10,000th topic on Tom Brady?

This topic may go a different way than most though.

Isn't it amazing how much change can be induced from one single player in the NFL getting hurt for one single season?

1. Ticket sales for Patriot games

Brady going down for the year will probably imply a substantial ticket sale loss for the Patriots organization, along with a huge loss of Patriot team revenue in 2008.

2. The Patriot team dynamic

You know that when Brady went down, so did the morale of the entire Patriot team. It's amazing how much worth one player may have to his entire team.

3. The Patriots playbook

Now that Brady has gone down, the entire Patriots playbook needs to be re-worked towards a more conservative gameplan, involving more work from Maroney and the other tailbacks that was not seen a year ago.

4. The AFC race

With Brady going down (one person) for the year, the entire AFC race has shifted completely. Those mediocre teams in the AFC East now have a chance to make the playoffs and win the division. Not only this, but a new team from the AFC is bound to emerge as the AFC champion, something we are not very used to.

While these are not the only things that Brady's injury has effected, there are some main points presented.

Isn't it amazing how much damage one man's injury can cause to an entire team, and how much change in the game itself it brings about?