PatSunday
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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How dare you? Where did I say we would win the Super Bowl? Some other poster actually did, saying we will go 19-0 if we trade Cassel, but you didn't say anything to him. All I said was 1) hurt his ability to, 2) give him a good chance to, and 3) both players could, get a Super Bowl ring (after I said, if we win.) I never said we would win the Super Bowl! I said that could be another consideration for Matt wanting to stay here for just one more year than making a short career in .. Detroit.Your premise is deeply flawed.
1) There is no guarantee that we would win the Superbowl next year. How can you even make this claim? This is what people said of both the Pats and Cowboys for this year.
You're assuming that Cassel wants to leave immediately AT ALL COSTS. I'm not assuming anything, hence I'm posting another possibility that others have not been talking much about. I do think if we could stretch the dollar to keep Cassel, and he signs for a lower price, that he could get $13 million a year after showing everyone that he's actually that good, if not gets even better.2) You are assuming that Cassel wants to come back to NE. As long as Tom Brady is in a Pats uniform, Matt will be a back up. After his play this year, Matt wants to lead is own team and create his own identity. He will not be playing for the Pats in 2009 as a back up.
Great question. Because of all the reasons I've already posted. It would do him more good that way. I guess, though, that these are the pros, and if Matt Cassel left somewhere, he would have pretty good QB and head coaches, if not the best like BB has, to continue developing him. So I can see your point. But one of my points was that if he signs with us, but we continue to shop him around, other teams would stop feeling like we're desperate and offer us a killer deal for Cassel in August.3) Why would he sign for 8 million when he either gets tagged for 14 million or walks as a free agent, in which case he will get his big deal this year. NOT NEXT YEAR!
You might be right. I was imagining that Belichick is crafty, willing to try new things, and is a good negotiator. And I don't imagine that Cassel would really feel all that bad to play for a few $$ million less to get one more year of experience. Especially if the available teams that need his services are ones he wouldn't want a career with. Especially as that he has not played since high school up until now, so for him, an extra year would not be the craziest thing (he's also very young.) I'd understand if he played in college and then for 2 years in the NFL. But instead, he has so much more to prove, I feel, and get more money for his services.4) No professional team will operate in the manner in which you've suggested, with one playing for a half the other playing for the other half of the game. Maybe in the Arena League but not in the NFL.
I'm not saying he won't be ready! Any professional player will say and feel like he's ready! I think he will heal on schedule. But if the player has been out of the game for a year, it would be better for him to spend an extra month getting in shape, even if we KNOW he finished healing up. That gives him one less month to get hurt, and on top of that, he'd be getting stronger instead. So it's a double positive.5) I've got news for you: No one in their right mind who understands the game of football wants Cassel playing at all if Tom Brady is dressed and able to play. Its not even close my friend. Cassel is nowhere near the QB that Tom is so why would you want him to take half of each games snaps? You are forgetting how good Tom Brady is, which is too bad because he's the QB of your team and he's the best in the game.
Injury, uncertainty...blah blah blah. No one works harder than TB and he will be ready by Game 1. Book it!
Respects.
Hey, thank you very much for your post. You brought up some good points that I didn't think about.
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