Tom Brady 'Hasn't Been Able To Do A Lot' in Practice Sometimes, Bill Belichick Says

Bill Belichick is getting candid about the extent of Tom Brady‘s injuries and how it has been affecting their practices.

The 67-year-old New England Patriots head coach opened up about the 42-year-old quarterback’s right elbow injury and more during his press conference on Tuesday (December 17).

When asked about New England’s backup quarterbacks Jarrett Stidham and Cody Kessler, Bill said (via CBS Sports), “Those guys are always ready to go. It’s an opportunity for them. It’s hard to practice three quarterbacks, but there have been a couple examples where Tom hasn’t been able to do a lot this year, so that’s given Stidham an opportunity to go with the first group and run our plays and run our offense, and that’s been good for him. It’s given Cody an opportunity to run more scout-team plays because Jarrett‘s not taking those. So, quarterbacks are always looking for more work. They’ve taken advantage of it. I think it’s helped them.”

“You don’t always want to do it that way, sometimes it’s best to do things that way,” Bill Belichick added. “That’s good for everybody. You know, we want everybody out there as healthy as they can be. That’s ultimately the goal. It’s not always that way, and certainly that’s a better scenario than having just two quarterbacks. Then one guy has to take everything. Not that he can’t take it. It’s the National Football League, but mentally going from a defensive period to an offensive period to a defensive period to an offensive period is not really the best. It’s not as conducive to the high level of execution you need at either one. But sometimes that’s what it is, so you have to adjust.”

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