skri65

Why do I have faith in Cassel and our chances of making the playoffs. Cassel has truly done nothing to warrant my faith in him and his ability to beat other quality teams.

I still have faith that this team will make the playoffs and from there, get lucky? Am I in denial? Or am I being reasonable?

Seriously, I don't know.

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swheeler23

i think they will still have a good season because of Moss, the defense and the easy schedule they have. They could go 12-4 because of who they play. With Brady in I was thinking 14-2.

BadMoFo

You are being hopeful. Don't worry many of us feel the same way.

I guess because we can all this Hollywood ending. Seventh-round draft pick who hasn't started a game since high school and was on the verge of being cut this year because of his bad play in the preseason, takes over for the reigning league MVP and takes our team to the Promised Land.

skri65

It's too good of a story to pass up. It brings me back to Brady in 2001. That's what I can't help but think Cassel can do us good this year.

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"The Colts shock and awe offense ... was shockingly awful." - quote from NFL Game Of The Week (2005 div vs Indy)

ALP

unless ur buddy buddy with belicheck i dare ask how u know cassel was about to be cut?


to the OP, u think that b/c with the Pats team + coaches is still better then any other groups out there

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D-cleater

Did you just stop by for the first time this week? I did, but I think there's a 15 page thread of people that have just as much faith in Cassel.

For me, It all starts this week. If we win the next game, the teams confidence in Cassell will surge and this team will be playing inspired football. I really think we willl beat the Jets. Soundly. And again, this is all we need.. one win against a hated rival, for the team to gain confidence in Cassel and rally around him. Miami will plays us tough but I see us going 3-0 into the bye and coming out with a game plan to make Cassell successful.

And then, somewhere in the middle of the season Cassell is going to need to engineer a comeback win. Our record may only be 8-4 / 7-5 as we go into december, but if the kid can get one or two comeback wins under his belt this team will carry him into the playoffs.

Thats how I see it, and I do'nt think I'm in denial. This team, with Cassell at QB, is good enough to make the playoffs. I even replaced Brady with Cassel on my fantasy team. Looking forward to this season.

ctpatsfan77

I fixed your post for you.

Phil Simms--talking on a NY radio station, where he had no need to varnish the truth--basically argued that the reason Cassel looked bad was that the Patriots made no effort whatsoever to try and win games: they had no game plan whatsoever.

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NovaScotiaPatsFan

I'm not all of the sudden thinking that Matt Cassel is the second coming or something, but I have seen teams with crappy QBs win the superbowl. (XLII leaps to mind) and this is one heck of a team around him, it's not like we've got Reche Caldwell as our #1 reciever now.

All Cassell really has to do to give us a chance is cut out the turnovers. I can handle the 3 and outs and the drives stalling in FG range, but he needs to protect the ball.

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Sean Pa Patriot

Like I said, Cassel is going to need 4 reg season games to see what we have-- he just needs to be solid, that is it and that is all we should expect.. The other 52 team members just need to do thier job.

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We going to take it one game at a time

dhamz

The posts of those in denial usually mention the myth that the Pats won a Super Bowl in 2001 without much help from the QB position. They go on to predict things like wins in Indy and San Diego, 14-2 records, etc. Essentially what they post is that now that he is hurt Tom Brady just wasn't that good to begin with. It is all about the coaching.

Thinking this team has playoff potential is realistic. There is a whole list of teams around the league considered possible playoff teams who do not have elite QBs. The Titans made the AFC playoffs last year with downright terrible QB play. In a weak division, with an easy schedule, and the talent around Cassel this team can make the playoffs.