Tom Brady Injury Update

Citing multiple news releases, Tom Brady may not be returning to the Patriots by the beginning of next season. He has had several setbacks during his rehab from ACL/MCL surgery. I am attaching one news article from the Boston Globe.

Doctors are concerned about an infection in reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady’s surgically repaired left knee, and have performed a total of three more procedures to remove it.

The New England Patriots’ quarterback had surgery to repair a torn ACL and MCL on October 6 in Los Angeles, and confirmed a second surgery on Wednesday after he developed an infection. Citing an anonymous source, the Boston Herald reported on Wednesday that Brady has had two more procedures since that time.

The newspaper reported that doctors fear that the patellar tendon graft used to replace Brady’s ACL is in danger of becoming compromised. In that case, the entire ACL reconstruction would have to be removed and redone from scratch, causing a major setback in his rehab.

Brady wrote on his web site, tombrady.com that, “The infection is very treatable and, through a course of antibiotics, it will be knocked out of my system.”

Brady referred to the second procedure as being “proactive,” on the part of the doctors, and that the results have been positive. Brady is on a course of IV antibiotics, which he will continue for a six-week period, according to the Herald’s source.