Brady, Pats Work in Steady Rain

FOXBORO - Another good nap day in the Boston area - temperature around 55 and a steady rain falling. But the Patriots are currently going through their final OTA of this offseason before tomorrow's mini-camp and they are out on the field in the wet.

What makes this detail noteworthy is that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is participating fully in this practice just months after his reconstructive knee surgery.

The fact that he is (and it's been raining since mid-morning so the field's not completely saturated) shows how strong he believes the knee feels. It also shows the team feels he can take reps without limitations.

And while I don't normally tend to Chicken Little on what can go wrong when a football player (gasp!) plays football, you have to wonder how prudent it is to allow him to be out there in May with a recently reconstructed knee  since there will dozens of "weather days" on which he can test how it feels on a slick track.