Brady may be out for year with ACL tear

newgroom422 posted 9/8/2008 from msn.foxsports.com [flag]

Tom Brady and the Pats hoped to return to the Super Bowl. But after a shocking opening-day injury, his season may be over [link]

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Trent Dilfer wants you to know HE got the scoop on Tom Brady
Published 9/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TONY ARNOLDINE) at T O N Y B L O G S
... Tom Brady suffered what appears to be a season-ending knee injury yesterday in the Patriots' win over the Chiefs. Of course, this is a major blow to the Patriots and new ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer was the first to report that Brady was out for the year. ESPN's bottom line said that Dilfer was told by a New England player that Matt Cassel would be the starting QB for the remainder of the 2008 campaign. ...

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JETS ASSUME BRADY HAS TORN ACL

FanHouse found this 9/7/2008 on www.profootballtalk.com

Though there’s no official word on the status of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, several members of the team the Pats play next think he has a torn ACL. “Everybody I talked to said it’s a torn ACL,” an unnaned Jets player told ...

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Posted 9/11/2008 on DeuceandReggie.com | Deuce McAllister | Reggie Bush | New Orleans Saints

Well week 1 is officially in the books, and it was indeed a memorable one. Tom Brady, and his 124 game long starting streak are no more, as he failed to make it out of the first quarter with a season ending ACL tear. I am sure every person who ...

Sources: Brady tore ACL and MCL

Posted 9/10/2008 on Pats Pulpit

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee, NFL sources confirmed today. Medical tests on the knee, including an MRI performed Monday, indicated no damage to other knee ligaments and no torn cartilage. The typical course of action for such an injury is to wait 4-6 weeks for the MCL tear to heal, ...

Did Tom Brady Need the Preseason?

Posted 9/9/2008 on Sports of Boston

Tom Brady ’s ACL tear was a freak accident (yes, I think the hit was clean), but I wonder if he was affected by not having played a preseason game. There was the pre-existing foot injury that kept him out of action in the preseason. Were the injuries more serious than the Patriot organization led us to believe? We all know Bill Belichick is elusive, and as Patriot fans, we love him ...

Daily Links: One and Oh Yeah!!

Posted 9/8/2008 on thejetsblog.com

Like we saw a lot last season, Chad has his game winning chance , and it didn’t work out. No clear answers on Mike Nugent’s injury as of yet. Bullock notes that it was a close one, but one in which the Jets made the plays . Belichick has told the team to prepare for Cassel to be the QB due to an ACL tear by Tom Brady. Toni M. asks a tough and revealing question on ...

Now what?

Posted 9/8/2008 on Projo Pats Blog

While there's word out that Tom Brady will undergo an MRI tomorrow on his left knee, various media reports are saying that he has suffered a serious injury, likely a tear of his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). If that's true,...

Brady could miss rest of season

Posted 9/8/2008 on The Patriot Act

According to the sources of Michael Silver at Yahoo! Sports , QB Tom Brady suffered an ACL tear in his left knee in today’s regular season opener, meaning that he will be out for the rest of the season. NBC/SI’s Peter King said something similar during NBC’s Pregame show Sunday night, mentioning that his sources stated that Brady’s injury is “season ...

Yahoo! sports: Brady out for year with "severe knee injury"

Posted 9/8/2008 on Projo Pats Blog

Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Tom Brady will miss the rest of the season. Citing a Patriots' team source, Silver also says Brady has an ACL tear in his left knee. "It's bad," the source said. "We're...

Patriots 17, Chiefs 10 - The Verdict

Posted 9/7/2008 on Sports of Boston

The Patriots survived week 1 (which is more than we can say for a certain team from San Diego) despite losing the golden boy. I was at the game and it’s an understatement to say that the energy completely left the house for the balance of three quarters. There are rumors that it’s an ACL tear which would mean that us football fans can hibernate for another 12 months and would be ...

Yahoo: Tom Brady Out For the Season

Posted 9/7/2008 on The Big Lead

[ UPDATE :] This just in from Mike Silver at Yahoo: Tom Brady’s got an ACL tear and he’s done for the season. New England’s Monday morning acquisition: Daunte Culpepper, just so he can throw bombs to Randy Moss again. And no, the hit on Brady wasn’t dirty. Well that was a hell of a way to end Sunday’s action. With :02 seconds remaining, Jake Delohmme found ...

Tom Brady Injury Rumored To Be Torn ACL; Matt Cassel Performs Well In His Absence

Posted 9/7/2008 on FanIQ Blog

I'm not a medical expert by any means, but by initial suspicion when seeing the type of hit Tom Brady took combined with his ability to move his leg yet feel a great amount of instability, leads me to believe he's suffered an ACL tear. According to Pro Football Talk, the New York Jets have been told that Brady did indeed injure his ACL . It's unlikely we find out what type of ...