Peppers/Cassel Trade Talks being whispered.

[Mr. Scot]

Six years, 75 million for a guy who's had one good year in a QB friendly system? :sosp:

Oh, hell no :nonod:

[CatfanMO]

Not all one year wonders are one year wonders. Anyone think he is a good Qb? Im not sure, but Im sure someone is the next Kurt Warner out there.

[Captroop]

Six years, 75 million for a guy who's had one good year in a QB friendly system? :sosp:

Oh, hell no :nonod:

That's what I call the "Jamarcus Russel scenario." He knows it was a fluke, he knows he is going to fizzle in the long run, and he wants to get as much money as he can before he is exposed and spends the rest of his career backing up somone for $1 million per year.

[littlebigman89]

I think he's good, but that's an awful lot of money for a guy who hasn't even made the playoffs yet. 1 good season statisically doesn't warrant that kind of money.

[CatfanMO]

I think he's good, but that's an awful lot of money for a guy who hasn't even made the playoffs yet. 1 good season statisically doesn't warrant that kind of money.

I agree that is too much money, but you cant just blow him off because of the system he had a good year in. He looked good. Form, precision passing, reading the defense. None of that has to do with the system.

[Chubbs McGee]

I just do not want to take the Cassell risk. He could be great, he could be awful in a new system. Gantt's blog post on Going reminded me of when Goings stepped in as the backup and had a nice season with several 100 yard games. Nobody was stepping up to offer him a 3 year/$25 million. The Cassell situation doesn't seem that much different to me, besides the fact that he is a QB.

[Fox007]

That would be the dumbest straight up trade ever, we better get more than that.

[CRA]

I agree that is too much money, but you cant just blow him off because of the system he had a good year in. He looked good. Form, precision passing, reading the defense. None of that has to do with the system.

disagree w/ that one. BB even said he gave up and scrambled too much when option 1 wasn't open. He struggled reading defenses and making decisions when asked to do something other than look to throw 5 yards or shorter downfield. His accuracy was also off on all this throws except for 10 yards or shorter.

[carpanfan96]

Six years, 75 million for a guy who's had one good year in a QB friendly system? :sosp:

Oh, hell no :nonod:

Oh, I agree. That's a lot of money for a qb period, much less one that's only had one good season.

[Murph]

[Murph]

WTF?

I can't even post a funny pic?

[Peppers90 NC]

Whispered by whom? The media? I don't think Pep is a good fit for NE.

I think he is a better fit for them than Cassel is here

[Smithers]

Cassell can't play in Fox's offense this year as well as Jake. Our offense doesn't matchup well w/ Cassell's strength's and weaknesses and Fox offense will not change. It would make no sense. Offensively we are fine. We need a defense. The offense put up the points. We need some D and some better schemes. Cassell for Peppers is laughable imo. Jake will give you 2-3 bad Jake games a year....we are just overracting b/c one of those was our last game of the season. You really think Cassell would lead us to a better year offensively than what Jake did? No way. No other QB imo will get as much out of Smitty as Jake, imo.

How does this not make sense? New England runs a 3-4 a lot, which is what Peppers wants. And how do you figure that Cassell can't play in Fox's offense? First, its not Fox's offense, its Davidson's. Fox knows nothing about offense, and Davidson pretty much runs that show. Davidson came from Cleveland, where Romeo Crennal, who came from New England, was the coach. This year with Cassell NE ran mostly short completions to wideouts and tightends...sound familiar??? He rarely took deep shots, unlike Brady, and focused and just moving the ball slowly down the field. Again...sound familiar??? The NE offense under Cassell was ran much differently then under Brady. What Cassell did is very similar to what the Panthers do.

[Fireball77]

Cassell can't play in Fox's offense this year as well as Jake. Our offense doesn't matchup well w/ Cassell's strength's and weaknesses and Fox offense will not change. It would make no sense. Offensively we are fine. We need a defense. The offense put up the points. We need some D and some better schemes. Cassell for Peppers is laughable imo. Jake will give you 2-3 bad Jake games a year....we are just overracting b/c one of those was our last game of the season. You really think Cassell would lead us to a better year offensively than what Jake did? No way. No other QB imo will get as much out of Smitty as Jake, imo.

I agree wholeheartedly (but I usually agree with you..no surprise. ).

You will probably lose the playaction game with Cassel. If you watched their games, you would see that pretty much, when Cassel was under center, it was a run. He's not a strong PA guy, he's a shotgun guy. Not saying he couldn't get better at PA/under center, but if a guy isn't a better option, then there's no reason to do this.