I Heart Matt Cassel

by MaPatsFan on Sep 13, 2008 11:08 AM EDT in Opinion/Analysis

About 100 yards before I take the right into my place of employment, there's this butcher shop. Near the street is one of those horizontally scrolling electronic signs. You know, ground beef - $3.99/lb, strip steaks - $8.99/lb. But, the other day, I noticed a different message:

We're behind you all the way Matt

It was religious...bear with me a second. Have you ever driven by a church and, on the bulletin board in front of the house of worship, there's a message of encouragement? You know, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life", or something like that. It was spiritual because a butcher shop is a kind of house of worship, right? You know, preparing for the game, buying supplies at the butcher shop...Ok, I've lost you.

Anyway, as we move through the Matt Cassel Era, let us be reminded of a few things. You can't get experience without the job and right now, Matt is doing OJT. Let's not harp on every missed pass or mistake. Let's not be all gloom and doom. Give him a chance.

As a final note, I'd like to show you some statistics:

TD	INT	SCK	YDS	RATING
18	12	41	2,843	86.5
50	8	21	4,806	117.2

Any guesses? The second row is pretty easy to figure out. That would be Tom Brady's 2007 statistics. The first row is Brady's 2001 statistics after he took over for Drew Bledsoe. Nothing to write home about. But, we all remember how that season turned out, don't we? You can't get experience without the job and Matt has a few more things going for him like: 4 years in the system, most of the 2007 team behind him and a tried and tested coaching system. Have faith, my friends, have faith.

We're behind you all the way Matt.

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AMEN

I actually had been meaning to write a similar post to the one you wrote above, MaPatsFan. Brady did not dazzle us with 50 TDs in his first season… he just got the job done. What really mattered was that when the chips were down (ie, closing moments of Super Bowl) Brady drove us right across the field and set up Vinatieri’s winning field goal. Give ’em Hell, Matt.

by PaulRevere on Sep 13, 2008 11:52 AM EDT reply actions

Absolutely!

Can’t forget how that 2001 defense stepped up big time for Brady, the o-line, even in the locker room (Brian Cox in particular) to deflect and divert media attention away from the young QB. They accepted their predicament and supported their new leader in every sense. These guys tomorrow will do the same thing, ‘cause that’s the character this team is made of.

The one play that comes to mind from last week is Deltha O’Neal’s chase down of the Chief’s Darling. He called it a gut-check play, and I believe that we’ll be seeing a lot of those this season.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Sep 13, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Matt Cassel is tom brady

To me this is the exact same situation that brady was in when he started out in 2001. Replacing the stud QB they already had. Who knows? Could Cassel be the next brady? Brady was a 6th round pick!

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by GoPats#12 on Sep 13, 2008 12:47 PM EDT reply actions

not sure...

if i would go that far until we see more of what that young man can do.
i would say that i am very much behind him and think that he had one hell of a
‘training program’ being mentored by Brady and Coach B.

i think he has tremendous potential to be solid and dependable.
it’s gonna be a heck of a year!

GO PATS!

by mellyh on Sep 13, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly how I feel.

If Matt doesn’t try to be a hero and win the game on his own, then he can have the same success that Tom had in 2001. He just needs to stay within his ability and take what the defense gives him.

"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory...lasts forever."-Shane Falco, "The Replacements"

by Ironman63 on Sep 13, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions