Unlike some of the delusional Patriots fans out there, I'm not going to wait for Brady's MRI. He's probably at best got a torn ACL, and there's a high possibility he has a torn MCL too. I'm incredibly fearful that Brady may have suffered a knee injury along the lines of the one Daunte Culpepper suffered a few years back, as in one you may never fully recover from.

And while I feel bad Brady, and would like to see the best team in football (sorry Giants, you may have won the Super Bowl, but you're not the best team) beaten straight up, the NFL season doesn't stop.

So who exactly does the Brady injury help the most? Let's take a look.

Buffalo Bills - The Bills are a team on the rise with Trent Edwards at quarterback. Make no mistake about this, Edwards is the real deal. Edwards played at Stanford with practically no talent around him, and only went 10-20 as the starter, which is why he wasn't drafted until the third round of the 2007 Draft. But Bill Walsh himself annointed Edwards as one of the best prospects he had ever seen, and Edwards looked the part yesterday against the Seahawks. The Bills have a solid receiving core with Lee Evans, Roscoe Parish and James Hardy and they also have Marshawn Lynch at running back to help take the load off of Edwards. The one problem for the Bills is that their team defense was dreadful last year, only the Lions were worse. However, they looked pretty good against a depleted Seattle squad. But the AFC East is now a very weak division, and there's plenty of reason to believe the Bills could come out of the mix on top.

New York Jets - One man does not a team make. Or so I thought until Brady went down. So why not Favre now leading the Jets to the AFC East title? I know when Favre was traded to the Jets, he looked like a shot dog, probably because he figured the only way he could get to the playoffs was as a wild card, since the Jets were going to get steamrolled by the Patriots in their two meetings. Well, no longer. Favre has to be ecstatic about the Jets chances to win the AFC East now. Granted, I still don't think the Jets are all that great, but as Brady's injury has showed us, one player can provide a huge shift in the balance of power. I'd expect the Jets and Bills to fight for the AFC East now until the final week of the season.

Indianapolis Colts - The Colts were the one AFC team that seemingly "solved" the Patriots during their run to the Super Bowl. But in all honesty, the Colts' 2006 AFC Championship win over the Patriots seemed more like a fluke. Everyone was ready for the Colts to pull their own version of the Patriots dynasty after their Super Bowl win and it never happened. As far as I'm concerned, the Patriots owned the Colts with the exception of the Colts' AFC Championship win in 2006. So Peyton Manning has to feel much better about the Colts' chances today. The only issue is that the Colts sure look like they've got some serious problems to deal with this year after getting trounced by a very balanced Bears team in Week 1. Their offensive line - missing Jeff Saturday - looked porous, which led to Peyton Manning's happy feet coming out again. But if the Colts can solve their O-line issues, they have as good a chance as anyone of becoming this year's AFC powerhouse.

San Diego Chargers - I'm still not sure how the Chargers lost to Carolina yesterday, but whatever. This is another team that the Patriots absolutely owned during their run. No one, and I mean no one, seems more primed to take over the AFC now than the Chargers. After all, they beat the Colts twice last year, including the shocker in the playoffs at the RCA dome. This team is absolutely loaded on both sides of the ball and definitely has a chip on its shoulder from years past. The one problem is that the team is coached by Norv Turner. Sure, he got them to the AFC Championship last year, where they put up a tremendous fight against the Patriots, but with Norv it seems like even making the playoffs is always a question.

Dallas Cowboys - They're without question the new Super Bowl favorite. I know they're a little questionable at wide receiver right now, and Romo is the anti-Brady in the playoffs, but this is now the most talented team in football, period. Provided they can navigate through the NFC playoffs, don't run into a incredibly hot team like the Giants last year, and Jessica Simpson doesn't show up any games, I'd fully expect them to make the Super Bowl and be a heavy favorite to win it all - since they, you know, wouldn't be playing the Patriots. But we'll see what great expectations will do to this team, and more specifically to Romo.