I think we might have lost more than just Brady for the season ... we might have lost some of our best players for ever. This is probably the last year for Bruschi, Harrison, Izzo, Stephen Neal, probably Seau would have come back, Kevin Faulk might make it another year. These guys came back for one more try to be led by Tom Brady to the Super Bowl, and now they're the elite supporting cast without a leader. Can they take one more year of pounding, almost certainly not for a title, and then come back for yet another year of pounding again with Captain Tom? If all these guys leave, will Vrabel stick around to play with a bunch of guys 5 to 10 years younger than him?
At least we've got their excellent leadership on Defense for another year, but who's gonna lead the offense? Cassel might be the officer in command, but he's no leader. Who is the sergeant who will whip everyone into shape for him? Moss isn't suited to that role. Everyone else is too young. The only guys who can do it are Faulk and Matt Light, but Faulk is only in for a third of the plays, so it's up to Matt Light to lead our offense and get them behind Cassel. Godspeed, Matt.
Brady might not be on the team when we play Kansas City again in three years ...