, but my guess is, just judging from the people I’ve spoken with, that you’re kind of in the right area,” Rapoport confirmed. The best description I got about this was that it’s important to find a work/life balance. It’s not - to my knowledge - it is not a medical emergency related to him or, I believe, anyone close to him,” Rapoport explained.

NFL network insider Ian Rapoport joined the Pat McAfee Show to further explain why Brady wasn’t playing with his team. He didn’t want to take away reps from Blaine and Kyle as well as ‘Griff’ as far as going into these next two games. “We allotted this time because he wanted to get in and get chemistry with the guys and go through two weeks of training camp, knowing he wasn’t going to play the first two games. “This is something we talked about before training camp started,” the Buccaneers coach confirmed that nothing was wrong with Brady. RELATED: Click Here For the Best New Binge-Worthy Shows You Haven’t Seen-But Should It marked the first time Brady is taking a break as a starter other than the times that he was suspended in 2016 and had a knee injury in 2008. He’ll be taking-he’ll be back somewhere around after Tennessee,” he said referring to the second preseason game on August 20, “He’s going to deal with some personal things.” After the announcement, many fans speculated what was wrong with the seven-time SuperBowl champion. On August 11, 2022, Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles announced Brady’s break.

After an eleven-day break from training, fans are asking: was Tom Brady on The Masked Singer? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers player spurred rumors after it was announced that he was not going to attend training or the first two games of the pre-season on August 11, 2022.
