Published 9/9/2008
by Nicholas Case
at Bleacher Report - NFL
As I watched football on Sunday, excited to see my Steelers devour an overwhelmed Houston Texans, I heard the good news that I'd been waiting to hear for years: Tom Brady not playing.
Now I'm not a black hearted person by any means. I want to see Brady fail on his own abilities. I don't like to see anyone hurt. It's always a shame when a player's season is lost to injury, especially when it's a quarterback (Ben, wear a helmet).
However, enough had been enough of Brady and unfortunately, it wasn't going to end unless one thing happened. And Sunday it did.
I was anxious to hear the pundits of pro football amble on about how big of a loss it would be for the New England Patriots, as they'd crossed into "Please Let Them Fail" territory. Instead, all I begin to hear is a barrage of something that struck me as not only garbage but utterly ridiculous.
"This is horrible for the NFL." "No Tom Brady is a tragedy for pro football." "The NFL suffered a huge loss by Tom Brady being out for the ...
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