When you talk about career highs for Tom Brady, you know the numbers are going to be impressive. And as unlikely a setting as today was—with snow aplenty falling from the sky and accumulating on the ground throughout the game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough—the Boston New England Patriots destroyed the Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans 59-0 as Tom threw a career high six touchdown passes, five of them in the second quarter.
Tom has been under criticism for not performing up to his typically superhuman levels so far this season, but he now seems to be in “mid-season form,” as they …read more

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is upset with the National Football League’s rules regarding the preferential treatment of its quarterbacks. During today’s 27-21 loss to the New England Patriots, the Ravens’ defense was flagged twice for roughing-the-passer penalties, resulting in the continuation of two drives and then two scores for the Patriots.
On one play, it appeared that Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs just swiped at and maybe brushed Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s legs, but didn’t really even “touch” him (UPDATE: After re-watching this, Terrell Suggs did bump Tom, but it wasn’t anything more than that). I would have to agree with …read more

It wasn’t exactly the way he imagined his first game back from last season’s devastating knee injury would be. And it certainly wasn’t the way he drew it up in practice this week. But at the end of the night, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady found a way to win a football game—a 25-24 nail biter over the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football.
Sure, the Bills practically handed the Pats the game with a bonehead costly late turnover. But Tom shook off some early rust and did what he had to do. He completed 39 passes for 378 yards …read more

For a quarterback who has only played in 30 games in his National Football League career, Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel is very fortunate. Thanks to his impressive performance (3,693 yards, 21 TDs) in relief of an injured Tom Brady in New England last season, Matt was able to sign a six-year contract worth over $60 million (with $28 million guaranteed) today. And while he’s technically still competing for the starting quarterback spot with Brodie Croyle and Tyler Thigpen, this hefty contract pretty much supersedes anything that might happen in training camp.
Chiefs GM Scott Pioli issued the following canned …read more

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N.Y. Jets fans are not going to be happy with this news. The New England Patriots signed free agent tight end Chris Baker today. The Jets released Chris earlier this month with good reason — they didn’t want to pay him a $9 million option bonus payment that was coming due early next month. Chris is a fine player and has tremendous potential as a tight end in this league, but I wouldn’t want to pay him $9 million, either. He had good numbers in 2007 (41 catches) but tapered off last season with the …read more

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady married supermodel girlfriend Gisele Bundchen and her three dogs yesterday. Apparently, they tied the knot at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, CA with just a small group of family and friends in attendance. Tom and Giselle were rumored to have become engaged last Thanksgiving. I can’t believe I’m writing about this. I could care less. I mean, I’m happy for Tom, but really — whatever. I just hope it produces a lot of traffic and I can make a nice chunk of money off it.
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The New England Patriots placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on backup quarterback Matt Cassel today. The Pats will keep Matt if they have any doubts that QB Tom Brady won’t be ready for the start of the 2009 season. But if Tom is ready (as he’s expected to be), it’s likely New England will trade Matt rather than pay him the $14.65 million brought by the tag (of course, the Pats aren’t stupid — they could also offer him a long-term deal). In a statement released by the Patriots today, head coach Bill Belichick said:
“Matt …read more

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says his knee rehab is coming along very well. He had this to say on a Toronto radio station today:
“It’s going really well. Anyone who’s come back from injuries that require surgery … it’s just a process and there are some good days and some bad days, and you’ve just got to keep plugging through it. It’s life, like I said. Things come up and you’ve just got to focus your energy and attention on all the positive things that you can gain. It affects you in a lot …read more

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New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel has been a huge surprise this season. After a pretty stinko preseason (56.6 QB rating), Matt has performed not just admirably, but at a near-Pro Bowl level in subbing for injured, all-world, mega-star QB Tom Brady. Fresh off a 47-7 drubbing of NFC West champs Arizona, Matt now has 3,615 passing yards and 21 touchdowns in 15 games. Seriously. Tom will be back from his knee injury next season which means the Patriots will most likely have to deal Matt to one of the many quarterback needy teams in …read more

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Making an unpublicized appearance at a Goodwill Thanksgiving Dinner in Boston this evening, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he is “doing well” in his recovery from reconstructive knee surgery. Of course, he couldn’t be doing much worse than he was. Following surgery, Tom had multiple procedures to clear an infection out of his knee and was placed on a six-week regimen of IV antibiotics. With the way Matt Cassel has been playing, Tom better get back sooner than later. OK, I’m just kidding. Sort of.
Source: SportingNews.com