Brady, Brady, Brady

Unless you have been living under a rock, you may have heard Tom Brady will not be suiting up for another NFL game this season with the New England Patriots. I have heard several comments that I'd like to comment on in this wonderful blog.

Comment 1: The NFL losing Tom Brady is the equivalent to Golf losing Tiger Woods.

False. The NFL is more about the logo on the helmet rather then the name on the back of the jersey. No one in the NFL is bigger then the league, to where one injury is going to hurt or cripple the league. Back in the day, if Michael Jordan was lost in the 1st game of the NBA season for the whole season, that would hurt the NBA more then Brady's injury hurts the NFL. A lot of people watch golf just for Tiger Woods, I don't think many people watch the NFL just because Tom Brady is playing. Maybe if you are Gisele Bundchen you are watching because of Tom Brady, but that is 1 out of hundreds of million people that watch the NFL.

Comment 2: The system is the key, any quarterback will be successful in New England.

Matt Cassel may be okay. But, something tells me if you take the MVP off a team that lost one game last season, you can't just put in any Joe and have identical success. Now, I know that you can look at other team's who have lost quarterbacks due to injuries or what not and the backup has stepped in and succeeded. For instance, when Joe Montana was injured, Steve Young filled in admirably and eventually became the guy in San Francisco. Brad Johnson was injured in Minnestoa and Randall Cunningham stepped in and filled in, and took the team to within one game of the Super Bowl. A guy named Tom Brady filled in for someone named Drew Bledsoe, and like Steve Young never really looked back. Now, do I think Matt Cassel will make fans forget Tom Brady? No.

Comment 3: The only loss that would equal Brady's loss is if the Colts lost Peyton Manning.

True. Running backs and wide receivers can be replaced, starting quarterbacks can be replaced but only if their is backup is competent. Just about every team in the NFL is going to suffer some drop off if their starter goes down, but none as much as New England and Indianapolis. Now, before Dallas fans get in an uproar, Brad Johnson does have some starting experience and Tony Romo hasn't performed at the high level for as long as Manning and Brady have.

Those are the biggest comments I hear and those would be my thoughts on the above. Any comments on my comments, e-mail me at TheSportsBuffet@verizon.net. By the way, if you read my NFL predictions, I now would like to bump the Steelers up to the Super Bowl losers. The Cowboys still win the Super Bowl.