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Re: How many #1 picks for Cassel?
There are two scenarios in which the Pats trade him. If they extend him for 3 years before the deadline for signing extensions that can be amortized in part in the current season, they could trade him in 2009 or 2010 with marginal dead cap when measured against what they could net in picks in a QB starved league facing a shallow draft at that position. The key there would be agreeing on a deal that satisfies both sides. The second scenario is a franchise tag and trade deal. The key there would be him performing well into the playoffs. The Browns could have traded Anderson for quite a bit heading into this season and they didn't even make the playoffs.... They chose IMO incorrectly not to sell high because they didn't trust what they had behind him. We don't have that problem.
If Cassel is mediocre he is gone and they won't re-sign him for $1, dope.
Dopes.
Cassel is a free agent at the end of the season.
Is no one here paying any attention at all to what's going on this season?
If Cassel plays great, he is gone.
Cleo Lemon got a $10mm contract this off-season, as did a bunch of other similarly "skilled" QB's. If Cassel plays great and leads the team to 10-12 wins, he will earn a big pay-day and be gone. The market for crappy back-ups like Lemon is 3 years, $3mm+. No way the Pats pay $5mm or more a year for a back-up, even at QB. That's why they have O'Connell, to be the next cheap developmental back-up QB.
If Cassel stinks, he's gone.
If Cassel starts out hot, beating KC, NYJ, and Miami, but then crumbles against Denver, Indy, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and stumbles to a 7-9 record or worse, he's probably gone as well. The Pats will focus on developing O'Connell and other options.
If Cassel is mediocre, there's a chance the Pats re-sign him as a back-up for reasonable money, in the $2-4mm range.
However, there is no scenario in which the Patriots trade him.
They would have to sign him, including a big signing bonus, and then trade him, eating the signing bonus. The corresponding cap hit would then kill their plans to re-sign Wilfork, Mankins, Hobbs, etc.
The only hopes of draft picks would be if he has an incredible season, takes the Pats to the Super Bowl, and some team signs him for $10mm. Then the Pats would get a third round compensatory pick in 2010.
There are two scenarios in which the Pats trade him. If they extend him for 3 years before the deadline for signing extensions that can be amortized in part in the current season, they could trade him in 2009 or 2010 with marginal dead cap when measured against what they could net in picks in a QB starved league facing a shallow draft at that position. The key there would be agreeing on a deal that satisfies both sides. The second scenario is a franchise tag and trade deal. The key there would be him performing well into the playoffs. The Browns could have traded Anderson for quite a bit heading into this season and they didn't even make the playoffs.... They chose IMO incorrectly not to sell high because they didn't trust what they had behind him. We don't have that problem.
If Cassel is mediocre he is gone and they won't re-sign him for $1, dope.