The Patriots better make sure Tom Brady is placed in a bubble for the rest of the season, because Matt Cassel has officially made the final 53-man roster as the teams primary backup, according to Mike Reiss at the Boston Globe.
Cassel "won" the job over Matt Gutierrez despite being outplayed, statistically speaking, the entire preseason. Cassel was only 19-of-34 passing and failed to throw a single touchdown pass in the teams four games. By comparison, Guitierrez completed 64% of his passes, threw a pair of touchdowns and put up an 85.6 passer rating (compared to Cassel's 56.6 rating).
I'm sure there's a method to Bill Belichick's madness, I'm just not sure what it is. And that's probably why he has three Super Bowl rings on his fingers and I'm just sitting here commenting on his roster moves.
Cassel, for what it's worth, continues to be the most successful fourth-year NFL quarterback to have never thrown a meaningful pass in college or the NFL. After backing up Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart during his entire career at USC, he somehow heard his name called in the NFL draft and has spent the previous three years (and now this year) as a clipboard holder behind Tom Brady. And he's made, probably, over a million dollars for it. Good for him.
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8-31-2008 @ 9:31AM
bigdaddy said...
He looked overwhelmed and ineffective all preseason. Brady is not 100% and we could be seeing more of cassel. I hope these guys know what they are doing!!!
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8-31-2008 @ 10:34AM
Mike said...
What are you kidding me? Cassell blows!!! The rookie O'Connell & Gutierez looked ten times better than this dope.....Cassell has been w/the Pat's for 4-years....he looks like he's been there for 4-practices. We are in trouble if Cassell is our back-up! Go get a real back-up to Brady cause Cassell is a joke.
From a Die-Hard Pats fan.
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8-31-2008 @ 10:44AM
Mike said...
Sims or Harrington are available with NFL experience. I'd take Sims!
Belechick....are you listening!
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9-02-2008 @ 9:04PM
Josh said...
BELICHICK!!!! ARE YOU F_CK_NG KIDDING ME???? Cassel over Gut? If Brady goes down and we start losing games, IT IS ALL ON YOU...
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9-03-2008 @ 3:27PM
ani said...
For some reason I think matt cassel is hiding his inner streanth like how Brady did when he was backing up drew bledsoe.
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9-10-2008 @ 9:11AM
Parte said...
I don't know why they didn't call in Troy Brown
7 years ago Tom Brady was Matt Cassel.
Go Matt... long live #16
Get well soon Tom.
PS. If you've ever listened, the team is always appreciative of the job Matt has done impersonating opposing quarterbacks. Maybe he's got a pretty good Tom Brady impression to unveil. He's been watching him pretty closely for quite a while.
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9-10-2008 @ 9:11AM
Parte said...
btw... doesn't Troy have a perfect record as a passer?
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