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Originally Posted by Buehler445
I disagree. I think he holds it too long. As bad as NE's line MAY have been, they were at least middle of the pack, and he led the league in sacks taken at 47 (referenced from another article I read here. Sorry no link). But from what Amnorix and others have stated, he does have some mobility.
Personally I'm hoping a lot of those sacks were rust showing, but we'll see when he lines up behind Sackintosh.
To me, it comes down to Gailey (Haley) and what scheme he puts in. Hopefully he can find a way to make him successful and not try to Herm him into getting hurt. In AZ, Haley tried to go down the field a lot more than the OL will allow him to here. Hopefully they can adjust for it. Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing some trick plays like they had last year, just to give the Defense half a second of doubt, and hopefully that half a second will be beneficial for Cassel.
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Yes, definitely, but on the plus side, he did make much better decisions as the year went on. Part of that can be attributed to a quick-strike offense, but I think a lot of that comes with maturity and learning by doing. When I watch games of him earlier in the year, I think the Pats too often forgot that he's not Tom Brady. Brady started his career as a game manager in a quick-strike offense, in which the scheme dictated his reads. I thought Cassel in the beginning of the year was asked to do way too many long plays than should be asked from a quarterback with his experience level.
Personally, I think the reason he improved was not because they moved him to a shotgun offense as much as it was the Pats finally simplifying the offense for him. The reason I'm fairly unconcerned about Cassel is that he'll have an entire offseason to grow into the offense instead of everyone learning on the fly. More importantly, he's got a hell of a work ethic. The cure for holding onto the ball less is to put in the work to make quicker reads, and he definitely has that in spades.