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Shaky Brady sporting cast on foot

QB admits he’s nicked up, but vows to be Super

Karen Guregian By Karen Guregian

Monday, January 21, 2008 - Updated 0m ago

 

The Patriots [team stats]’ hopes for a fourth Super Bowl title in seven years and an unprecedented 19-0 season certainly hit a major speed bump yesterday, as Tom Brady [stats] was spotted wearing what appears to be a walking cast on his right foot.

 

Two weeks before a date with the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII isn’t the best time for the quarterback who runs the league’s most prolific offense, not to mention the player the Patriots can least afford to lose, to turn up with an injury problem.

 

A video taken of Brady in New York yesterday, which is available on TMZ.com, shows the NFL’s MVP returning to the apartment of his girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen. He’s dressed in dark glasses and a black hooded coat, walking gingerly on the sidewalk after emerging from a black SUV parked on the street.

 

The walking cast clearly is visible below the denim jeans he is wearing. He has a white sneaker on his opposite foot. The video has him carrying a bouquet of flowers, slowly moving up the steps to Bundchen’s West Village apartment.

 

During his weekly appearance on WEEI’s “Dennis and Callahan” show, Brady didn’t dismiss the notion he had suffered some type of leg injury during Sunday’s AFC Championship win over the San Diego Chargers.

 

Brady was asked to respond to reports of an observer noticing that he was a little gimpy at one point during the game, and was examined by a doctor. He paused a bit before answering.

 

“Ah, you know, there’s always bumps and bruises. I’ll be ready for the Super Bowl,” Brady said, when asked point-blank if he had a leg injury. “I’m not worried about that. I’m not missing this one. I’d have to be on a stretcher to miss this one. There will be treatment this week. In games like this, you get a little nicked up. It’s nothing serious.”

 

Brady had an uncharacteristically rough game, throwing three interceptions for the first time this season. Despite throwing a pair of touchdown passes, he seemed a bit off all game. Many of Brady’s throws weren’t on target, with receivers such as Kevin Faulk [stats] having to dive or reach backward for the ball.

 

That’s not Brady.

 

Some of his problems might have been due to the windy conditions, while the Chargers also may have accounted for some of Brady’s uncharacteristic ineffectiveness.

 

The foot problem, however, adds a new wrinkle, something that is going to cause much worry and concern in the coming week and beyond.

 

While Brady does have time to recover, the idea of him being hampered or hindered in any way with his foot or leg is disconcerting given the upcoming opponent in the Super Bowl.

 

If he can’t push off that right (plant) foot, he can’t get zip on the ball. A closer look at Sunday’s game footage shows Brady at times appeared to be throwing off one foot, or not getting the proper help from his plant foot.

 

Moreover, the Giants have one of the better pass rushes in the NFL. If Brady is having trouble with his mobility, that could loom as an even larger problem, especially against an opponent that gave the Patriots one of their toughest games of the year to date.

 

During the Patriots’ 38-35 win in the final regular-season game Dec. 29, while Brady was sacked only once, he was constantly pressured and harried by Giants defensive linemen Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck.

 

Brady has started in 124 consecutive games, the third longest streak by a quarterback in NFL history.

When asked if the problem would flare up around the Pro Bowl, the week after the Super Bowl, Brady cracked: “You can count on that, you can definitely count on that.”

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I said yesterday during the game that he just looked wrong all day. I mostly saw it as a lack of energy, though.

 

I know many of you would like to see the Pats lose but this would be a crappy way for it to happen. :D

then was it crappy the way the chargers lost yesterday? :D

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You mean he actually has a legit reason for being on the injury report?

Speaking of which, if Belichick had pulled the shenanigans that San Diego pulled this week with the injury report, there would probably be a congressional hearing over it. I'm just sayin'.

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Totally. Tomlinson didn't appear on the report at all, suggesting that he was healthy enough to play. Rivers, on the other hand, was listed doubtful, which suggests he had a 25% chance of playing. I guess it just turned out that Rivers is gutsier than Tomlinson, but I think there was plenty of gamesmanship going on there. Makes no difference to me, but you know full well that if BB had done such a thing it would be a topic of conversation today.

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Sure. I think that with both teams healthy the game would have been better played, but with the same ending result.

so you are saying that the only way the Gmen will win is if Brady doesnt play and if they do win and brady is out then its ok to

say the pats would have won? Or if the Gmen do win will we here it was because tom was hurt? We would always like to see

all teams at 100% but in football that just doesnt happen. Some may call me crazy but I think what the colts did this yr with the number

of injuries they had was simply amazing. Also as a pats fan you might want to go back and take a look at the games where some major players

were missing on the opposing teams too.

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Totally. Tomlinson didn't appear on the report at all, suggesting that he was healthy enough to play. Rivers, on the other hand, was listed doubtful, which suggests he had a 25% chance of playing. I guess it just turned out that Rivers is gutsier than Tomlinson, but I think there was plenty of gamesmanship going on there. Makes no difference to me, but you know full well that if BB had done such a thing it would be a topic of conversation today.

Tomlinson DID PLAY, and he hurt himself and didnt play anymore...and tomlinson was on the early injury report(not 100% on that) and came off later in the week....rivers was said not to look good in warm-ups and I am pretty sure that much depended on how he was in the AM....and know i dont think it would be a topic of conversation...we all know how bill regards the injury report.

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Totally. Tomlinson didn't appear on the report at all, suggesting that he was healthy enough to play. Rivers, on the other hand, was listed doubtful, which suggests he had a 25% chance of playing. I guess it just turned out that Rivers is gutsier than Tomlinson, but I think there was plenty of gamesmanship going on there. Makes no difference to me, but you know full well that if BB had done such a thing it would be a topic of conversation today.

 

LT started and every pre-game show I saw had Rivers starting.

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Don't put words in my mouth, Keg. I'm saying I'd like to see both teams healthy. If Brady isn't able to play due to whatever this is (unlikely), I just think it's a shame. Cassell can't carry Brady's jock and the Giants D is too good for them to win without Brady, IMO.

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I don't understand how that is Brady yesterday in that video. It's daylight in the video and the Pats didn't leave the field in Foxboro until after 6:30pm EST. It was dark at that time in NY. No way he's in Manhattan during daylight on Sunday Jan 20.

good point...sounds like the audio was added too

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Don't put words in my mouth, Keg. I'm saying I'd like to see both teams healthy. If Brady isn't able to play due to whatever this is (unlikely), I just think it's a shame. Cassell can't carry Brady's jock and the Giants D is too good for them to win without Brady, IMO.

I wouldn't rise to Keg's festering bait. It's that old now it's part of the fossil record.

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from Boston Globe....

 

The New York Post published a picture today in which Patriots QB Tom Brady looked to be wearing a boot/protective brace over his right foot.

 

Earlier in the day, Brady was asked if he had sustained a leg injury during his weekly appearance on sports radio WEEI.

 

"There are always kind of bumps and bruises," Brady told the Dennis & Callahan Show. "I'll be ready for the Super Bowl. I'm not missing this one. I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss this one. There will just be some treatment this week and like I said, games like this you get a little nicked up but it's nothing serious."

 

 

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the TMZ video must be from today.

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from Boston Globe....

 

The New York Post published a picture today in which Patriots QB Tom Brady looked to be wearing a boot/protective brace over his right foot.

 

Earlier in the day, Brady was asked if he had sustained a leg injury during his weekly appearance on sports radio WEEI.

 

"There are always kind of bumps and bruises," Brady told the Dennis & Callahan Show. "I'll be ready for the Super Bowl. I'm not missing this one. I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss this one. There will just be some treatment this week and like I said, games like this you get a little nicked up but it's nothing serious."

picture

 

the TMZ video must be from today.

Fox25's sports update says that the video and pics are from this morning.

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I wouldn't rise to Keg's festering bait. It's that old now it's part of the fossil record.

no bait, if the injury hinders him in the SB and the pats lose it will be a "tainted" giants win...all i am trying to say other then that is that all teams

have to fight thru injuries and some are to star players(at least I think that is what I am saying)

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