Tom Brady is usually off-limits during practices. Especially during the season. Especially during the postseason. Especially days leading up to the AFC Championship game.
But that didn’t stop one New England Patriots player from running helmet-first into Brady’s throwing hand, causing him to miss one practice this week entirely and part of another and earn a “questionable” designation on this week’s injury report.
Pro Football Talk is reporting that it was reserve running back Rex Burkhead, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garofolo. Burkhead reportedly ran helmet-first into Brady’s throwing hand, accidentally causing a cut that required stitches.