It sure sounds like Tom Brady has a cold ahead of his return game to New England

Flu Game, incoming.

Sunday night’s game between the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New England Patriots was already going to be an over-the-top production. After all, it’s Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick, Brady’s return to New England, a three-plus-hour infomercial for Tom Brady’s legendary career. 

But Thursday’s Buccaneers press conference appeared to bring another layer to the game: Tom Brady — the 44-year-old health freak — has a cold!

Brady spoke to the media about Sunday’s game, and it was pretty clear that he wasn’t feeling his best. His voice was hoarse, he didn’t have that TB12 Method Glow to him. Of all the games for Brady to catch a cold …

There was a time — let’s call it 2019 — when something as simple as a cold wasn’t news. And there’s no indication at this time that Brady, who is vaccinated and already had COVID, is dealing with anything related to COVID this time around.

But we should probably prepare ourselves for the constant focus on Brady’s cold during the Sunday Night Football broadcast. It’s going to be Brady’s “flu game.”

Might as well get ready for it now.

Because, of course.

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