(01-19-2018, 09:41 AM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(01-19-2018, 08:33 AM)Jags Wrote: Yeah, I was laughing on the inside while reading that.  I think Brady plays too.  With all the players saying the same thing it looks like a smoke screen.  Tom Brady can miss a few practices and still be Brady. There is that small chance that it is to cover up that he will be out and wanting the Jags to gameplan around Brady instead of Hoyer.  Wishful thinking.

This is just silly. You don't miss practices going into the AFCCG just to try to trick an opponent.

I’m not saying he is missing practices for the reason of creating a smokescreen.    The only reports that seem to jive is Brady jammed his hand and had some swelling possibly.  I can see them holding him out for precaution/healing reasons.  The media of course is speculating and asking a million questions, as they should.  The players answers seem scripted and McCourty had the cat that ate the canary look on him.  So I can see it being a fairly non issue and they being the Pats in an important game stying hush hush about it and being coy.  I guess the “smokescreen” would be letting the media hype it up as something more serious.

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