Brady On Leg Injury, Moss, Distractions

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is at his most revealing on Monday mornings when he does a weekly radio hit with WEEI in Boston.

During a 20-minute chat-em-up today, Brady acknowledged what CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman alluded to yesterday - a possible leg injury suffered during the game.

"There's always kind of bumps and bruises you're dealing with," he told hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan. "I'll be ready for the Super Bowl. I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss that."

Jokingly asked if the injury might "flare up before the Pro Bowl", Brady - who's not a big fan of the trip to Hawaii after a 20-game season, said, "Heh, heh, you can count on that. You can definitely count on that."

Brady also compared the modest playoff output of Randy Moss (two catches in two games) to the way opponents avoided pitching to Barry Bonds.

"Especially in the Jacksonville game, they just refused to let him catch the ball," Brady explained. "I told Phil Simms (CBS analyst) that this is sort of like Barry Bonds. A team can intentionally walk him three or four times then say, "Well, Barry Bonds didn't beat us."

Brady also left no doubt that he's in lockdown mode during the Super Bowl.

"There are plenty of distraction. Everyone is going to call and everyone is going to want to be there and involved and you almost have to be a concierge and organize things because everyone will come to you. The more you can shield yourself from that, the better. (For instance, you say) OK, I don't need to go out with my family on Thursday night even though they're all here and that's a wonderful thing to do. You're going to have months and months to do that after the season. You just really have got to focus on why you're going down to the game and it's not to enjoy Super Bowl festivities as a spectator. When were in Jacksonville (in 2004), I barely left my hotel room."

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