Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com joined the Tim Brando Show to talk about Super Bowl XLVI and Gisele Bundchen’s comments after the game.

Backup Brian Hoyer began to throw, though Brady ended up not missing a snap. After that Brady was 7 of his last 17, making one think the hit affected him.

According to the Boston Herald, Brady landed hard on his left shoulder, aggravating the sprain from earlier in the season. The key word is “sprain.” This is the same injury that forced him to miss a practice during the AFC Championship week, an ailment he needed to manage. The aggravation didn’t lead to major injury, though, and Brady did not need to come out of the game for treatment. It also is not believed to be the kind of injury that will need to be dealt with much in the offseason.

Hoyer remarked, “I don’t know if I’ll ever meet someone as tough as he is.”

Now that the 2011 season is officially over following the Super Bowl, now we can all look ahead to free agency.

The Pats have a number of players that will be unrestricted come March 13th when they can sign with other teams. You can see the complete list below, and give your thoughts about what players the team should keep, and what ones they could let go.

Exclusive Rights Free Agents (1)

DT Kyle Love

Restricted Free Agents (2)

QB Brian Hoyer
S Bret Lockett

Unrestricted Free Agents (17)

RB Kevin Faulk
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
WR Deion Branch
WR Matt Slater
WR Wes Welker
OL Dan Connolly
OC Dan Koppen
DE Mark Anderson
DE Andre Carter
DE Shaun Ellis
DT Gerard Warren
LB Gary Guyton
LB Niko Koutouvides
LB Tracy White
CB Nathan Jones
CB Antwaun Molden
S James Ihedigbo

Signing contracts on Tuesday were wide receivers Britt Davis and Tiquan Underwood, offensive tackle Matt Kopa, defensive end Aaron Lavarias, linebackers Markell Carter and Mike Rivera and safety Ross Ventrone. Six of the seven players were on the Patriots’ practice squad at the end of the season.

New England had previously signed quarterback Mike Hartline to a one-year, “Reserve/Futures” contract.

Sounds like people are still having fun with with Patriots receivers Wes Welker huge fourth quarter drop that helped the Giants win the Super Bowl.

An online pawnbroker dumped hundreds of Butterfinger candy bars in Boston’s Copley Square on Tuesday with a note: “Thank you Wes Welker.”

The tongue-in-cheek stunt by Pawngo.com drew takers for the candy and a citation from the city for commercial dumping.

Pawngo CEO Todd Hills says in a statement to The Boston Globe the Denver- and Chicago-based company “thought Boston fans might at least get a laugh out of it.” He says the company respects Welker and the Patriots.

Welker led the NFL with 122 receptions but dropped a slightly off-target pass from quarterback Tom Brady with about four minutes left Sunday night. The Giants won 21-17.

Bill Belichick has confirmed that Josh McDaniels will be the team’s offensive coordinator next season.

McDaniels was brought in during the playoffs to serve as an “offensive assistant.” He was widely seen as the heir to offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who had been hired to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State.

But it wasn’t official until Belichick confirmed the move on Monday, a day after the Patriots lost 21-17 to the Giants in the Super Bowl.

McDaniels was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator from 2006-08 until he left to become head coach of the Denver Broncos. He lasted just 28 games before he was fired with a 3-9 record in 2010. He was the offensive coordinator for the Rams this season.

Over the last several weeks, Belichick frequently praised this team and the effort that he got from these players throughout the season. Despite yesterday’s loss in Super Bowl XLVI, he did not waver on that today:

“Real proud of them. I thought they worked hard all year, they competed well all season. We won a lot of games and even the ones we didn’t win, we fought right to the end and played very competitively. We did that last night, just came up a little bit short,” Belichick said according to Shalise Manza Young of the Boston Globe.

“I have all the respect in the world for the team and all the players and what they’ve done for over six months. It’s not about one game or one play or anything, it’s the whole body of work. I really, really enjoyed coaching this team and have a lot of respect for them.”

“This is where I want to be, this is where I want to retire,” he said after Sunday’s 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. “This is why I came back, for the opportunity to play in this game. I’m pretty sure I will be here in this position next year.”

Gisele Bundchen should have kept her perfectly-shaped mouth shut last night — this according to multiple sources inside the Patriots organization, who claim the supermodel violated a “code of brotherhood” by bashing Tom Brady’s receivers.

Sources tell TMZ, the teammates are “disappointed” Gisele decided to air her grievances after the game last night — when she said, “My husband cannot f***ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times.”

According to sources, Tom’s teammates feel betrayed by Gisele’s behavior — the Pats organization is a brotherhood and Gisele’s pot shot violated the code — which is basically … win as a team, lose as a team.

As one source put it, “It’s like knocking someone when they are down.”