I disagree. I think Bill was trying to avoid what happened to the Chargers with Brees and then Michael Turner. He was never going to pay the franchise tag to Cassel, and rather than be greedy and get stuck with a $14 million cap hit, he got a good pick for a vet whose days were numbered and a kid who was a low pick. Of course, the fact that he used the tag as trade leverage is technically against the rules, but when did that ever stop Bill? lol.
The other interesting thing this says is that he believes very strongly that Brady will recover and be fine. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am speechless. > > Vrabel AND Cassel for a 34th pick? > > Either Bill knows something we (and Pioli) doesn't know, or he is giving > Scott a "thanks for all the hard work, good luck in your new job" present. > > Like Romeo got McGinest as a good luck gift. > > Between that and the Celts picking up Marbury, not a feel good week for New > England sports. > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > That is fucked up! > > > > I'm still sitting here wondering what Belichick has up his sleeve. > > They can't be just giving Vrabel up.... > > > > On Feb 28, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > > > > > Big time trade for only the 34th overall pick in the draft: > > > > > > > > > http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9277312/Source:-Chiefs-acquire-Cassel,-Vrabel-in-trade?MSNHPHMA > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290123 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
