JoeSixPat
Pro Bowl Player
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Here's how I sum it up:
In the best case scenario, we'd be lucky to say that Cassell approaches what Brady did in 2001.
Brady, in coming in for Bledsoe in 2001, looked serviceable coming into the game against the Jets - had a huge shocker of a win against the Colts (at which time I predicted there'd be a QB controversy and that Brady would win the job) had a loss against Miami, a horrendous 4 INT game against the Broncos and a somewhat close game against the Rams that they lost.
Then Brady found his groove and the team never lost again.
The point is, even Brady needed time to grow and develop, and the coaches kept the playcalling somewhat simple for him with a lot of short dump passes - and that was good enough to win.
So Cassell doesn't need to come close to equaling the Brady of 2008 - he just needs to perform somewhere near the level of a much less experienced and developed 2001 Tom Brady - and given his stronger supporting cast, that still gives me great hope for this season.
In the best case scenario, we'd be lucky to say that Cassell approaches what Brady did in 2001.
Brady, in coming in for Bledsoe in 2001, looked serviceable coming into the game against the Jets - had a huge shocker of a win against the Colts (at which time I predicted there'd be a QB controversy and that Brady would win the job) had a loss against Miami, a horrendous 4 INT game against the Broncos and a somewhat close game against the Rams that they lost.
Then Brady found his groove and the team never lost again.
The point is, even Brady needed time to grow and develop, and the coaches kept the playcalling somewhat simple for him with a lot of short dump passes - and that was good enough to win.
So Cassell doesn't need to come close to equaling the Brady of 2008 - he just needs to perform somewhere near the level of a much less experienced and developed 2001 Tom Brady - and given his stronger supporting cast, that still gives me great hope for this season.