Dec 1st 2008 8:30AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Jets, Giants, Patriots, NFL FansMatt Cassel’s 15 minutes are up. After throwing for at least 400 yards in back-to-back weeks, Tom Brady’s backup played like one against the league’s best defense. The Steelers forced five Patriots turnovers, four courtesy of Cassel (two picks, two more fumbles).

And now, the same guy who was well on his way to earning upwards of $6 million a year in free agency — at least to hear Peter King tell it — could begin 2009 like he began 2008: on the bench.

That’s not to say Cassel hasn’t been a pleasant surprise after unexpectedly being thrust into duty following Brady’s season-ending knee injury back in Week 1, just to point out that maybe we should all put down the pom-poms long enough to see how he performs when the Pats aren’t facing two teams that combined to win five games a year ago.Continue Reading