"The New England Patriots have decided to ensure that quarterback Matt Cassel won't be an unrestricted free agent, as scheduled in March. Sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that the Patriots will use a franchise tag on Cassel that will give the team two options: Trade him if all goes well with Tom Brady's rehabilitation from a knee injury or keep him because all is not well with Brady (ESPN)."
I know a lot of people are not surprised by this, but I am. This means the Patriots would have about $29 million in salary cap space tied up in two quarterbacks. Here is a couple reasons why may have done this...
1. Brady is really messed up, and the Patriots really worried he won't be ready to begin the season.
2. The Patriots don't want to let Cassel become a free agent, so the franchise him so they can trade him for draft picks or something like that.
3. Brady is fine, but they still are worried about his long term health.
I think it is most likely #2, but I am getting worried that it might be for the first reason. I hope Brady can come back, but Cassel did prove he can get this team 11 wins. There is no way it is reason 3, because the team needs to address a of issues, and have 14 million tied up on a backup QB is just stupid. We will have to wait and see, but for the people who think Brady could be done for a long time, this will give fuel to that fire.
-BMack
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