Ice Cold Bruschi

I have alot of confidence in Randy and his leadership abilities, I think the guy will help to get this team back focussed on football and forget about Brady, turn on the tunnel vision for winning. Its not a nice thing to say that we should forget about Brady, but brooding over his loss will only cost us. I think Randy is now the undisputed leader and captain of this offense and he'll start flexing some leadership muscles starting today. Theres alot of bulletin board material right now for him to utilize since now according to all the "pundits" we're apparently favorites to be third in the AFC East.

JoePats

The problem though with having the best player on your offense be a WR is that it's not easy to get him the ball. You can't just hand it to him such as in the case of a running back.

As I said yesterday, I think Cassell will have the chance to hit a few deep passes to Moss because everything will be jammed up close to the LOS. I think the Jets have enough confidence in Revis to let him go one on one a few times. Now that's awfully risky on their part, but it frees up people to harass Welker or blitz. If Cassell can get one deep to Moss early on, like he did yesterday, he'll make life a heckuva lot easier on himself as the season progresses.

upstater1

I do hope Randy stays focused.

DaedalusX

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Randy, but that thought occurred to me as well. If there is one thing that could distract him, or cause tension for any of the players in the locker room, it was this.

Ice Cold Bruschi

I'm not saying that the offense won't miss a beat, obviously they will but I'm saying Randy is now the leader of the unit and he's going to have to help everyone stay focussed more than he had to previously

pwes

I think Moss will be fine. I know Brady was his reason for coming to this organization but I think now he is just appreciative of everyone else apart of it. His PC showed me that he is willing to help Cassel out and help the team win in anyway that he can. i wouldn't start giving up on him yet (not saying you are).

PatsDeb

I don't know. I'm a little worried about Randy. He loves TB so much. I hope he doesn't see Cassel as a repeat of what he was saddled with in Oakland and start to fall off. It is really important that he becomes the leader you speak of in order for the team to be successful. He hasn't had to do that here, but now he will have to. Here's to hoping he's up for the challenge.

sieglo

WTF.

Cassel is now the leader of the unit. The QB leads the offense. This is football 101. If Randy is smart, he'll do everything he can to support Cassel and make sure the team rallies around his leadership.

It's Cassel time, for better or for worse. On the bright side, it's Cassel's contract year, so he has an opportunity here to become a star in the NFL. Hopefully he will step up. I was pleasantly surprised by how he looked against KC and I hope it will only get better form there as he improves and gets more comfortable at game speed.

dprats2

Is it me, or did Moss seem down on Cassell after the game?

PrairiePat

It's you.