Brady Finished, Patriots Are Not

Tom Brady will have season ending knee surgery. I kind of knew that yesterday when Dan Dierdorf was screaming about Brady going down as Randy Moss was fumbling No. 12's last pass of 2008. I have wrote this twice already but I'll do it a third time for good measure. THE 2008 PATRIOTS ARE FAR FROM OUT OF THE SUPER BOWL RACE!!! Sure, things are a lot harder without the best quarterback of his generation and one of the four or five best to ever suit up in the NFL. But even with Matt Cassel or Chris Simms or Tim Rattay or Vinny Testaverde or Daunte Culpepper behind center, this team is too talented to fall completely out of contention. To stay in the discussion to reach Tampa Bay in February, the team needs solid play and no turnovers from the quarterback, focus and leadership from Randy Moss and Wes Welker, a dominant running attack, and a big step up in play in the defensive secondary. I am actually more worried about the secondary hurting this team right now than I am of Matt Cassel sinking the ship. Stay positive Patriot Nation. The Man is gone for 2008 but there is enough talent and determination in that lockerroom and enough brains on the coaching staff to make the Pats a sleeping giant in the AFC.