(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Brady called Guerrero ‘a huge, huge reason' why he's still playing at age 40
The 'genius trainer Tom Brady credits as a 'huge reason he is still in the NFL at 40 has been barred from the New England Patriots' sidelines and team plane, the Boston Globe reported.
Alex Guerrero, a friend and business partner of Brady, helped the five-time Super Bowl champion quarterback launch the TB12 Center, a sports medicine therapy facility just outside the Patriots home stadium.
Brady and several other players have trained and received treatment there since the centre opened in 2013, according to the newspaper.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick had permitted Guerrero to have an office near the Patriots locker room, fly with the team to road games and work from the sidelines at every game.
But the Globe reported Belichick has banned Guerrero, 52, from team planes and the sidelines and, other than Brady, the trainer cannot treat players in his stadium office, moves, the report said, that have created friction within the club.
Brady told radio station WEEI when asked about a rift between Belichick and the trainer: 'I don't have any comment on that other than to say Alex, it has been well-documented, has been a huge part of what I do and I'm so fortunate to have him not only as a friend, but with everything that we've been able to do together.
Brady called Guerrero 'a huge, huge reason why he's still playing at age 40.
At 11-3, the Patriots have clinched the AFC East division title and a chance to defend their playoff crown.
Texans add cancer survivor for possible Christmas debut
Offensive guard and cancer survivor David Quessenberry has been added to the roster of the NFL's Houston Texans and could make his regular-season debut with the club on Christmas Day.
Quessenberry, a sixth-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin T-lymphoblastic lymphoma three years ago and while he has suited up and played in pre-season contests, the 27-year-old blocker has never appeared in a regular-season game.
Quessenberry had been on the Texans' non-football illness list since 2015 but was dropped before the start of the 2017 campaign and placed on the practice squad.
The Texans, eliminated from playoff contention at 4-10, will play host to AFC North division champion Pittsburgh (11-3) on Monday.
In June, Quessenberry won the George Halas Award from the Professional Football Writers of America, annually given to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.
Quessenberry missed the entire 2013 season with a broken foot and in 2014 was struggling through workouts with fatigue and a persistent cough when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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