Did Tom Brady’s Ankle Injury Lose the Super Bowl?
Last week I was filled with confidence that the New England Patriots would be straight with the press about Tom Brady’s ankle injury in the team health stats that were released the Wednesday before the Super Bowl. (In retrospect I realize this was somewhat naïve.) I promised HealthyFeetStore.com Blog readers an update on Tom Brady’s health and mobility and how that might affect the outcome of the Super Bowl.
The health report on Wednesday said nothing out of the ordinary. It mentioned that Brady had a shoulder injury. Brady’s ‘shoulder injury’ (nearly as mysterious as the ankle injury that pulled a Houdini on the health report) has been listed on the New England Patriot’s regular health reports for several years to no effect.
So did Brady have a serious ankle injury; or was the crescendo of concern and speculation over Brady’s removable walking cast merely a case of a rabid, Brady-lovesick media refusing to take a ‘better safe than sorry’ precaution at face value?
With the Super Bowl behind us and NCAA March Madness on the horizon there are really only two things that sports fans can feel certain of.
- The New England Patriots lost Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants, halting what many felt sure was going to be an undefeated season.
- For whatever unfathomable reason Tom Brady was not at his best on Super Bowl Sunday.
What might have been had the ankle injury (if an ankle injury there was) had never taken place one can only speculate. Perhaps the uncertainty is for the best. A definitive account of Tom Brady’s state of health might ease the bewilderment of New England Patriots fans throughout the country, but it would in no way diminish their heartbreak.
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