The Morning According to Us

Tom Brady's non-football life the bigger story lately.

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Other than that, it was fairly romantic.

We tend not to follow celebrity weddings, but we're pretty sure no one's ever popped a cap at fleeing paparazzi. But then, it isn't every day that Tom Brady and Gisele tie the knot in Costa Rica.

During the ceremony, Gisele's security guards noticed a couple of photographers for the INF photo agency in the brush near Gisele's beachfront home. The guards marched the photogs up to Gisele's villa, where they were ordered to hand over their film. (Gisele made some agreement with a Brazilian magazine for the world release of her big day.) The INF guys refused, somehow fled the estate, and jumped into a nearby idling SUV. That's when the guards opened fire, shattering the Jeep's rear window and barely missing the photographers. "I could have lost my life for some pictures Gisele didn't want published," one of the photographers told INF's blog. "Are they insane?"

But this is now Tom Brady's life. He's bigger than his team, bigger than the NFL, floating in a stratosphere where the rights to his wedding photos, with an obscure foreign magazine, are vigourously, cartoonishly defended. (Joe Montana never had to worry about that.) The mother of his child pops off to People every chance she gets about either his new wife or his dereliction as a father. Meanwhile, young Jack Brady has been photographed more times than Suri Cruise. And all this has happened without him taking one snap.

Brady needs to be careful. By marrying into this lifestyle, football can very easily become a distraction. When the reason somebody became famous is no longer the reason he remains famous, bad things happen. Babies are dangled over balconies. Heads are shaved and passing cars attacked with umbrellas. It's not pretty. Let's put it this way: If Brady doesn't play well this year, it's not because of the knee.

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