Welcome to Our Forums. Once you've registered and logged in, you're primed to talk football, among other topics, with the sharpest and most experienced fantasy players on the internet.
Do you mean will he recover from a knee injury and look great on the field, and then have an elbow injury the season after that? Dunno I can't predict injuries.
Anyone think the elbow injury was a result of not being able to plant on the surgically repaired knee?I don't think you can believe anything coming out of Patriots camp on this, as they're going to say he's fine, he's great, he's amazing. Preseason games, and news from outside reporters will be more accurate IMO.
I bet you he dont even play in any preseason games
I wouldnt worry about Brady as long as he can still throw the ball he will be fine.He was never a mobile QB, and the NE O-Line is pretty solid. He also makes fast decisions. So the need for him to run is very limited.If his O-line had some key injuries prior to the start of the season, I'd then be more concerned about this issue. But so far, that has not been the case (unless I've missed something)
I think the fact that they let Cassell leave (without really getting a tremdous haul in return) says that we can beleive the reports that Brady has progressed fine. Without debating what we think of Cassell (I know you don't like him) he did take them to an 11-5 season. I don't think they'd want to take their chances again on another backup doing that if they weren't confident in Brady.Palmer's knee injury was in 2005. He put up over 4,000 in both 2006 and 2007. It doesn't seem likely that the elbow injury three season's later was related, but I guess its possible.
Cassell was making about 14 million, and they were at the cap at the time of the trade.I'm not saying anything's impossible, but keeping him on the roster would have been very difficult, which is why they only got that second round pick everybody was crying about.
Mobile - no, but he moved around inside the pocket better than anyone else currently playing. So, being able to use the knee easily is still important to his game.But, ESPN's "injury expert" Stephania Bell says that "he's better than ever" (whatever that means) - so take that for what's its worth.
Yeah from a previous 16-0 season.
The point wasn't about how good or how bad Cassell is/was - its that by letting him walk after he was able to keep the team afloat indicates that they must be confident that Brady will be fine. I'm sure they have playoff expectations and couldn't relaitsicall expect their third string QB to take them there.
O'Connell is simply 3rd string because he was drafted more recently, while Cassel had already been in the system --- doesn't mean he's so much worse than Cassel.O'Connell was taken in round 3, while Cassell went in round 7, if that means anything.Cassel was simply traded because of contract reasons, but I have complete faith in Brady's knee this year.
Yep, I remember that as well. It's not that he performed poorly, but he probably could have been a lot better if he wasn't clearly over-protecting himself.
