"It'll be a great Monday and a fun week to be a Bills fan, especially if Brady's knee exploded,"
--Me, two hours ago

That statement, uttered in my "Immediate Reactions" column mere hours ago, was tongue-in-cheek, but now I've bit my tongue clear off (which will make it very difficult to host a talk show, so stay tuned).

But let's really think about this, supposing of course that Michael Silver's Yahoo! Sports report is true. The Pats will be looking at Matt Cassel, Matt Guttierez and who? Vinny Testaverde? Daunte Culpepper? Will they trade for a Billy Volek, Sage Rosenfels or Rex Grossman?

The fun part is they'll probably sign Testaverde, and we can watch as Bill Belichick plays the role of stubborn genius, fumbling his way through a 9-or-10-win season with an aggressive defense and Cassel under center (Tell me he doesn't consider it a challenge to win with inexperienced would-be third-stringers).

Of course, this development is beautiful for Buffalo, and people will say it's the opposite of classy to be happy about this, like the division championship wouldn't count if the Bills were edging out a broken down Pats team to go along with the Jets and Dolphins. The truth is, and take a deep breath here, the Bills will be in focus on all the NFL shows nationwide as the country comes to term with Brady's knee and Buffalo's 34-10 win over Seattle.

Now, there's a pretty good chance Brady will reconstruct his own knee with the help of Tedy Bruschi, overcoming the injury to throw even more touchdowns in a 16-0 season, but could things have worked out more in the Bills favor in Week One:

--Big win over a playoff team in Seattle (albeit an injured one)
--Dallas opens up seemingly every hole in Cleveland's game
--The Chargers fall to Carolina (even if everyone has San Diego taking that division anyway)
--Jacksonville falls to Tennessee

If Denver falls to Oakland, oh, happy day.

Now, the Jags falling to the Titans could be bad for a couple reasons. One, it may wake up Jacksonville, whose pre-season hype may have gone to their heads, and two, Tennessee may be way better than most have thought. Let's face it, Jeff Fisher is in the Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren class of making something out of nothing.

In reality, the Pats will still be good, and it's only one game, but isn't it fun to get a little carried away? (Especially considering that it may end up not qualifying as getting carried away).

Forgive me for smiling, but it's been a good Sunday.

Email: nick@wgr550.com