Globe Tries To Dispel Brady Story, Instead Confirms It
A Boston Globe story this morning confirmed our report from Sunday that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is behind schedule in his recovery from ACL and MCL surgery in his left knee that was peformed October 6.
While the first two paragraphs of the story, citing sources close to Brady, maintained our story was "inaccurate", the next two paragraphs of the four-paragraph story, in essence, confirm what we reported.
They read: "Brady is having some range of motion issues, common in patients who suffer an infection. Fighting an infection causes a greater buildup of scar tissue, which makes it difficult to fully bend and extend the leg. As a result, Brady may need to undergo arthroscopic surgery to clean up scar tissue to improve mobility.
The removal of scar tissue, however, would help Brady rehab more effectively and not cause any significant delays. Typically, an athlete can resume his regular rehabilitation a couple of weeks after such a procedure."
If, after a surgery performed October 6, Brady still is having "range of motion issues" that may require a second surgery, how then could he have done enough rehabbing to be "ahead of schedule" as two other Brady sources told NBC's Peter King?
And if, nearly 12 weeks after surgery, Brady's spent six of the weeks battling an infection and still needs a scar tissue removal procedure that means "an athlete can resume his regular rehabilitation a couple of weeks after such a procedure" I'm not sure how that makes anything we reported Sunday inaccurate.
Do the math. Six weeks of infection. Scar tissue still present limiting range of motion and, thus, making full rehab as yet impossible. Removal of scar tissue (still pending) and the "couple of weeks" to rehab from that?
How that puts Brady ahead of schedule or makes the Patriots decision on whether or not to franchise Matt Cassel in two months easier is beyond me.
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Everyone knows Brady is behind schedule because he got an infection.Maybe the sources mean he is back on schedule after the infection not where he would be if he never got the infection. There is a quote from Dr. James Andrews saying Brady ,may have to get scar tissue removed after the infection but that was normal after an infection.He said this after it was first said Brady had an infection.
There's more to life than being right, Tom. My guess is that he is ahead of the schedule they had mapped out for him AFTER the infection, not before it.
You interpreted it as being "ahead of" a normal knee recovery. So, you were wrong.
Now, please. Man up and admit it.
It seems to me that the dispute between the two camps is the part in Curran's story saying that Brady's ligaments are "loose" and possibly require a second surgery that would keep him out for the 2009 season.
That is huge, if true.
So my question to Tom Curran is: how certain is your source about the ligaments being loose? And did the source explain how that happened? Is it a consequence of the infection or is it a result of a botched job of grafting by Dr. ElAtrrache?
If Brady played any other position than QB his career would be done. We don't need insider info to know this is a very tough rehab and chances of him coming back in 2009 and being the same franchise caliber athlete as he was before are slim. It could happen but don't expect it.
Excuse me, all of your lives are calling, they want you back.
I think bit is right... Pats need to seriously think about putting the franchise tag on Matt Cassel. I think it's unrealistic to think Brady will be ready at the start of the season and even if he somehow is, will he be the same Tom Brady as before?
Putting the franchise tag on Cassell and paying him $12 million for next season is out of the question. The Pats can't afford to tie up $25-30 million in payroll on just the QB position.
Should have had his surgery at the University of Oregon just like Dennis Dixon. No problems, healed way ahead of time & is doing great. Best facilities in the USA.
The mistake to be made here is believing anything that the Patriots organization or sources close to the organization says. Remember, the Patriots are the ones who lied, sorry alternatively interpreted the rules, about filming other's signals. Your math is absolutely on track. And as anyone who has had orthopedic surgery knows, there is no such thing as minor surgery.
If the scar tissue in Bradys knee is stopping him from a full rehab why are the doctors waiting to remove the scar tissue?