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Tom Brady’s season is over.
The Patriots announced yesterday afternoon the quarterback will undergo surgery on his left knee, be placed on injured reserve and be lost for the rest of the 2008 season. Brady was injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s 17-10 win over the Chiefs when Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard hit him in the left knee, sending him to the sidelines.
“After extensive tests this morning, it was revealed that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s left knee, which was injured in the first quarter of yesterday’s game, will require surgery,” read the statement issued by the team yesterday afternoon. “He will be placed on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the 2008 season.”
“We feel badly for Tom about the injury,” added head coach Bill Belichick. “Nobody has worked harder and done more for this team than Tom has.”
Belichick would not comment on a possible rehab or return for Brady. In the New England locker room, the handful of players who were present were all saying the same thing: it’s a shame that No. 12 went down, but football goes on, with or without the NFL MVP.
“It’s always a shock when you lose anybody, especially a quarterback. That’s the reality of it,” said defensive lineman Richard Seymour. “But we must move forward as a football team, and we will. There’s always a way to win in this league. You just have to find that way. How do you find it? Obviously we have to look at game film this week and come up with a game plan to go down and get a win in the Meadowlands.”
“One player doesn’t win or lose ballgames. It’s 53 guys, collectively, as a group, and we understand that as a team,” said safety Rodney Harrison. “That’s something that all the other guys in this locker room understand. And we’re going to move forward.”
For the foreseeable future, they’ll be moving forward with Matt Cassel at the controls. Belichick said yesterday that the Patriots had not worked out any quarterbacks — broadcast reports indicated Sunday night that New England was interested in flying in Chris Simms and Tim Rattay for the purpose of physicals — which means Cassel will continue to serve as the starter.
“In spite of what some people are putting out there, we haven’t worked out a quarterback [and] haven’t given anyone a physical,” Belichick said. “Believe me, we have had a lot of people call us — I can tell you that. But, in spite of what other people are saying that we are doing, that is simply not true. We haven’t worked out a quarterback.”
Both Cassel and Belichick indicated yesterday that the Patriots won’t be altering their playbook just because Cassel is at the controls. Cassel, taking over for Brady on his weekly paid appearance on Sportsradio 850 WEEI’s “Dennis & Callahan” yesterday morning, said New England ran the same playbook Sunday with him under center as they did with Brady, and doesn’t anticipate any changes in the Patriots’ offensive philosophy going forward.
“It’s not like there’s a different play sheet from Matt Cassel to Tom Brady,” said Cassel, who finished up the season opener by going 13-for-18 for 152 yards and a touchdown.
Later yesterday, Belichick echoed Cassel’s point, saying any tweaks to New England’s offensive philosophy would be the result of situational football, and not because of a change at the quarterbacking position.
“We change game plans from week to week,” Belichick said. “Whatever we feel like gives us the best chance against the Jets, that’s what it will be.”
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