Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has upheld his "no practice, no play" rule through myriad excuses, some legitimate and some not.
But it sounds like not even Tom Brady will get a free pass from his head coach.
Per NFL Media's Stacey Dales, Brady is highly unlikely to take the field on Thursday night against the Packers in the team's preseason opener, per multiple sources who know Belichick.
The four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback missed practice on Tuesday, a day before Wednesday's settlement conference with Commissioner Roger Goodell in New York presided by Judge Richard Berman.