Was it a dirty play?
Bernard Pollard, the Kansas City Chiefs safety who caused Patriots QB Tom Brady'sknee injury Sunday afternoon, insists it wasn't.
"I tried to apologize to him," Pollard told *Sports Illustrated *after the game. "But I'm not sure he heard me. He was screaming.
"I tried to make a play, and Tom went down," he continued. "I knew something was wrong. He was in pain, screaming. The running back [Sammy Morris] was asking for a personal foul, but it definitely wasn't one, and the ref didn't give it to him. It was most definitely a clean play. It was an accident. It's tough. It's football. I'm sorry it happened, obviously. I can't do anything but apologize to him ... I'll pray for him."
New York's Newsday claims it has confirmed internal-link-placeholder-0.
If that's the case, the *Chicago Tribune *is asserting that the AFC is up for grabs now that Brady may be done for the season.
The *Boston Herald *sought reaction from some of Brady's teammates about the play. Morris, for one, wasn't sure if Pollard's actions were legit.
"Pollard came in, and as I was trying to let him get back up, he just kind of dove at his leg," Morris said. "That's really all I saw, initially [I thought it was cheap], but like I said, I have to look at the film to kind of figure out what exactly happened."
"To me, personally, it looked dirty to me," wide receiver **Randy Moss **said in a *Kansas City Star *blog entry. "When stuff like that happens, it opens eyes. That particularly situation, it opened my eyes."
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So, what are the Pats' chances of winning here on out if they're without Brady? A *Boston Globe *column explores that question today.
There's more on the Chiefs' perspective on the Brady injury in the Kansas City Star.
And in a disturbing report from New York, where the Pats will play the Jets in Week 2 this Sunday, some fans apparently were cheering Brady's injury.
