01-08-2017, 02:52 AM
(01-06-2017, 05:42 PM)Benton Wrote: Agreed.
McCarron looked serviceable on a team that — this season and last — wouldn't have been in a few games if Dalton didn't have a quick release and kept plays alive. McCarron isn't that level, but he did ok with the same team.
NE has a good history with plugging in players and not missing a beat. Not to say Garappolo won't be a good QB, but it's hard to weigh his body of work in NE, when people used that same yard stick for Cassel. The guy went from being the next Tom Brady to throwing one TD in a few games for the Chiefs.
Well actually Cassel made a Pro Bowl once with the Chiefs, throwing 27 TDs to 7 picks. Point taken though. Cassel had high hopes coming out of NE but wound up being mostly a backup type of player.
That said, I feel differently about Jimmy G than most NE backups. I feel he has the physical talent that Cassel and Hoyer lacked, and the work ethic that Ryan Mallet lacked. I think he'll wind up being a good starter somewhere if NE doesn't lock him up as Brady's long term replacement.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
