Cassel: Thanks For Taking Out Brady's Knee

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Hmmmm.  I understand the possible humor here.  But
how is this different than the ‘bounty’ issues the NFL deals with.  Cassel
isn’t saying he’s going to give the guy a car or a phat watch for the watch…but there
really is no theoretical difference here.

Whats this?  Nobody knew the plan all along?  Cassel paid Pollard to make a clean hit, then told him they would be teammates this year.  Next he convinced Pioli to leave New England for a job in Kansas City.  And due to his relationship with Pioli and with Belichick, had the sweet low-ball deal done before anyone else could put in an offer.  Notice that he also got Mike Vrabel involved too, so he can find his next job in a year or two.

If Cassel could really think that far ahead, then he would not have been a backup for 8 years.

hey laxattak you are right-on sometimes these writers have nothing better to do then start rumors. i heard that innerview w/ cassel & he did not mean any thing bad about brady going down I also watched the game & it was a clean hit pollard did not do it on purpose. this dude is just trying to get something going. but glad we got cassel & vrable out of all this. hopeful. he will have to prove himself though we have a very tough schedule. GO CHIEFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Chiefan58 

tongue in cheek people, tongue in cheek….LIGHTEN UP!!!

He even went as far as to preface the comment with 19 assorted ways of saying that he didn’t want Brady to get hurt.

jponeill70 – you will soon grow to realize that most of this world consists of gray area, in fact, it’s quite narrow minded to only think of this world in black and white.  There is a big theoretical difference in humor and insult.  Are you familiar with Brady and Cassell’s relationship?  How do you know that Brady wasn’t the happiest guy in the room for Cassell to be starting in his position?  Cassell did not cause his injury, and I’m sure Tom Brady has the emotional and intellectual maturity to take this comment lightly.

Matt is not going to be successful in KC because he is not a very talented QB that is why he never started at USC and same goes for NE. KC did not give up a big price to get him so I would say they took a chance, but if I were KC I would have tooken that 2nd Round Pick and traded it to Panthers because I see them being Happy with the Second Round Pick just like NE was with Matt. Then KC Drafts Curry OLB and they will have a really strong defense to go along with their DT they drafted in the first round last year. I would give Tyler another shot and see if he can take this team to the next level and if he does not do well you can draft Sam Bradford and he will be better than Matt will ever be.

"sometimes these writers have nothing better to do then start rumors."

Who is starting rumors? We simply posted exactly what Cassel said.

See, the way rumors work is that they are made up, based on something that might be fact.

Given what Cassel actually said, the headline is asinine.

He should give Pollard $13,999,999, because Matty was just the guy who got the ball snapped to him in what was a 16-0 passing record-smashing team before he took over. Pollard should be able to be like "Yo… I’m a’ f*ck yo wife. son," and Matty should just have to be like "Gee whillikers" and go cash another check.

XofDallas: When Cassel says he plans on thanking Pollard for the "opportunity," what exactly do you think he’s referring to?

If I were Tom I would thank Pollard, too. Brady got to spend a year getting nursed to health by Giselle. Oh, and he still got paid….and let’s not forget Giselle. Cassell was just messing around here. No harm, no foul, move on.

There’s no animosity between Brady and Cassel. Quite the opposite, actually. Remember this quote?

“Matt and I fight like teenage girls,” said Tom Brady, speaking of
backup QB Matt Cassel. “We are always slapping each other around and
wrestling and slap boxing and [messing] around with each other in the
weight room. And so I decided to take that to the next level. And we
were messing around in the quarterback room one day and he walked in
with a milkshake, and I kind of put my foot by the door, and I kicked
the door and the milkshake splashed up and went all over him. So he sat
down, and I was laughing. So I said give me the towel, because I wanted
to clean up the wall. So I threw the towel at his face, and it had
shake all over it. He had a little shake in his mouth and he spit it
all over me.”

The football world is so full of hate. NFL fans are some of the most pathetic scumbags that exsist in this country

Yep, no hatred there from crono. He would also like all us scumbags to know that he just called the kettle black.

Oh, and football fan haters don’t spell too well. Do dictionaries EXIST on the soapbox?

Nobody should really get their feathers ruffled over this because this is nothing more than an opportunistic writer trying to make a name for himself by using the lull between the end of the NFL Combine and Draft Day in order to become relevant.

Seriously does anybody read USA Today for the sports section?

Personally speaking my choice of sports sections to read is in the Sporting News Today ;-)

I hope Brady has another career year and blows out KC like they did to Arizona.

Big headline for a non event…

dumbas2 about the wife comment. you want equality in america,but,at the same time are allowed to spew that garbage? BS!!!

Brady has no right to be angry at Cassel for that comment, especially since Tom bought Mo Lewis an Escalade and a Rolex for taking out Bledsoe. lol

WITHOUT THE PATRIOTS MATT CASSEL WILL BE NOTHING JUST LIKE HE WAS AT USC AND RIDING THE BENCH FOR THE PATS!! I HOPE THEY BREAK HIS NECK, AND BOTH HIS KNEES!!! WHAT A PIECE OF SHI*!!!!! HE FITS IN AT KC WITH ALL THE OTHER LOOSERS, WHAT A BUM, YOU GET EVERTHING THING THATS COMING TO YOU. I HOPE THEY PUT A BOUNTY OUT ON YOU A**HOLE!!!

adem vinca.  cassel fan.

Maybe New England should thank Pollard. Otherwise, Cassel would have remained a backup last season and Pioli, knowing his potential, might have gotten him for a seventh round draft choice and New England would still have Vrabel’s cap $’s unless they cut him. In which case KC could have signed him as a free agent.

I’ll take that a step further, Pittsburgh Steelers have Scott Fujita to thank for making the playoffs and the SUPER BOWL a few years back.

KC and Pittsburgh were neck and neck for the 6th seed . Scott Fujita hit Trent Green who fumbled and it was run back for a TD . Kansas City had that game well in hand up to that point and Pitt got in. Had Fujita tripped on that play Steelers would have never made the playoffs and gotten that Super Bowl win a few years back

He should be thankful of Pollard for injuring Brady.  Before his injury I didnt even know Cassel because I dont even think that he saw a minute of playing time.  He finally got to prove to the league and to his team what he is made of.  He proved that he is good enough to be the starting quarterback and that he is worth of leading the team.  If Pollard didnt injure Brady, cassel most likely would ber in the same spot he was in a year ago. 

Read this guys comment below mine. Hey how about you get over your self and use some common sense. This isnt a bounty it was a little humor. Granted the humor was not very funny. But it was humor never the less. So stop being a jerk**f and make a comment that someone else besides yourself wants to read.
Raider 4 Life !!!!!!!!!!

jponeill70 | Tuesday, March 03, 2009, 12:28 pm

Hmmmm.  I understand the possible humor here.  But how is this different than the ‘bounty’ issues the NFL deals with.  Cassel isn’t saying he’s going to give the guy a car or a phat watch for the watch…but there really is no theoretical difference here