 Brady Injures Shoulder? -- Fri Aug 28 10:00 pm --
Shockingly, Belichick Is Evasive | If there's anything wrong with Tom Brady's throwing shoulder, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn't saying.
Belichick said Saturday that Brady came out of Friday night's game after a crushing hit from Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth because it was time for the coaching staff to take a look at the backups. He lumped any problem with Brady's right shoulder into the category of normal "bumps and bruises" from a physical game. "I'm saying that we made the decision to play other quarterbacks in the Washington game because we wanted them to play," Belichick said in a conference call with reporters. On Brady's last play, he was smashed to the turf by Haynesworth after throwing an incomplete third-down pass just before the first two-minute warning.
Brady was seen on the bench flexing and rotating his right arm, but when the other starters took the field for the first series of the third quarter, the two-time Super Bowl MVP was not among them. He then left the sideline and returned to the locker room.
The team announced that he had a sore right shoulder.
Brady did not speak to reporters after the game.
(AP)
FF Today's Take: This is classic Belichick, downplaying any injury that occurs to his players. It's likely the shoulder injury Brady suffered last night isn't serious, but keep your eye on how much Brady's participation in practice changes over the coming days.
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