I’m just saying the season has changed…and it has. I believe the Patriots are a much better football team than when Brady took over, so there’s a positive. At any rate, I do see where this is going to get tiresome from a saturation standpoint. Heck, I’m already tired, but Brady IS the NFL’s reigning MVP. I think the media attention would be similar if Eli was the MVP and went down for a possible season ending injury.

and visualizing their team name on top of the division I don’t think they’ll take Cassel or the Patriots as seriously as they should be. The Pats are still a great team with a great coach. We can’t ride our QB this year like they’ll be riding Favre, but I have every confidence that our defense and offense will step up in every way… Especially against the Jets.

manage the games like he did yesterday, no turnovers and stay within the gameplan, then we will be able to compete. I think maybe his play last year and in this preseason had to do with a lack of confidence. But he is in the situation now where he is the man, and he didn’t show a lack of confidence yesterday. I’ve always been told that cream rises to the top, so now we find out if Matt is cream or crap.

I believe the defense will have to bring their A-game for the next 2-3 weeks to get Cassel settled down and really comfortable as the offensive leader of the team.

I don’t know if I am the only one that sees a similarity to 2001, but is it possible that history could repeat itself? I don’t know, but it might make for a fun ride.

I know you’re not an idiot, but it would be hard to tell from your comment.

With Brady healthy, there isn’t one rational football expert who didn’t think the Patriots were the team to beat, league-wide. And in the AFC east, the Pats have been the class of the division for a decade. That’s an imbalance of power, tilted directly northeast.

Besides which, this is a fan site. That is, written by a fan of the Patriots and aimed at other fans of the Patriots.

I’m glad you have something to contribute beyond insults. It’s so refreshing.

Your hyperbolic send up of MaPatsFans post is actually pretty spot on, MaPatsFan was just tactful enough to downplay the very real fact that with a healthy Brady the Patriots are better than your team.

Seriously, your point is stupid and overwrought. We’re not saying no one else has a shot, we’re saying that we went 16-0 in the regular season last year and have won 3 of the last 7 Super Bowls, been to it 4 times and been to the AFC championship 5 times and a large part of that is the greatest quarterback the NFL has ever seen and he’s down for the year.

If you disagree with his being the greatest qb ever, consider this:

He won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different mediocre receiving corps and was a bad call away from going to the super bowl with the worst receiving corps in the NFL (Reche Caldwell as a number 1?). He won a Super Bowl in his first year and had won 3 by age 28. He’s led a team to 16-0 and holds all of the single-season passing records. But the true essence of his greatness actually came in the Super Bowl that we just lost. He was hit on just about every down and had zero protection. Any other qb in that situation would have thrown five interceptions. Instead, Tom had over 60% completions, 300 yards and a touchdown. Yeah, he’s the best. Now, get off of our website unless you have something interesting to add.

Go to ESPN: “Tom Brady’s buckled left knee looks disastrous for one team. The other 31 aren’t too broken up about it. A select few are downright ecstatic because a season-ending injury would buoy their chances to win the AFC or make the playoffs if the New England Patriots were to collapse without their leader.”

New York fans cheered when he limped off the field. What are you talking about?

…was pushed from 11:45 to 3:00 with media access set for 3:30. I’d assume the MRI is sometime before then and the press conferences were pushed so BB would have some info rather than standing in front of a throng of reporters continuously saying, “No news as of yet.”

If Brady has a torn ACL we’re never going to know about it. This press conference is going to be Belichick saying Brady has a knee injury and the Patriots may or may not make a move to improve their depth at quarterback.