New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected to miss the rest of the 2008 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to a source familiar with the injury.
While New England coach Bill Belichick said in his postgame press conference that he had no update on the status of Brady’s injury, two sources indicated it involved serious damage to the knee.
“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.
I was just reading on ESPN and it said Chris Simms and Tim Rattay were supposed to come for workouts today but when they got to foxboro Scott Piolo told them "circumstances have changed" and sent them away.
look without brady its back to defense and more defense. they can still easily be a 12-4 team. with an offensive line to protect cassel like they have, and an MVP contender Moss, they can still run a good offense. the defense will have to step up there game during the season if they want to contend in the regular season and hopefully the playoffs. its not the end of the world brady will be back next year.