Tom Brady is a Super Bowl hero, an NFL MVP, and a pop icon. He is everywhere. But since Tom's injury in the first quarter of the first game this season, the sports world seems to have forgotten all he has done throughout his career. A slew of anti-Brady storylines have been found around the country this week. The last straw came when Dan Shaughnessy’s article, “The hard truth: He’s gone soft” ran in the Boston Globe on January 28th.
While I can certainly see the newsworthiness of reporting on the QB’s recovery from knee surgery, I have difficulty finding any value in Mr. Shaughnessy’s borderline libelous (even if tongue in cheek) comments. Nowhere in this piece does it even hint at the fact that Brady has begun to drop back and throw passes, nor does it mention that he's on pace to be back in time for the 2009 season opener. In other words, why am I reading a story about a football player that has nothing to do with football?
This article and others like it weaken sports journalism
Mr. Shaughnessy and other journalists are basing their entire "Tom has gone soft" argument on new photos of Brady and his girlfriend in
The bottom line is that Tom Brady has not pulled a Tony Romo whenever Gisele Bundchen is around. She has not had a negative impact on the way he plays the game of football. He is still the foundation of the Patriots’ dynasty and will be the leader of his team when he returns to the gridiron next season.
If Dan Shaughnessy and his cohorts would prefer the “softy” be traded away, then let the Matt Cassel era begin!
No takers? I didn't think so.
To Mr. Shaughnessy and sports journalists everywhere: please keep your opinions where they belong...off the sports page!
