Seneschal2

An interesting piece by Projo's Shalise Manza Young on the behind-the-scenes process in selecting Cassel:

Patriots’ Pioli already thinking about next year’s draft

Excerpts from Pioli:

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"What we want to try to do is maximize each spot on the roster; we want to be stronger at No. 1 than the opponent, stronger at No. 25 than they are, and stronger at No. 53 than they are, we're always looking to upgrade the talent level on the team, and play together to be functional."
- Bill Belichick -

Schmo

This is the exciting side to Cassel. He could be at the beginnings of his potential... or the end. That is why we see so many contrasting posts about him.
IMHO he is going to get better this year. Period.

Pat the Pats Fan

I loved this line.....

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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."

WTE

How ironic that Cassel is starting this weekend and Leinert is not.

Cassel seems to really enjoy playing football and studying game film. He has his priorities straight whereas Leinert does not.

Right now it appears Cassel will have a better NFL career than Leinert.

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ctpatsfan77

How funny would it be if Warner retires and the Cardinals bring in Cassel to be a starter?

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TheGodInAGreyHoodie

In some ways being a backup QB is a harder job (or at least has a different set of skills) than being a starter.

It takes a lot of work to learn a game plan. Particularly if you only get to watch the practice not participate in it. It also takes a lot more personal motivation to want to learn a game plan when there is only a 1% or 2% chance you will be actually executing it than if you are the name starter.

I am not surprised the Patriots drafted for the role of backup QB someone who proved that they can be both a quality QB and a conscientious back up QB

WhiZa

Neither is Carson Palmer, but not because he got beat out by a 37 y/o semi-retired QB.

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woolster22

Hasn't Cassel completed somewhere around 65% of his passes. Got to give him some credit for that...

JoeShmoe

Guys never had a chance .. now he has. Give him at least 4-5 games and we'll see where he is

Personally I think he's gonna make a lot of chicken littles eat crow and you know what, that will be fun

borg

Having only seen 3 of the Pats 4 games, I keep making the same observation with regards to Cassel. He just doesn't seem to drop back far enough on pass plays. Either the OLine is getting blown backwards and his depth in the pocket gets skewed, or he just becomes too nervous and wants the play get going before he gets set. Hopefully, the game will slow down in his brain.