Get EVERYBODY! Somebody for the love of God, learn to fix the ACL NOW! Now, it’s not official that it’s torn yet so we still have a little bit of hope. Maybe this is Dan Marino’s big chance to step in and win a Super Bowl. I wonder if he would actually jump at the chance to leave retirement to play for the Patriots and maybe win that Super Bowl at long last. He’s even in “Little Nicky” trying to sell his soul for a Super Bowl, so we’ll see.

Tom Brady is one of the great players to ever play the NFL and I know I speak for most Chiefs fans… Hell, most NFL fans, when we say we are sincerely sad that this has happened to such a great player.

In case you haven’t seen it, this is what Bernard Pollard, the Chiefs player that unintentionally caused the injury had to say about it:

"The play was not intentional," Pollard said. "People can call me a dirty player, you can call me whatever you want to call me, it’s not a dirty play. When you have 230 pounds on your back, and you’re trying to go forward, things will happen. I saw the ball was still in his hands and I tried to get to him. I tried to get up and get to him. But I couldn’t get up, so I just tried to grab him. It was not an intentional play."

Pollard expressed remorse at the result of the play. He also detailed what he heard on the field after the hit.

"All I heard was him scream and yell. When I heard him scream and yell, I knew something was wrong," he said. "That [stinks], because he’s a great player. He really is. He’s a top-notch guy. I’ve never really personally talked to him, but from seeing his interviews and everything else. … I’m sorry and that’s immediately what I said afterward. I went to my coach and let him know – ‘Coach, this was not intentional.’ Coach said ‘I know, I saw.’ My coach knows me and my teammates know me. I’ve never been a player like that, never been tagged as a player like that ever. It’s unfortunate."

from Chiefs nation.

Yikes, that’s an injury nobody wants to see. The NFL season became a little more boring after this weekend.

is that I remember someone on ESPN last year talking about the Patriots offense, saying that they could put a monkey in Brady’s position and he’d still do well, based on Moss, Welker, and the very-protective offensive line. Cassel has more talent than a monkey, so guess this year we’ll test that theory.

Let’s all look on the bright side… Indianapolis is getting physicall beaten to a pulp by Chicago. Chicago’s defense appears to have had a renaissance and Indy’s defense appears to be in pre 2007 form. Maybe both our teams will be dumbed down for our week 9 meeting. I hope Tom is alright, but I’m not holding my breath. I think we’ll do alright though… maybe he’ll be back for the playoffs.

Drew Bledsoe gets knocked out week one vs the jets and who comes to our rescue that season… Tom Brady. I’m not saying Cassel is Brady, but look at the circumstances. Starting Pats QB knocked out, backup leads them to the playoffs and wins a super bowl. Just saying miracles can happen.

that sucks pats fan. i don’t like to see that. my hopes out to you for a quick recovery from the land of Greg Oden.

The players around the QB position are outstanding. QBs with great skills will be stellar QBs in this system, such as Brady. QBs with good skills will likely be great QBs. QBs with average skills will be good QBs. I suspect the latter is the case with Cassel.

This situation is no different than the Walsh/Montana-days of the Niners. Joe would go down and some vitual nobody would come in (Jeff Kemp, Guy Benjamin, Matt Cavanaugh) and steer the team to victory because of Walsh’s system. It will be the same for Cassel. No worries. A 12-4 season may be a 10-6 season, but all is not lost.