Tom Brady has to watch the knee

NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
Tom Brady still has a bit of a limp after his knee surgery and that is the least of his problems. Tom has made a career out of short accurate passes, often made at the last possible second to a crossing wide receiver or a back releasing from a block and floating out into the flat.

Think about all the times you have seen the defense close in on Brady and at the last second he fires a 10 yard strike. It gets maddening, but that has made him successful. The minute you play off him and give him time, you will have Randy Moss hauling in a long touchdown pass.

Will Tom Brady be able to take the hits?

Now Brady has a new enemy and it is not the defense, well sort of not the defense. The new enemy is his own defense at being hit on the knee. It is a natural defensive action to protect the formerly injured part of your body. If Brady shies away from the hits and throws early, he just won’t be the future Hall of Fame Brady we all are used to.

The unanswerable question for Brady and the Patriots is this: How will Brady react when bodies start flying for real and, inevitably, start landing to close to his repaired knee – particularly when some team or player tests his nerve intentionally? As ugly as it might sound, there’s going to be a time when some defensive lineman or linebacker goes low for Brady, taking a shot not just at Brady’s body, but his mind as well.

While the NFL refined the rules on low hits at the quarterback this offseason, don’t underestimate the willingness of defensive players to test the limits of both the rule and the will of their opponents.

source

Photo source Newscom

Be sure to check out my companion blog at NBA Obsessed.

As always, any NFL Football related comments are welcome.

More blogs about football.