Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will undergo surgery on an injured left knee and miss the rest of the season, the team announced Monday.
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Amid reports that Brady had torn his anterior cruciate ligament, Matt Cassel said Monday he was ready to fill in for Brady next week against the New York Jets.
Bulger's getting killed again? Too bad, because he is really a good QB. The problem is that the offensive line sucks (it has for about 5 years, but it's really disastrous now). And without an offensive line nobody can perform.
The offense's job is to score points. The defense's job is to stop points. On that day, our offense did a good job. You can call us "cheats" (evidence?) or "arrogant punks" (evidence?), but what the team really should do is try to get better and improve so that you beat us fairly next time. Holding a grudge isn't really admirable.
Red Door,
I think it is fair to complain that Campbell threw the ball way behind the first down line on fourth down (whether it's his fault for doing so or the coaches' for telling him to check down, I don't know). It wasn't a screen, where he had blockers. Listen, maybe you guys down there in Washington aren't familiar with the "West Coast Offense." I'm an Eagles fan -- I had to watch McNabb throw three yard passes on 3rd-and-10 to James Thrash, Chad Lewis, and Duce Staley for years. If it works, it's because of a three-blown-tackles / perfect-juke miracle. What's more, in this situation, if he doesn't break all those tackles, you lose the game. You have to throw it past -- or at least close -- to the line. Just figure out who R.W. McQuarters is covering, and throw it to him.
Cleo
I don't know why anyone thought the Rams would be good. Torry Holt has been declining for several years (after a tremendous career peak), and was not reported to have emerged from a time machine in the offseason. The line was banged-up last year, and got older. Steven Jackson is excellent, but doesn't help much if the team gives up 300 passing yards in the first half. The defense was awful, and added a single, highly-touted rookie. It's not simply Linehan -- the team just doesn't have that much talent left. It's going to be a several-year rebuilding project.
Cleo
I didn't think they would be good. But there's a difference between being bad and being simply disastrously bad...
Parhaps Holt is declining, perhaps not... Do keep in mind that he played the last two years on a bum knee. But he still put up 90 catches and almost 1200 yards in each of those two years. Yes, that's a decline from what he previously produced, but he set the bar pretty high for himself. He was, after all, the fastest WR to gain 10,000 yards...
IMHO, on offense, Holt is not the problem. The problem is a louzy offensive line and a lack of production from the other wide receivers (please, please cut Drew Bennett... ). Which means Holt gets double coverage all the time and Bulger has no time to throw...
When the Patriots share the same record with the Redskins, I will laugh.
I imagine that will be a pretty amusing day in general, what with the flying pigs, the sun rising in the west, and the ice-skating devils.
I generally can't stand the Pats and especially Pats fans, but the amount of venom expressed towards them in the last year, and the amount of satisfaction people seem to be getting out of this injury is really sad. They are a very good football team. Not the perfect superteam people sometimes make them out to be, but still excellent at what they do.
ok, please do not tell me ESPN still owns monday night football. Hopefully ABC got it back
Darn there is no sound in the video