Tom Brady's Mysterious Left Knee Injury Revealed

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Tom Brady won Super Bowl LV on a partially torn MCL. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times broke the story, but we had known Tom Brady would have surgery on his knee shortly after the Super Bowl. In fact, Bucs Head Coach Bruce Arians called it a "minor cleanup"

NFL writer Ben Violin of the Boston Globe added:

Per webMD:

The MCL (medial collateral ligament) is a band of tissue that runs along the inner edge of your knee. It helps to connect your shin and thigh bones to keep your knee stable and working properly when you move.

Some symptoms per webMD are: 

MCL injuries hurt. Most people feel pain along the inside edge of the knee, and they also have swelling. You might hear a pop when the damage to the knee takes place, and your knee may lurch to the side.

You may find it hard to walk, or feel like you can’t put pressure on the leg with the hurt knee. You might feel like you are going to fall because your knee isn’t stable enough for walking, even if it doesn’t hurt to walk on it.

Some people can walk, but their knee feels loose, and it wobbles more than it should when they move.

Sometimes, the knee may feel stiff, or the joint may lock or catch when you move around.

Typically with an MCL, for NFL players timetables vary between 2-6 weeks. Tom Brady missed zero games en route to a Super Bowl title. Incredible stuff from the greatest of all-time.