Proper Responses to Tom Brady's Injury

On Sunday, the sporting world watched in shock as possibly the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL went down with a torn ACL. This is a quarterback who excels in any situation (cold, snow, wind, rain, pressure situations, whatever) and a quarterback on a team that was the heavy favorite to win its 4th Super Bowl this decade.

Like him or not, you can't deny that the NFL thrived as much as it did last year because of Tom Brady last year, and was hoping to ride him and the New England Patriots for years to come. The ratings for the Patriots games at the end of last year, including the Super Bowl, were record-producing. Now, it faces a Brady-less season and possibly a Patriots-less postseason.

How should we respond to the injury of Tom Brady and the prospect of a losing Patriots squad? What are the appropriate measures we need to take? These are my thoughts:

10. Have a giant countdown in the scoreboard of every stadium to week 1 of next season.

9. Have defenses playing the Patriots only be able to put 10 players on the field so the Patriots still have a high-flying offense.

8. Have the Pats start at the 50 whenever they get the ball.

7. Let the Patriots get 10 points per touchdown.

6. Change the name of the Super Bowl to the "Tom Brady Game"

5. Have Roger Goodell step down as NFL commissioner and let Brady be commissioner for just one season.

4. Have Gisele Bundchen posters hung around Gilette Stadium so people remember Tom Brady (ratings would increase due to the posters as well).
3. The winner of this year's Super Bowl should have an asterisk attached to their name in the record books (reading: "did not beat Tom Brady and Randy Moss").

2. Have the Colts, Cowboys, Chargers, Steelers, Jaguars, Saints, Packers, and Panthers change their nicknames to the Patriots. Change all their QB's names to Tom Brady.

1. Have Matt Cassel get plastic surgery so his face looks exactly like Tom Brady's face, and have him change his name to Tom Brady.

P.S. I am a Pats fan and am devastated right now.