1.   Before the game, he took a painkilling shot in the area of his bruise.

2.   Brady will wear an ankle brace and is undecided about whether he will take a painkilling shot before the game.

3.   A tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers said that about half of his teammates took painkilling shots each week.

4.   John Elway, the former Denver quarterback, received painkilling shots for injured ribs.

5.   One Giants linebacker last year took painkilling shots directly in his chest before many of his games because of painful upper body injuries.

6.   Troy Aikman, the retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback, once took eight painkilling shots for a herniated disk.

7.   After getting six painkilling shots in his back, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman is feeling better than he has in years.

8.   Aikman, who received six painkilling shots last Monday, took himself out of the game during the next possession and went to the locker room.

9.   Aikman, who received six painkilling shots on Monday, took himself out of the game during the next possession and went to the locker room.

10.   Forward Oliver Neuville has been playing with a toe fracture for weeks and Michael Ballack has been taking painkilling shots for an ankle injury for a month.