The New England Patriots of the future are saved. Given the fact that they are facing a spontaneous quarterback delimma, the young-gun talent of Matt Cassel has landed as a gift in the lap of Belichick and gang. With so much hype surrounding the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Matt Cassel, it is now obvious that he has proven his stay, and will be taking over the starting job from injured Tom Brady. What? Not persuaded? Well take a gander at why this non-erroneous statement holds water:
Matt Cassel, in his 10-game adventure as the starter in New England, has amassed a QB rating of 90.5. Well, sure, sure Brady has averaged 92.5 over his 7-year tenure (including a 117.2% rating in 2007) but how can one overlook this cannon-arm from Cali? And would you believe it!? Just these last two weeks Cassel has gone back to back throwing for at least 400 yards! Can’t beat that! Well, sure, sure Cassel and the Patriots ended up losing to the Jets in the first of those 2 games, but it’s the stats that count! Or is it? In the matchup against New York, Cassel did throw for 400 but on 51 attemps. 21 of those attemps found, well, nobody. But take it like it is, Cassel is what’s hot right now. Right now the Pats are at 7-4. They are in great shape to make the postseason and they’re doing all this with…Matt Cassel! Well, sure, sure the Pats went 16-0 in the regular season last year, and had no room to even think about not making the playoffs, considering the fact of going undefeated with…oh…Tom Brady, but bottom line Cassel needs to be landed the franchise tag immediately.
Who cares about Brady taking the Pats to 3 super bowls in 4 years, and winning all three? Or who cares, about how just 1 year ago Tom Brady broke the single season record for passing touchdowns, as he accumulated 50, while just throwing 8 interceptions? Who cares about how Brady took his game even one step higher last year, throwing for a league leading 4800 yards (1300 more yards than in 2006)? The truth of the matter is, at age 31(which is “apparently” the new 40…) with a bum knee, Tom Brady is washed up. The Patriots will really consider Cassel taking over. I mean c’mon, it’s just Tom Brady right? He’ll be forgotten about soon, right? I’m not just making a completely ridiculous claim, that by no means, has any validation to it, am I? I’m not just randomly jumping on a bandwagon, and getting into the “Now”, and specifically and utterly forgetting about someone who can possibly go down as the greatest quarterback of all time, am I? Nah…can’t be.
I must let you know, when all is said and done, don’t take my word for it, I am simply an example of a sports fan who has No Memory. Sadly, I exist.
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