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We have gone into seasons with Cassell, Guetirrez, Occonell, Davey, and Hoyer as #2s with them never having played. BB knows as much about Mallett as he did about them before they played, anectodal stories about 'watching a guy since HS' notwithstanding.
The point about the dynamics changing was exactly intended to imply we will keep both.
Cassel played in his rookie year, even though he was #3 and Flutie was #2. Miami game... He became Brady's lone backup the next season, although they eventually signed Vinnie on as a backup too.
KOC became a #2 by default only after Brady was injured. He never started a season as Brady's backup... Gutierrez was never more than a #3 here, or anywhere for that matter. You're going back to Rohan Davey? Bill has learned a lot since then. And Rohan was a third string backup in 2002 and 2003 - behind Damon Huard and the MVP of the NFLE before he backed Brady up in 2004...and never again. Cassel displaced him mercifully.
Hoyer was the first backup to take over cold. And with Brady coming off an ACL. Even Brady started out as a 4th stringer, although he was 2nd string by the end of that season.
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