Father Time may not have caught up with Tom Brady yet, but he's definitely closing in on the 45-year-old quarterback. on Sunday reported that the Buccaneers have granted Brady veteran rest days every Wednesday this season the first time he will take such time off in his 23-year NFL career. The Bucs first listed Brady as taking a rest day on the .NFL.com noted that, in recent years, Brady the has been known Nate Archibald Jersey to take the occasional Thursday off. But those rest days have never been pre-scheduled, nor for an entire season.Of course, this isn't the first time Brady has been absent from team activities. He also this year in what the team described as an excused and planned absence. Reports indicate Brady took Jahmi'us Ramsey Jersey a pre-planned vacation to the Bahamas with his wife Gisele Bundchen and their children.MORE: Brady's longevity is the stuff of legend, as his patented TB12 method and revised diet have allowed him to maintain his incredible play even into his mid-40s. He is coming off a season in which he had career highs in completions (485), attempts (719) and pa sing yards (5,316), all of which led the NFL. He also had a league-leading 43 pa sing touchdowns, good for second-most in his career.But even that is not enough to stave off the natural progre sion that every athlete experiences. Brady said he felt the aftereffects of Tampa Bay Dewayne Dedmon Jersey 's Week 1 victory over Dallas a little more than he may have in previous years.Via his "Let's Go! Podcast":"There's no margin for error when you're 45," Brady said on Sunday. "You take hits and you feel every hit. When you're younger, your body's a lot different. And when you're 45, your body changes a lot. So what am I dealing with today? I woke up today going, 'Holy s, there was a few hits.'"MORE: Brady also has indicated this may be his final season in the NFL Tyrese Haliburton Jersey (after a brief foray into retirement this offseason)."I'm feeling more than things in the past for some reason," Brady said on his podcast. "You know, I'm just really feeling intensely my emotions. And I feel like I always have that, but I think when you get close to the end and I don't know exactly where I'm at with that and there's no decision to be made, it's not like I have 10 years left. I definitely don't have that. So all these, I just am never gonna take for granted, you know?"And I think there comes a point in your life where you say, you know what? I had my fill and it's enough and time to go on, to move into other parts of life, which, you know, Buddy Hield Jersey I push myself to the max and I, I got everything I could outta my ability and I hope that everybody gets everything they can out of their doing."It's clear Brady is coming to terms with the impending end of his career (the date of which has yet to be determined). This is his final contract year with the Buccaneers.If he can continue to get quality play with the addition of rest days, then it makes sense he would take them.
