FOXBORO -- Former NFL receiver Donté Stallworth played for the Patriots in 2007, so he has an idea of how Bill Belichick and the organization operates.
After Tom Brady missed practice on Thursday with a right-hand injury, Stallworth took to Twitter to explain a possible reason why.
"What this says to me is Tommy's injury is significant enough to aggravate if he practiced, so they held him out—which is an important day in the passing game," Stallworth wrote. "Thursday's is 3rd downs.
"In 2007, Wes [Welker] and I were held out of a Thursday practice. Bill came in and told the team: I said in our very first meeting nothing is more important than the health of this team. We've got some guys banged up so we're gonna walkthrough today's practice.
"He improvised a Thursday practice, which is typically the longest day of the workweek (and the most running for WRs), for the whole team to maintain the team's health. The Patriots will not have a player practice if it will aggravate the injury. Especially the GOAT."
Stallworth is saying there was at least some concern of Brady practicing and making his hand worse, and therefore he didn't practice.
More to the story will be known shortly when the Patriots take the practice field.
