Brady Out for Season. Pats Must Now Pick from QB Bunch.

Tom Brady is done for the 2008 season. Last year’s NFL MVP will have to go under the knife after suffering a left knee injury against the Kansas City Chief in yesterday’s 17-10 win in Foxboro.

With Brady gone until 2009, the next man up is Matt Cassel, who hasn’t played in a full game since high school. Cassel backed up Matt Leinart at USC. Behind Cassel is Matt Gutierrez, the second-year pro from Idaho State.
The Patriots have dealt with this situation before in 2001. Drew Bledsoe hit the operating table and Tom Brady hit pay dirt – winning the Super Bowl.

But will Cassel find the same success in a division that some guy name Favre now calls home? The Patriots will surely look at all options, including free agent QB Chris Simms, who was recently let go by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Another name floating out there: Daunte Culpepper. C-Pep was trying to latch on with a team in the preseason but had no takers. He found most of his success with the Minnesota Vikings and their flamboyant Wide Receiver, Randy Moss. Randy Moss is now a Patriot.

And to think we haven’t even completed week one yet…