robertweathers

Great read...

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NYCPatsFan

Excellent read! thanks for posting!

xmarkd400x

Bump!

This post gets my 5-star vote!

Mike the Brit

An excellent read.

The description of how Cassel came through when he HAD to, despite not having shown much in pre-season, and developed in authority when he was out of Brady's shadow, was absolutely fascinating. So it isn't as if the coaches were seeing something that the armchair GMs were not. Presumably, they must have had confidence in his personality, but still been uncertain about his performance when they decided to back him after Brady's injury. It's also interesting that Belichick, just like the fans, saw a really steep upward trajectory in Cassel's performance over the season.

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patchick

Some interesting perspective on Cassel in that. A common theme here was that we fans just don't get to see what really matters, and that Cassel was doing things behind the scenes that gave the Pats lots of confidence in him even though we, in our ignorance, thought he looked bad in preseason. But BB makes it sound like they really didn't have secret knowledge we didn't -- that Cassel simply improved dramatically, game by game, once he was able to take the reigns of the offense and start reshaping it to his strengths.

IOW, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

jimmyjames

This is fantastic.

An inspiring read about someone succeeding at the highest level of their chosen profession. This was more like reading a CEO talk about the success of a major corporation as opposed to what you get from most NFL Head Coaches these days.

Mike the Brit

Mmm ... snap!

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upstater1

The coach needs to be there to figure out that the QBs preferences are manageable and within the scheme. Otherwise, neither the team nor the QB will excel. If a coach insists that a QB keep working the plays that the other players are used to, the QB and the team may fail. BB trusted Matt enough to let him try the plays he wanted. Doesn't mean the same thing would happen with every QB.

Ochmed Jones

Does this article lead anybody else to believe that Bb must think Montana is the gold standard of QB?

Or just a really accurate passer that made excellent decisions.

PatsWickedPissah

Both

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