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Brady > McNabb - Anhil8tor - 02-03-2006

BRADY PLAYED WITH HERNIA

On that same topic, it turns out that Pats quarterback Tom Brady has a sports hernia. According to The Boston Herald, he played roughly half of the season with the injury.

And that the Pats never listed him on the injury report as having a hernia or a groin injury.

This is where the accurate definition of "probable" cuts against a team that might otherwise hope to conceal a guy's injury. Since the term means that there is a "virtual certainty" that the player will be available for normal duty, common sense suggests that even a minor injury that still leaves the guy "virtually certain" to play should appear on the list.

But these are the Pats, whom some regard as the masters of manipulation of the injury report. Listing Brady as having a hernia or a groin injury would have sparked a continuous firestorm in the media (see McNabb, Donovan) -- and it also would have been the equivalent of painting a bull's-eye on Brady's crotch.

And it wasn't a minor condition. Per the report, other players on the team were aware that he was hobbled.

"I didn't know how severe it was," linebacker Willie McGinest said, "but I knew it was bothering him. But you have guys who play with all types of injuries across the league and on our team. Being the kind of competitor he is, he wasn’t going to let it slow him down."

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Brady > McNabb - WoolyGoat - 02-03-2006

Brady > NFL

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Brady > McNabb - WoolyGoat - 02-03-2006

Oops, I mean...Plummer > Brady > NFL

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Brady > McNabb - BIRD33 - 02-03-2006

Newsflash:Mcnabbs a bitch.

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