Cassel will be the starter against the Bengals

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by JD10367

It's been well documented, yes, he would've. They thought so highly of Brady they kept him on the roster as the 4th QB in his rookie year (2000). The following season he was promoted to backup. After week one, reports were that Belichick was considering benching Bledsoe (and Belichick has a history of it, having replaced favorite son Bernie Kosar in Cleveland with Vinny Testaverde).

You all keep throwing "Patriot way" around like its a swear. The "Patriot way" is three things: Kraft, Belichick, Brady. Everyone else has proven to be useless and false... coaches (Mangini, Weiss, Crennel, McDaniels), players (all failures post-N.E. save Vinatieri), and especially Pioli.

I love shit like this. They knew he was going to be so good they kept him as the #4 QB for his rookie year? You know because the #3 sees a lot of time and may have been too risky at the time to have him there, you know because they thought so much of him.

That's a hell of stretch. Its called a hunch. They thought MAYBE they had a guy that may end up a good #2. Had they known they had a SB winner he wouldn't have ever been a #4.

****ing luck.