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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I don't think he threw another pass after that vicious hit, which is his point. I don't know that for a fact, but he certainly did very little compared to past games at the end.
That said, I do agree that this negative speculation is ridiculous. We don't need more stuff to worry about based on someone's hunch about tension in his voice.
He took a really tough hit, then got up gimpy. That's all we know, so I'm taking the no news is good news approach. He seemed to be in decent spirits on the sideline and after the game.
I'm concerned Brady was hurt on the Hardy tackle. The reasons for my concern are these:
- The tackle looked like it would injure a player, particularly a 38 year old man.
- I don't think Brady did much after the play.
- I heard tension in Brady's voice in post-game interviews, a tension that is often an effect of dealing with pain. I noticed this in Brady's post-game interview and in his long interview on WEEI, http://media.weei.com/a/109974676/tom-brady-defends-alex-guerrero-10-12-15.htm .
Do you believe it's silly because (a) Brady's voice is not evincing tension or (b) tension in a voice is not indicative of pain?
If (a), I concede it is possible I am mis-hearing it.
If (b), true, there are other causes for that kind of tension in a voice. Maybe Brady is upset by other things. Maybe he has pain not from the injury.
However, you must concede that significant pain does affect a person's voice (well, you don't have to concede it, but it is factually true). So tension in a voice is not proof of pain, but it is evidence of pain.
One more thing. Brady is rightly proud of his physical resilience and mental toughness. But it is an inexorable and undeniable fact that applies to all human beings: as we get closer to middle age, we simply don't have that physical resilience we had when we were younger. We might feel "young" in some sense, but at some point, the human body just does not recover from insult like it once did. This is no animadversion directed at any mental resilience of Brady, simply a biological fact, one which no regimen of diet or supplements or working out or anything else can avoid.
There's ZERO evidence of it after the game.
In fact, I think Slater @ 0:43 and McDaniels @ 0:55 hurts his back even more.
http://www.patriots.com/video/2015/10/12/inside-winning-locker-room-dallas
I must slightly disagree. There was one play where it looked like Hardy put a bit more force into it as Brady was going down. Even Zo talked about how he felt it was deliberate in an attempt to hurt the right shoulder. Now, I would not argue with anyone who says I'm just saying that. I've asked myself the same thing. But I really do believe he put a little extra "weight" into it on the way down on the particular play. Other than that, I'd say he more-or-less kept it clean.Brady is tough but Hardy played clean, we have to give him that, if he wanted he had plenty of opportunities to land a cheap shot on Brady.
I read an article last night from someone in the locker room who claimed that he looked like a GQ model getting ready for a runway appearance, smiling and laughing, while meticulously putting on his suit for the presser, etc.