Randy Moss Thinks Hit on Tom Brady Was Dirty, Sammy Morris Might Disagree

If the early speculation is true -- that Tom Brady has a torn ACL -- the Patriots' Super Bowl aspirations, and maybe even Bill Belichick's evil genius label, are in the Thomas H. Crapper.

Brady didn't take a snap during the preseason because of a foot injury, and it took less than a quarter before he hobbled back to the locker room for the rest of the day, and maybe longer. Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard hit Brady just as he released the ball, but there was no flag for a low hit. Probably because Pats running back Sammy Morris was pushing him in the back.

Week 1 Injuries

Tom Brady's 128 consecutive start streak is in jeopardy after the reigning MVP went to the turf clutching his left knee midway through the first quarter. While Brady's injury dominated the injury wire, it wasn't the only major blow in Week 1 of the NFL.

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Vince Young, Tennessee Titans:
The young QB sprained his left knee late in the Titans' 17-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Brodie Croyle, Kansas City Chiefs:
The signal caller was taken out of game in the the third quarter with a bruised right shoulder.

David Eulitt, Kansas City Star / MCT

Maurice Morris, Seattle Seahawks:
Didn't return after hurting his right knee early in the second half.

Rod Mar, Seattle Times / MCT

Marion Barber, Dallas Cowboys:
The running back was taken to the locker room with bruised ribs in the second half against the Cleveland Browns.

Ron T. Ennis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT

Nate Burleson, Seattle Seahawks
Burleson limped off the field with a left knee injury.

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That didn't make any difference to Randy Moss, who took issue with Pollard's tackle. But he doesn't want to get into it.

"I don't really want to get into it, but me personally, I think it was dirty," he said.

"Like I said, I didn't really see anything; I was running down the field. When I came back in [and watched it], it looked dirty to me. I've never been a dirty player. I honestly don't even know how to play dirty. I just play the game. Any time you see something like that, that looks foul, it looks dirty, it opens your eyes. So, me personally, it looked dirty."

To recap: Moss doesn't want to talk about it, he doesn't even know how to play dirty, but the hit looked dirty to him. Duly noted.

Pollard defended the play as undirty.

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Michael David Smith says:

"Some Patriots players -- including Randy Moss -- have already suggested that it was a dirty play, and my own informal survey of Patriots fans indicates that plenty of them agree. But the NFL says otherwise."

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"The play was not intentional," Pollard said. "People can call me a dirty player, you can call me whatever you want to call me, it's not a dirty play. When you have 230 pounds on your back, and you're trying to go forward, things will happen. I saw the ball was still in his hands and I tried to get to him. I tried to get up and get to him. But I couldn't get up, so I just tried to grab him. It was not an intentional play."

I believe Pollard, and apparently so does everybody else, according to the NBC "Football Night in America" folks, but that won't change the fact that Brady could be sidelined for a while. I suspect there's much gnashing of teeth and finger-pointing among Patriots fans tonight, and understandably so (on the former, anyway), but I wonder if any of them were yelling and screaming when Vince Wilfork went all "Bernard Pollard" on J.P. Losman last season.

via PFT