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Borges Being Borges.... Again

I didn't see this posted, but I just heard them mocking the story on 98.5. Borges basically is going to be Borges again on his article in the Boston Herald yesterday:

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Thursday night Tom Brady learned this comeback from major knee surgery thing may not be quite as easy as he thought.

Brady hasn’t looked right all summer, except in drills when he knew no one was coming at him with bad intentions. His arm is fine and his surgically repaired knee may be as well, but there is a psychological side to recovery from major surgery that is a complicating factor.

It takes time to convince yourself to plant your leg and drive into your throws with bodies falling all around you. It takes time to get up and dust yourself off after someone like Keith Rivers or Robert Geathers has planted you into the turf, as the two bulky Cincinnati defenders did Thursday night.

The first time Rivers nailed him, Brady immediately grabbed his left knee as he hit the deck. It was a knee-jerk reaction, the kind of human moment he very likely didn’t want to be asked about because he doesn’t like to think of himself as a mere mortal, which was part of the reason he didn’t speak after the game.

More than likely Brady didn’t want to talk because he knew what he’d have to say, which was that after he got hit he began sailing balls over Randy Moss’ head and overthrowing an open Wes Welker because the ball was coming out of his hand sooner than it should have.

This is not unusual. When Peyton Manning first came back from knee surgery, it was not a pretty picture. Same was true of Donovan McNabb. And Daunte Culpepper basically never came back from his 2005 knee injury.

Brady’s struggles, overlooked by many of the sycophants watching him, are not yet anything to be overly concerned about. They are the norm for a player coming back from his injury. They are also his reality, and they may even carry over into the early stages of the season or could resurface after a fast start following a few hits, as happened to the Bengals’ Carson Palmer.

The question Brady has to answer comes not from the media, but his own psyche: Can he overcome the natural inclination for self-preservation following the first serious physical challenge of his career and again plant and throw with danger all around him? As his personal quarterbacking guru, Tom Martinez, told the Herald’s Karen Guregian, Brady faces an adjustment period and moments of self-doubt he must get through if he is to continue to be the best quarterback in the NFL.

One would think he will because his arm is strong and his mind quick, but there is a reason he has so seldom been under center in the first two games. It is because he has not looked good retreating to pass and because in the shotgun he has an extra second to react before trouble arrives.

The worrying thing is that, when Geathers came bearing down on him, there was no sign of the little slide step that allowed Brady to elude so many pass rushers in the past. It’s the same move that kept Dan Marino upright despite his lack of elusiveness. It’s the step Drew Bledsoe didn’t have, which is why he too often resembled a living room sofa when pass rushers came at him full speed.

One of Brady’s strengths has been his uncanny ability to slide a few inches to avoid an oncoming rusher. When Geathers came at him, he had no such step. He froze and took a direct hit.

Perhaps it was merely a case of not seeing the guy coming. Maybe he reacted a second too late because of the rustiness that comes with 11 months away from pro football. Or maybe it was something else.

Only Brady can establish which. It is a process that will take time, a few more throws that sail inexplicably over the heads of open receivers and some nights of silent self-doubt.

Tom Brady’s doubts inevitable - BostonHerald.com

Talking about going overboard based on one series. Brady hasn't looked right all summer?!? Granted I haven't been to camp, but most camp reports I have read is that he was sharp. Other than the over analyzed INT in the first game, Brady looked like the old Brady to me.

If Borges didn't go overboard like usually, he might have had a valid point. But since he took his contrarian standpoint too far, he looks foolish. Comparing him to Culpepper is comical. Culpepper is a dumb QB who relied on his legs to be effective and instead of working out with trainers and the medical staff, rehabbed on his own.

I don't get his stupidity about Palmer who supposably had a fast start and then fell off after a few hits eventhough in the second half of the 2006 season, Palmer had 16 TDs and 4 INTs (talk about hitting a wall). Palmer had a fast start and a strong finish after his injury.

Carson Palmer: Game Logs