ctpatsfan77

He was on the Michael Kay show yesterday, and had a few interesting comments to make:

• When Kay asked him who the top four teams in the league were, he obviously said TEN and NYG were the first two. He punted on the issue of who #3 and #4 were.
• He then said it wouldn't surprise him at all if the Pats were in the top four when the playoffs came.
• He further said that, in his mind, the story of the season has been not just TFB's injury, but the fact that Cassel has led this team to a 5-2 record.
• Earlier in the conversation, he mentioned the fact that the Cowboys' backup situation--Brad Johnson (3 yr/$7.5M) and Brooks Bollinger (yeah, that Brooks Bollinger)--is an absolute disaster, and that a lot of analysts don't expect Johnson to finish the DAL-NYG game.
• His final thought: who on earth would have thought that the Chargers might be hurt more by the loss of Merriman than the Patriots would by the loss of Brady?

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maverick4

Peter King is still a world class moron, nothing more than a gossip QUEEN

BelichickFan

He lost me on that one. Cassel has done fine, he looks like an average NFL starting QB - especially as he gets a little more experience in the pocket. But when it comes to needing the big throw to win the big game, losing Brady may be the single biggest loss to injury in the history of the league.

ScottieC

He's not that bad. At least he's a HUGE Red Sox fan and season ticket holder.

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maverick4

Who cares that he likes the Sox, he is one of the dumbest writers out there, and I will never forgive him for his constant garbage and guilty-before-evidence attitude during the video witch hunt.

Rob0729

I agree with King about the Chargers. It is shocking how bad that defense is which is basically the same unit that they had last year minus Merriman. Studs like Jamal Williams, Shaun Phillips, Luis Castillio, and Antonio Cromartie have gone to be mediocre to average with one player lost. They can't stop anyone from scoring. Did teams really gear that much of their offense gameplans to deal with Merriman?

The Chargers are going to be in a quandry in a couple of years. It was assumed that the Chargers were not going to resign Merriman. But they may have to if he means so much for their defense.

Clonamery

I wouldn't have said anything until I'd seen the defense perform under the new D-Coordinator but, hey, I don't write for a major sports media outlet......

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Deus Irae

Evaluating while using the same coordinator as last year makes a better comparison.

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Rob0729

Ted Cottrell sucks. No doubt. But he still sucked last year when he was running the Chargers' defense. I don't know if his ousting is going to make a major difference, but it should certainly help.

billdog3484

I think his comment on Merriman is accurate. you look at the chargers D with and without him and its night and day. even going back to last year, when they were using him less in blitzing situations they sucked. then they became more aggressive and used him to blitz. all of a sudden their d was great.

i dont think his loss is as big as TB's but we are 5-2. maybe we'd be 6-1 or 7-0 with him, but we are not 3-5 like SD