The pre-snap similarities are uncanny
2 straight 400+ yard passing games. First time in Patriots history that happened. He rushed for another TD, threw 3 td passes to Randy Moss, led the league in fantasy points, gives us hope for the playoffs.
The Matty Cassel Drinking Game:
Drink when…
1. the announcers mention Leinart or Palmer (once if its just one of them, twice if its both)
2. he rushes for more than 10 yards (twice if its a TD)
3. he trash talks
4. Jabbar Gaffney drops a very catchable pass
5. anyone says Wildcat
6. someone mentions how he is a better runner than Tom Brady
7. Randy Moss catches a ball in double coverage
8. Welker or Faulk make a big play out of a would-be sack that Cassel got out of somehow
9. the announcers talk about Matt Cassel in high school
10. shotgun a beer if Belichick smiles
(more to come)
When someones first name goes to an affectionate nickname such as Matty instead of Mattthew or Matt (ie Tommy Brady) that is when they earned my respect and trust. The middle name fuckin denotes when somebody has proven to be legitimate and a force to be reckoned with. This kid has been backing up Tommy for years and always took notes and participated in huddles and time outs and I was even impressed with how well he took the backup qb role, he never stopped learning and asking questions. The most important thing he learned from Tom Brady was competitiveness and trash talk. After he ran for that 4th and 1 first down where he got 6 yards and carried about 5 dolphins on his back he got up, headbutted 2 people on the way, and then started going off like he was Mike Tyson at a weigh-in. I did a doubletake because as his head was bobbing up and down jabbin at the mouth and his team gathered around him to pat his back I thought I saw Tom Brady. I don’t want to keep comparing this kid to a living legend but when they wear the same uniform, he studied under him forever, and he is replacing the God himself thats all you can really do. His attitude and mannerisms before the snap and after the play remind me of #12 but his style of play is more like that of Brett Favre. The way he gets out of the pocket and makes space for himself and then hits the check downs, sometimes with a shovel pass, but he actually looks more polished than Favre when he goes to run the ball but then sees an open receiver and hits him in stride. His defining moment in the NFL was when he drove down the field and tied the game against the Jets with his pass to Randy Moss as time expired. The Jets went on to win by a coin toss but that is by no means Cassel’s fault he did all he could to keep his team in the game…overtime rules suck just ask Donovan McNabb.
He has a great team around him: the pat’s o-line is back from the dead, Wes Fuckin Welker, Randy Motherfuckin Moss (he’s that good he deserves the added prefix…did u see that one handed catch?) , and renaissance-man kevin fuckin faulk make his job much easier. Even with such a good supporting cast he is out there recognizing blitzes, making play changes at the line, switching the offensive blocking schemes, and managing the game as good as anyone else in the league right now…and he’s doing it all out of shotgun. Next year when offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels gets a head coaching job it is believed that Cassel will go wherever he goes and I will probably a. get his jersey and b. watch every game they play. I’d love to see him throw the ball to someone like Calvin Johnson in Detroit Rock City but I want to actually root for this kid in the playoffs someday and that place is a black hole for talent.
Enough looking to the future though, Matty is our quarterback right now and I feel pretty good about it. I’d like an added run threat (Edgerrin James?) to the mix so he can just get that added protection the way Brady could rely on Antwaan Smith day in and day out his first year as a starter.
