Sep 13th 2008 1:22PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Media Watch
In late July, ESPN threw up a list of the NFL’s most indispensable players. At the tippy top of that list: Tom Brady.
The list was designed to say that if their team lost one player, who could it not be? The fact that Brady was No. 1 on the list means that New England would be more devestated without him than any other team would be without any one of their players.
At the time, I said That isn’t to knock Brady’s impact on the Pats, but I felt that a Colts team without Peyton Manning would be screwed. ESPN just threw a list up of big names.
Now we will see if they are right. Tom Brady is done for 2008 and … if what they are implying is true … the Patriots should be a 3-13 team this year. I mean, how could a team lost the NFL’s “most indispensable player” and not crash and burn?
Exactly, the list is stupid.
Imagine the Colts without Manning? Hell, look at the Colts with a rusty Manning! That was pretty bad. Imagine if the Vikings didn’t have Adrian Peterson right now (something I now feel stronger about). Look at how bad the Carolina Panthers were last year … and look at the leadership of Jake Delhomme in Week 1 against the Chargers.
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