Patriots QB Tom Brady appeared on a Toronto radio station today and offered a frank explanation for his devastating Week 1 knee injury.
"(Expletive) happens," Brady said on the Fan 590. The station did not censor the swear from its internet broadcast.
Brady, promoting the pain cream Myo-Med, said that his rehab is "going really well," but did not address the infection that plagued him after knee surgery in October and gave no estimate of when he will be back on the field.
"There's some good days, some bad days," Brady said. "You've just got to plug through them. It's a process.
"It tests you in a lot of ways."
The Patriots quarterback, who chose California doctor Neal ElAttrache to perform his surgery, has been rehabbing at the team's New England facility. "I'm the most well-taken-care-of knee patient in history," Brady said.
The Patriots finished 11-5 and did not make the playoffs, just the second team since 1985 to miss the playoffs with 11 wins. Brady suggested he's frustrated that the tiebreakers fell against the Patriots while the Arizona Cardinals, whom New New England beat 47-7 in Week 16, won the NFC West with a 9-7 mark and advanced to the Super Bowl;
"We had a great year, being that we finished 11-5 and didn't make the playoffs," Brady said. "And the team that's in the Super Bowl, the Cardinals, we beat by 40 points."
Brady compared the Cardinals' postseason success to the New York Giants' emergence as a wild card in last year's playoffs before spoiling the Patriots' perfect season in Super Bowl XLII."You get hot at the right time," Brady said, who noted the NFL prides itself on allowing teams like the Cardinals a chance to reach the big game."The rules that are in place are to bring everybody back to the middle," Brady said. "That's the way it's set up."Other notes from Brady's appearance:-- He said used the pain cream Myo-med on his arm in recent years for "pretty bad tendonitis" and again on his ankle before last year's Super Bowl. Brady appeared on the Patriots injury report for several seasons with a mysterious shoulder ailment that the team rarely clarified, and the team offered very few details on his foot injury before Super Bowl XLII.Brady is a paid endorser of Myo-med, an agreement that launched before he hurt his knee.-- Brady brushed off the departures of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and general manager Scott Pioli. "It's the responsiblity of the people who are still with the Patriots to worry about the Patriots," Brady said."As long as we have coach (Bill) Belichick, I always think we're going to be just fine."
"(Expletive) happens," Brady said on the Fan 590. The station did not censor the swear from its internet broadcast.
Brady, promoting the pain cream Myo-Med, said that his rehab is "going really well," but did not address the infection that plagued him after knee surgery in October and gave no estimate of when he will be back on the field.
"There's some good days, some bad days," Brady said. "You've just got to plug through them. It's a process.
"It tests you in a lot of ways."
The Patriots quarterback, who chose California doctor Neal ElAttrache to perform his surgery, has been rehabbing at the team's New England facility. "I'm the most well-taken-care-of knee patient in history," Brady said.
The Patriots finished 11-5 and did not make the playoffs, just the second team since 1985 to miss the playoffs with 11 wins. Brady suggested he's frustrated that the tiebreakers fell against the Patriots while the Arizona Cardinals, whom New New England beat 47-7 in Week 16, won the NFC West with a 9-7 mark and advanced to the Super Bowl;
"We had a great year, being that we finished 11-5 and didn't make the playoffs," Brady said. "And the team that's in the Super Bowl, the Cardinals, we beat by 40 points."
Brady compared the Cardinals' postseason success to the New York Giants' emergence as a wild card in last year's playoffs before spoiling the Patriots' perfect season in Super Bowl XLII."You get hot at the right time," Brady said, who noted the NFL prides itself on allowing teams like the Cardinals a chance to reach the big game."The rules that are in place are to bring everybody back to the middle," Brady said. "That's the way it's set up."Other notes from Brady's appearance:-- He said used the pain cream Myo-med on his arm in recent years for "pretty bad tendonitis" and again on his ankle before last year's Super Bowl. Brady appeared on the Patriots injury report for several seasons with a mysterious shoulder ailment that the team rarely clarified, and the team offered very few details on his foot injury before Super Bowl XLII.Brady is a paid endorser of Myo-med, an agreement that launched before he hurt his knee.-- Brady brushed off the departures of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and general manager Scott Pioli. "It's the responsiblity of the people who are still with the Patriots to worry about the Patriots," Brady said."As long as we have coach (Bill) Belichick, I always think we're going to be just fine."
