This. Is. Not. Good.

When Tom Brady tore 47 ligaments in his knee during the first game of the season this year, it gravely impacted the rest of the Patriots regular season. Even with surgery and rehab, many believed he wouldn't be 100% by the time the 2009 campaign began. But hey, three Super Bowl titles in seven years? The best statistical season ever by a QB last year? Something bad was bound to happen. I mean, it's the NFL.

But not this bad.

Reports are swirling today that Tom Brady has had THREE additional surgeries to combat an infection in his surgically repaired knee. Experts are saying that if the infection doesn't improve, Brady might need an entirely new reconstructive surgery! And to make matters worse, he had the procedure done by a family recommended doctor in California, rather than a team recommended doctor in Boston. The entire franchise is at stake right now. When I wrote a post before the season started about how Brady and Peyton Manning weren't getting any younger and how injuries might be more of a factor as their respective careers progressed, I never imagined something like this.

And to all the Patriots haters out there who will say things like, "He's banging one of the hottest and richest women ever to walk the planet, screw him." or "They cheated, he's a dick." no one deserves to go out like this. Here's hoping he can somehow avoid that second surgery and don the red white and blue again next year.