Important news from @NFLGameDay: #Patriots QB Tom Brady walked in to @GilletteStadium with his hands in his pockets, bag over his shoulder. Usually, he carries his bag with his right hand. This is important pic.twitter.com/CTPaj7Kt8j
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 21, 2018
The incredible #Glovegate saga continues today and the drama seems like it’s going to continue to build right up until kickoff. Reports came out after Brady’s weird press conference on Friday that he suffered a cut on his hand that required stitches. Up until now, that’s pretty much all we knew.
Today, Brady showed up to Gillette with both hands tucked away, unlike his normal bag-in-right-hand technique. This obviously raised eyebrows.
Fast forward to warmups and we finally get to see the right hand for the first time in 5 days. Now it’s wrapped in black tape, likely to protect the stitches. Great work by the cameraman and Brady added a “f**k out the way” for good measure.
https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/955159402994118657
A little bit before this, we got an update on the extent of the injury
Per sources, Patriots QB Tom Brady suffered a collateral ligament sprain in his right thumb, in addition to the cut. Threw well on Friday, expected to be good to go today. But that's where the concern over his functionality would've been.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 21, 2018
Some additional context/information: On Tom Brady, he required more than 10 stitches after sustaining a cut on the inside part of his right throwing hand near the thumb Wednesday, per source. Those at practice described a bloody scene.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) January 21, 2018
So at this point, we know Brady plans on not wearing a glove today, he also suffered ligament damage, and the cut apparently looked like a murder scene. Now all we have to do is sit back and watch what happens. Glovegate!
Another angle of Tom Brady's taped hand. #Patriots pic.twitter.com/f5ap1PuvLu
— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) January 21, 2018
Here he is throwing in warmups…duck
Here’s a video of Tom Brady throwing pic.twitter.com/8fHpjLDgqq
— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) January 21, 2018