Interesting..Pats dump O'Connell

[milkman]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

That's actually a good first point. But regardless, the point to be made is that Thigpen was trained mostly by Dick Curl, whereas Guiterrez was trained mostly by a Bellichick coach. That in itself should speak to how well these guys were trained.

I'm just saying that Matt Guiterrez came to the NFL "NFL ready." He played in a pro offense in college and got good training from good coaches. It should raise a bunch of red flags when an NFL-ready quarterback is cut by some of the best personnel guys in the NFL. Especially considering that they have a starting QB who is coming back from major surgery and when the two guys who won the job over him were Andrew Walter and O'Connell (who was just cut). The point being, if he's NFL ready, then what is his upside if he hasn't even flashed any potential by now? And isn't it concerning that the Patriots cut him so early despite their QB situation?

The Patriots had no qualms about keeping Cassel for many years. They cut the cord on Guiterrez after only two years. It's not as much a question of whether Thigpen is good enough as much as it is whether Guiterrez is good enough.

Ok. let me see if I understand this.

A QB who played his college ball at Idaho State came to the NFL, NFL ready?

Is that what you're trying to sell?

Oh Jesus.