Sources: Brady done with severe knee injury
 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected to miss the rest of the 2008 season with what two sources described as a severe injury to his left knee, suffered in the first quarter of the Pats’ 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium Sunday.

While New England coach Bill Belichick said in his postgame press conference that he had no update on the status of Brady’s injury, a source close to the quarterback indicated it involved serious damage to the knee. That could include a torn anterior cruciate ligament and perhaps other ligament and cartilage damage.

“It’s bad,” a team source said. “We’re going to have to play without him.”

Brady was hurt as he stepped up in the pocket to make a throw to wideout Randy Moss. Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, who was on the ground, lunged forward and struck Brady’s leg, which buckled as he released the ball.

Brady was helped off the field and was later led down a staircase by team officials, presumably to undergo tests.

Fourth-year quarterback Matt Cassel, who had thrown just 39 passes in his career before Sunday, replaced Brady and completed 13 of 18 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown. Cassel, who backed up Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at USC, hasn’t been a starting quarterback since high school. He won a competition with Matt Gutierrez during the preseason to retain the job as Brady’s primary backup.




How will I ever sleep at night? :evil:

Stay down, bitch.

I feel bad for Pollard and Brady.

damnit claythan you reerun.

I don't wish injury on the guy, that totally sucks. But on the other hand, the Pats always seem to make something out of nothing. Watch Cassel step up and surprise just like Brady did when Bledsoe went down. So I guess I don't feel like "Oh no, whatever will they do..." That's football.

Well now we're assured to go 0-16 or have a bunch of guys get hurt, it never fails when you do this.

Damn dude your a moron....

Its about time you go back on ignore....

Huard would have performed reconstructive knee surgery on himself, and been good to go after halftime.

I agree...

How stupid is this?

Do you want Stafford or not? Christ, you're never happy.

Yes, because the mojo of a virginal dork from Texas is the most powerful force on earth. LMAO

I don't feel sorry for anyone. Pollard didn't mean to take him out for the season, it's football. I guess I felt sorry for LJ last year, but he's back. it's life.

I hate all Boston sports, so I'll be happy to see New England suck this year. It wasn't that long ago that they were a bad team.

Everytime he did it with a Broncos player we had someone get injured.....he's bad luck.

ok, that's funny

I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of.

Hey anything's possible.

He IS a Chiefs fan.

I think the Chiefs have been making their own bad luck long before Clayton was even a glint in anybody's eye.

fuck Brady and the Cheatriots. If there's any mystical force at work here, it's karma.

I don't wish anyone injury, but I have a feeling there are a heck of a lot of folks in Pittsburgh, Indy, New York and Buffalo that are silently hi-fiving each other right now.

Since I became a Chiefs fan we haven't won a playoff game.

Coincidence?

Yep, don't mess with bad juju

I was pretty sure it would be season ending even though he walked off the field. Sucks to be sure. Hopefully it is not career ending.

Seriously can Brady even do doggystyle with that injury? Will he need a brace? I hear Gisele is kinky.

Good. He's a poor sport and we could all use a year without His bundle of sticks face plastered all over TV every Sunday.

It's like the saying goes. If you can't beat 'em, severely injure their star quarterback's knee.

My 1st round pick, im ****ed for my fantasy season

Atleast ****ing BEAT them you bitches if you are going to make me lose the season!

He's a poor sport cause he's a great player right?

Benard Pollard, the man that is responsible in breaking up the Patriots dynasty

He'll be single in a week. And this is why Pollard is da man.

Daunte Culpepper needs a job.

Please....we will see him every Monday night, each patriots game, and every single time anyone else in the NFL gets a boo boo remotely close to their knee or lower body.

Bet he still will be.

Pretty much, the Pats might be able to sneak in with 9 wins without Brady with their schedule then you'll really see them plastered on TV.

How is he a poor sport?

Looks like Mangini will make that weekly BJ visit to Pollard the rest of the season.

Downside of it all is that we will not get to see the Old Bull(Brett) go against the Young Bull(Brady).

Cause people hate winners, simple as that.

I think Peter King is about to cry... :deevee:

How would anyone know if he's not to have an MRI until tommorrow and BB says he doesn't know anything. This is speculation. I'll wait until it's official.

Especially liberals!!ROFL

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You know, most days you're just a asshole and then you go above and beyond the call of duty.:shake:

Bernard needs to be doin his "Hard Knocks Dance" he did in the locker room scene right now.ROFL

Jay Glazer "initial indications is that it's bad and Brady might be done for the year"

MRI tomorrow

He isn't the only one, some people lavish in other teams bad fortune, I think that's when you know your team is bad when you do that.

I would count on at least 11. I really think Cassell is a gamer. You can go back and see my many comments throughout the last couple of years about him. He played behind Carson Palmer and Leinart.....he might be good and just never got a chance to shine. He is the only player ever to have played behind two Heisman winning quarterbacks. You have to pick one in college, maybe he just got the short end of the stick. But I'm sure out of all people you know that.

What did you think of him in his limited role at USC as a back up?

Peter King just said the same thing on NBC. His "sources" indicate it's a serious injury that could very well be season ending.

I hope for his sake he's better than he was on preseason because he's honestly never shown a whole lot. Cassell at SC was a guy who volunteered to play on special teams to get on the field.

He did enough to beat the Chiefs today...most weeks he'll need to do more than he did today.

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Shit happens. Tough for the Pats fans. We've been there. You have three rings. We've got nothin'. Watch a single tear roll down my cheek.

Thank you.

I don't much care that Shawne Merriman is a dumbass for not having surgery and couldn't finish his game, either.

Wow, reality. Interesting concept

The Kansas City Chiefs: fucking their fans on a whole other level.

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fuck BRADY, fuck NEW ENGLAND, AND fuck THE EAST COAST

I want to ask a question.

How did everyone feel when Priest went down after Shawn Merriman sp? hit him.

Personally I felt sick.

I feel no ill will to the Patriots. I like Tom Brady, He works his ass of to be good.

Yes he is plastered everywhere because he is that good.

Do people line up to kiss his butt. Yes the world is full of sycophants especially in the media.

I hate to see any player get hurt (except Anthony Moreno in the 11th grade but that F***tard had it coming)

I find it appalling that any of you would cheer another player pain.

Ang

What's that John Madden? I can't hear you with that turkey leg in your mouth.

Cassell was god-awful in the preseason. I went to the Pats-Bucs game and he was absolutely terrible.

I actually agree. I felt bad until I watched the Patriots get bailed out in another game by the refs. Karma's a bitch.

Yep! He sure was. But you gotta give him some props as he did manage the game enough to win. Granted, it's a team thing. I don't have a whole lot of faith in him...but he does deserve some props for today. Yes, even against your team.

He got the win. His best pass was the 3rd and long bomb to Moss from their own 1yd line. The TD pass to Moss was a terrible throw and he didn't make many other nice ones. Lots of dump-offs and hand offs. He did have some nice scrambles to avoid pressure and move the chains. I don't think he's a guy you can give the ball and say, "Go win the game" though.

They've also had some bad calls against them. Happens to every team. You gotta outplay those things even if some luck is part of winning for everyone. It's not like that Steeler Colt game where everything was given to the Colts and nothing to the Steelers a few years back. That was gross.

Oh absolutely! But the game will have be managed and called conservatively with him in order to win. With a weak schedule they may do okay. I don't think it means a SB run by any means.

Honestly, we've been robbed two Favre vs. Brady classics.

pats bringing in simms acording to sunday night guys ie madden etc

I know! I'm pulling my hair out. Yikes!

Hate it for the player .. but fuk the Patties ....

Tom Brady is no Anthony Moreno.

The Pats will still win 10-12 games...that system is bigger than any player, even Tom Brady.

Peyton Manning >>> Tom Brady
Tony Romo = Tom Brady

Put Manning on the Pats and they'd have won at least 5 or 6 Super Bowls...maybe in a row.

Cassel wasn't that bad. They could still win 8 or 10 games. Would not surprise me with the easiest schedule in the league

are you on any interesting medication?

X2

Cassel sucked in pre season, and the Chiefs seem to have a knack to make anybody and everybody either look great or set new records week in and week out.

Adam Schefter and a local Boston television station are also reporting this, FWIW.

No shit.

Look what we did for Derek Anderson...

bullshit..the refs for several years now have been biased towards Indy and Especially NE and anyone who disagrees just hasn't been paying attention. The reason why NE lost the SB is because they didn't get their usual bullshit calls from the refs