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Berman doesn't seem to be biased either.
Additionally, Jaws actually enjoys talking about football and has no anti-Pats agenda at all.
Sean Salisbury was a pro-Pats guy, too, which didn't help his chances of staying employed by the Worldwide Leader.
Well, I hate Tom Jackson as much as the next guy, but he brings up a point that is worth debating-- does the playbook that Belichick and Josh McDaniels put together and the personnel that Pioli put together have a very close relationship to who our QB is? I think in many ways, the answer is probably, "yes." It would probably be foolish to not integrate the fact that Brady is our QB into those decisions. But, how important is that? How much of a challenge is it to fit a square peg in Cassel into the round hole that the football operations people have created? We can at least say that this team and this playbook weren't put together with Matt Cassel in mind.
i agree with your points..all of them. except the fact that jackson would always find a way to trash a team so anything he says is magnified even though it maybe logical. also god forbid if the colts had a such an injury you think he would be this animated ? thats the point about jackson.he's a Pats hater, and he has just been waiting for the opportunity to jump all over them.
Let's be honest though, he has every right and reason to feel the way he does about the patriots outlook this season. Let's not kid ourselves, we lost the best player in football and we are suppose to pretend that it was no big loss? The answer to the problem is Matt Cassel, the guy who just a few weeks ago everyone was criticizing to the point that most wanted him CUT. All of a sudden Brady goes down and we just assume that Cassel will be alright mostly because "well, Tom did it in 2001". I think we are getting offended at remarks made by people like Tom Jackson just because we are thinking more with our hearts than our heads. The same people who wanted Cassel cut a few weeks ago now think he will be good because, well, now we are in a situation where we NEED him to be good.
What if I put it this way.
What if I told you that a team lost it's MVP quarterback and now turns to a backup who....
1.) Has never started an NFL game.
2.) Has never started a college game at QB.
3.) A lot of his own team's fan base wanted him cut a few weeks ago for poor preseason play.
4.) Was pulled in mop up duty in a game in 2007 because he was THAT ineffective.
Let's face it, we would say the team is screwed.
I think/hope Cassel will be serviceable, but again, I am one of those guys who is speaking more from hope.
Well, I hate Tom Jackson as much as the next guy, but he brings up a point that is worth debating-- does the playbook that Belichick and Josh McDaniels put together and the personnel that Pioli put together have a very close relationship to who our QB is? I think in many ways, the answer is probably, "yes." It would probably be foolish to not integrate the fact that Brady is our QB into those decisions. But, how important is that? How much of a challenge is it to fit a square peg in Cassel into the round hole that the football operations people have created? We can at least say that this team and this playbook weren't put together with Matt Cassel in mind.