Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Buccaneers OC Byron Leftwich: Tom Brady has looked 'excellent' since return from absence

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated Aug 24, 2022 2:01 PM ET

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady returned from his 11-day absence heard 'round the world earlier this week and apparently hasn't missed a beat.

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich on how Tom Brady has looked since his return:
“Excellent.” #gobucs #nflnetwork
— Sara Walsh (@Sara_Walsh) August 24, 2022

“When you compare everything to Brady, everything looks bad.” Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich said of Kyle Trask, who he said is “getting better.”
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) August 24, 2022

According to Stroud, Brady wasn't practicing on Wednesday, but it was due to a "veteran maintenance day." The Tampa Bay Times reporter added that "TB12" had thrown "a lot of passes" over the last two practices and there was "nothing to see here."

Last week, during Brady's still unexplained absence, a poster took to Reddit to give a "theory and wild speculation" that the future Hall-of-Famer was off filming an appearance on the reality singing competition "The Masked Singer." No. 12 later took to Twitter to deny the rumor.

The Bucs will play their final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Victor Barbosa

Victor Barbosa is a passionate follower of MLB, the NBA and NFL, with a deep interest in Boston-area teams. He graduated from Springfield College -- The Birthplace of Basketball -- in 2013 with a degree in Communications-Sports Journalism. Previous bylines include FanSided, Heavy and Syracuse

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