|
They traded Matt Cassel because it was more adventageous for the organization to cash in his trade value (which ballooned from out of nowhere!), than to pay him the market value he had earned as a backup for thier team. This, also, is the Patriot way, not just get rid of players who are finished at just the right time.
Branch and Samuel were let go for mostly financial reasons, not cause they got old and suck. Branch fell short of expectations from injury, not poor performance.
|