Tom Brady played through a fully torn MCL during Buccaneers Super Bowl season per report
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:16 pm
The story of first season with the has become even more unbelievable. While the 43-year-old set a franchise record with 40 pa sing touchdowns and led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory, he apparently did so on a fully torn MCL.On Thursday, reported that Brady played the 2020 season on a fully torn MCL -- an injury which he had J.P. Holtz Jersey corrected via surgery this offseason. Previously, we didn't get many specifics about the mysterious knee surgery Brady had, except that the future Pro Football Hall of Famer described it asand it was something Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was in mandatory minicamp. Brady also admitted that it was an i sue he had been for some time. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and Pat O'Donnell Jersey agree to the and acknowledge Paramount's . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. "From this point to the beginning of the season, to the beginning of training camp, I really feel like I can really work hard at football improvement as opposed to getting back to a rehab William Perry Jersey , you know, place where you're more baseline," Brady said last month. "It was an injury I dealt with really since last April, May. I knew I'd have to do something at the end of the year, and happy I did it. It was probably something that certainly needed to be done and there was a great outcome, so I'm very happy about that. I feel I'll be able to do some different things this year than I was able to do last year."Brady pa sed for 4,633 yards, 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last season, and helped the Buccaneers improve their record from 7-9 to 11-5. It wasn't a perfect year, but Brady and the Jimmy Graham Jersey Bucs defense turned it on in the playoffs, and put the smackdown on the in Super Bowl LV to the tune of 31-9. It looks like Brady will be able to play as long as he wants to, and he said this offseason that his motivation now comes from . "It's hard to walk away from something that you still feel like you can do and you want to do," Brady said,. "So it's not about proving it Anthony Miller Jersey to others what you can do, it's more about proving it to yourself. And I still feel like even though I'll be 44 this year, I still have a chance to still prove it to myself that I can still do it at 44, because I really worked to a point where I can still do it at this age."