Tom Brady pushes back against report he goes ‘rogue’ with game plan

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has made news this season for pretty much all of the wrong reasons.

Brady, 45, opted to return for a 23rd season in the league after initially announcing his retirement. He’s dealt with some very personal issues in a public forum and is leading a struggling Buccaneers team that’s currently under .500.

Following last week’s blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a report surfaced that Brady has opted to go rogue with the team’s offensive game plan. This is to say, Brady makes changes to the game plan that coaches, offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich included, don’t see until kickoff.

“The night before each game, Brady runs a separate meeting with the Bucs’ skill players during which he goes over the game plan, makes tweaks to assignments and formations and provides a revised blueprint — one which first-year head coach Todd Bowles, offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and the rest of the staff are left to discover in real time once the game begins.”

Report from Mike Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle on Tom Brady

Well, this didn’t sit well with the seven-time Super Bowl champion. Brady was asked about this report during his week-of press conference ahead of Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

“No. I have no idea. I mean, anybody can write anything, and say whatever they want. So, I’m not gonna respond to every. Next question,” Brady told reporters.

Things are not functioning well for Brady and the Buccaneers’ offense. They were held to a single touchdown in a 35-7 loss to Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers last week. That seemed to be the low point of Brady’s brilliant career given that he was going up against a rookie quarterback making his first-ever NFL start.