Introducing Thursday night, Tampa fl Bay Buccaneers quarterback had made it well-known that his bum right thumb was"." Other than the tape that surrounded it, Brady's thumb absolutely really did not seem a barrier, as he obtained his Buccaneers off to a hot start that keyed a gain

the host Eagles on Thursday evening. Asked after the success,

in which he threw a set of goals and 297 backyards on 34-of-42 passing, just how his thumb felt during the video game, Brady was brief and also fast with a four-word solution before passing it."Great, "he claimed. "Feel excellent. Awesome."Brady's efficiency at the start Thursday was fantastic, as he led the Buccaneers( 5-1 )on two touchdown drives to open up the game, finishing them with goal passes to limited end as well as wide receiver. It looked nearly uncomplicated as Brady successfully carved up the Eagles on 10- and nine-play scoring drives that each took a trip 75 yards.

However the Bucs stumbled a little bit after that. Brady would lead one more first-half TD drive that caused Tampa bay Bay's 21-7 halftime benefit, but he likewise had an interception, which ended his franchise-record streak of successive passing efforts without a pick at 227.

Real to form, Brady focused much more on the negative and also what requires enhancement than the strong start.

"It was a good win. You recognize, it's tough to win on the road. Undoubtedly, we really did not play our ideal, so we got ta get back to function," Brady said. "We got ta excellent little break here, use it and get back to function, see if we can get better."

Undoubtedly, making Brady's performance with his troubled thumb even more excellent is that it began a three-day week. After Thursday night, he's statistically the very best to ever use 3 days rest. Per NFL Research, Brady is the first quarterback given that 1970 to win 10 video games played on three days off, enhancing his document in such circumstances to 10-1 (which broke a document shown for most wins on 3 days off).

Now, he'll have some extra rest prior to playing the Bears on Oct. 24 in Week 7. When asked if the extra days of recuperation will do him well, Brady took the opening to comfort that he was without a doubt, fine and also dandy and also no worse for the wear with his injured thumb.

"It's football season, so I'm simply prepared to play football," Brady claimed. "I really feel terrific, I really do."