tom brady injury
The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will be placed on injured reserve, the Patriots said Monday, one day after Brady’s knee collapsed under him when he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the first quarter of a 17-10 victory over Kansas City. [1]
Reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady left Sunday’s game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, and the New England Patriots sounded pessimistic about the prognosis for the the quarterback who last year led them to a 16-0 regular season. [2]
The world of fantasy football took a big hit in Week 1, as Tom Brady sustained a knee injury that will force him to miss the rest of the season. [3]
Patriots coach Bill Belichick told his team that Tom Brady’s left knee injury could be bad and to prepare for Matt Cassel to be the quarterback going forward, an NFL source told the Globe’s Christopher L. Gasper tonight. [4]
Brady sounded optimistic about the Patriots in an e-mail to NBCSports.com. [1]
The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will be placed on injured reserve, the Patriots said Monday, one day after his knee was injured in the first quarter of a 17-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. [3]
As the 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player stepped into a 28-yard completion to Randy Moss, Pollard made a desperation dive at Brady’s legs, his shoulder crashing into the quarterback’s left knee. [...] The worst fears of the Patriots and their fans were confirmed this afternoon when the team announced that quarterback Tom Brady would miss the rest of the season with an injury to his left knee. [5]
Some folks in the media are crying foul on Tom Brady’s knee injury caused by Chiefs’ safety Bernard Pollard. [6]
It will be the first meaningful start since high school for Cassel, who backed up Heisman Trophy winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at Southern California and spent the past three years holding a clipboard for Brady. [1]
” Injuries have nothing to say — what have taken snaps in meaningless pre season game with a makeshift offensive line in front of them. [7]
“We feel badly for Tom about the injury,” Belichick said while not confirming the exact injury. [3]
Belichick addressed the team after the win and told Cassel that if he is called upon, he will be counted on to step up and help the team. [2]
Think about this: Sidney Ponson won our only game of the series, and the M’s didn’t even start Felix Hernandez. [6]
With Tom Brady’s knee injury, the Patriots plummeted from an exclamation point of an unbeaten 2007 regular season to a huge question mark in 2008. [1]
Sources:
[1] ESPN - Patriots’ Brady to undergo surgery, miss remainder of season - NFL
[2] ESPN - Brady suffers knee injury and Pats don’t sound optimistic - NFL
[3] Brady to have season-ending knee surgery, will be placed on IR
[4] Tom Brady injury situation - Reiss’ Pieces - Boston.com
[5] Brady out for season - Reiss’ Pieces - Boston.com
[6] Video - Tom Brady left knee injury - NFL
[7] News on Brady’s injury