Sep 7th 2008 7:09PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, Patriots, AFC East, AFC WestIf the early speculation is true — that Tom Brady has a torn ACL — the Patriots’ Super Bowl aspirations, and maybe even Bill Belichick’s evil genius label, are in the Thomas H. Crapper.

Brady didn’t take a snap during the preseason because of a foot injury, and it took less than a quarter before he hobbled back to the locker room for the rest of the day, and maybe longer. Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard hit Brady just as he released the ball, but there was no flag for a low hit. Probably because Pats running back Sammy Morris was pushing him in the back.

That didn’t make any difference to Randy Moss, who took issue with Pollard’s tackle. But he doesn’t want to get into it. “I don’t really want to get into it, but me personally, I think it was dirty,” he said.

“Like I said, I didn’t really see anything; I was running down the field. When I came back in [and watched it], it looked dirty to me. I’ve never been a dirty player. I honestly don’t even know how to play dirty. I just play the game. Any time you see something like that, that looks foul, it looks dirty, it opens your eyes. So, me personally, it looked dirty.” To recap: Moss doesn’t want to talk about it, he doesn’t even know how to play dirty, but the hit looked dirty to him. Duly noted.

Pollard defended the play as undirty.Continue Reading