If there was ONE THING which could blow up Brady vs. Belichick, it has just happened...

Confirmed:  Antonio Brown faked his vaccination status.

The NFL has suspended him three games for a fake COVID vaccination card.

Now, one has to ask if this is now the one thing which can blow up the proposed Brady vs. Belichick Super Bowl a lot of us have been talking about.

There has been a lot of press on the AFC side about Mac Jones and the Patriots.  There has been a shitton of refball already for the Patriots.

But this could blow up both -- unless the NFL wants to play a very long game and hope that Tom Brady's body (and the economy and the country) can hold up until February of 2023 and Brady vs. Belichick becomes the plan for Super Bowl LVII.

It's not the on the field you need to worry about with this situation:  Brown's been out several weeks with an ankle (purportedly).

But it's the off the field, and the NFL's position as a pillar of American society -- The National Religion.

There's also the optics of this on the heels of COVID-12 and the liar in Green Bay.  This is one reason I hope Brown, at least, appeals the decision on that basis.  And if this does put Green Bay in material consideration, how bad would THOSE optics look for the NFL?  Seriously!

And that said, there now has to be a very real and prescient question:  Is there any team out there which WANTS the NFC Championship?

• COVID-protocol fouls (and very public ones) could take out the Bucs 
• and Packers.
• It now appears the Cowboys are sufficiently in the doghouse after the punch suspension that they have to be considered down.
• Fuck you, Kroenke!

I mean, are we SERIOUSLY looking at a Baltimore-Arizona Super Bowl?  A 10-7 NFC Champion (at which point, good luck even GUESSING ONE at this point)???

And then what happens if the league has no logistical choice?  Is it literally clothespin on nose and take the best worst option and Baltimore or even Belichick win the Super Bowl?  (If the latter, then see my comment about the "very long game" above...)

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EDIT TO ADD 11:10 PM PST 12/2/21:

ALL OF THAT SAID:

Yahoo did publish an article this morning talking about ratings of a Brady vs. Belichick Super Bowl.

That said, the Brown suspension was announced this afternoon.

But after the announcement of Brown's suspension, you are definitely going to want to keep an eye on both the Bucs AND the Patriots...