Matty Baiungo

Brady Missing Some Protection

The Patriots are having some issues on their offensive line during training camp. Starters Matt Light and Stephen Neal are both out with injuries...but Tom Brady isn't too concerned...for now anyway.

“No. I don’t have any,” he said. “I know they’re working hard to get back. I know the guys we have in there, we have a lot of confidence in. They’re guys who have played. Billy (Yates) has played. Wes (Britt) has played. (Nick) Kaczur’s played. They’re going to be fine.”

Once the regular season kicks-off, rest assured Brady wants Light and Neal back to protect him. And those two have a lot to make-up for after getting torched by the Giants in the Super Bowl.

By the way, Nick Kaczur was arrested for possession of oxycodone (OC's on the street) back in April. To save himself from prosecution, Kaczur cooperated with the DEA...or in other words...he became a RAT.

Bad Break Bruins

UCLA’s luck hasn’t changed from last season. In 2007, the Bruins had significant quarterback issues because of injury…they used 4 different starters.

New head coach Rick Neuheisel made a nice hire with Norm Chow taking over as his offensive coordinator…Chow famous for his work with Pete Carroll and USC…not so famous for his lackluster results in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans.

And Chow had the pieces to get back to his productive ways with 2 pretty good QB’s...Patrick Cowan and Ben Olson at his disposal.

All is gone now. Cowan tore his ACL in spring practice – in a non-contact drill. He’s out for the year.

Then Olson went down with a broken bone in his foot during spring practice – and yes, you guessed it, also in a non-contact drill.

But time healed him up, and he was on schedule to be the starter on September 1st when the Bruins host Tennessee in their season opener.

Things changed yesterday with more bad news when Olson learned that he’ll need surgery to repair the same bone he previously broke during practice – believe it or not – in another non-contract drill.

So UCLA is back to where they ended last season…without an experienced QB.

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