During the 11-minute portion of afternoon practice that reporters were allowed to watch Thursday, Brady worked out in full uniform with pads and helmet as usual.
"I want to thank the safety personnel for their service, and express our concern and support for the well-being of the occupants of the other vehicle," Brady's agent, Don Yee, said in a statement.
The best thing we can say about the whole incident is that at least it did not involve being chased by someone wielding a golf club.
It could only happen in Tampa
Well, it has happened, folks. An NFL season opener has been blacked out locally because the local team could not sell enough tickets.
And where did this happen? Florida, the state where the two-time World Series champion Marlins have a hard time generating excitement, the state where two years ago World Series tickets were available to Phillies fans because Rays fans just couldn't be bothered, the state where the Lightning, winners of the 2004 Stanley Cup, are an afterthought.
That state, and by that we mean Tampa Bay, will now be known as the place where the Buccaneers, winners of the 2003 Super Bowl, had to black out their season opener against the Cleveland Browns because the game did not sell out. Sunday's blackout will be the club's first since 1997. For an Eagles fan, that's pretty hard to believe. Finally, there are the Jacksonville Jaguars, who routinely had blackouts last year because they couldn't sell out EverBank Field's 78,867 seats.
All we can say is that the Dolphins better start looking over their shoulders. We know, there are no shoulders on dolphins, but you catch our drift.
Calling out the big guns
The New York Giants got a four-star pep talk for their season opener against the Carolina Panthers from Army Gen. Ray Odierno, a former top U.S. military commander in Iraq.
Dressed in fatigues, Odierno watched the two-hour workout from the sidelines and then was greeted by clapping after walking into the team's postpractice huddle.
Reporters were unable to hear what Odierno told the team, but coach Tom Coughlin said the general discussed the values of team, mental and physical toughness, resiliency, overcoming anything, believing in yourself and having each other's back.
Contact staff writer Francisco Delgado at fdelgado@phillynews.com.
This article contains information from the Associated Press.
