Brady is eligible to come back in Week 5, which, as fate would have, is a rematch with the Colts -- the very club his Pats handled to an inflated result with their allegedly deflated footballs in January's AFC title game. Should Brady not be granted the injunction he and his counsel will most likely pursue, he won't be under center when the Patriots play a certain game in Arlington, Texas. All the promos CBS were going to air about the quarterback duel between Tony Romo and Tom Brady will have to be airbrushed to include Jimmy Garoppolo.
Which makes the Cowboys a sudden favorite to win that game. And gives the Eagles, Redskins, and Giants an almost certain one-game disadvantage in their effort to win the division.
When Philadelphia visits Foxborough on Dec. 6, the matinee idol will be back where he belongs -- and, one guesses, in a sour mood from all that sitting in his moated mansion with his supermodel wife for a crime he couldn't be convicted of properly.
Brady will also man the Pats when they feast on New York and Washington.
Trouble is, the NFC East is a rather closely contested division, not having been decided by more than two games since 2008. Advantage Cowboys.
On the other hand, if Brady and the union contest his suspension in federal court, he could play the entire season unharmed while the tedious and never-ending legal system plays itself silly. He could play this season and, if on the losing end, could serve his suspension later.
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