One more thing ... The Patriots defense was ranked 25 overall when measured by DYAR given up ( http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef)
I'm sure this didn't improve last night. That has nothing to do with Tom Brady. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW. Before he got injured, Tom Brady had compiled a DYAR of 17 > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In reality, Tom Brady was hiding a lot of stink. Yes, Cassel can't run >> the offense yet, though I wouldn't count out a guy who played in the Little >> League World Series (there, a baseball reference.) I suspect Cassel has the >> tools to become a servicable QB by the end of the year. >> >> But the real story here is an old defense that is getting smoked. Deltha >> O'neil is the Julio Lugo of football -- always has been. I was dismayed >> when we picked him up and it didn't take much for other teams to figure out >> how weak he is. Rodney Harrison is too old to pick up O'neil's slack. >> >> (Al Michaels said, "The Patriots have only replaced two defensive players >> from last year." like it was a good thing.) >> >> Tom Brady made this team what it is. The Patriots sucked before he >> started, and they are likely to suck until he's back. >> >> Ray >> >> How bad is Matt Cassel? This site ( >> http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb) is for stat heads much the >> same way Baseball Prospectus is for stat heads. They've come up with an >> Runs Created-like stat for football players that measures how many yards the >> player was worth over a replacement player. It's called DYAR. >> >> In 2007 Tom Brady had the highest DYAR in history: 2788 >> So far this season Matt Cassell has 39. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Steve Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> On this we agree. Patriots should have gotten a decent veteran backup >>> quarterback -- a Damon Huard, Doug Flutie, Earl Morrall, Hugh Millen >>> ... >>> >>> Steve O >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > Matt Cassel takes all the fun out of football. Man, he's awful. >>> > >>> > -- Matt >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com >> >> "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude >> Stein >> >> > > > -- > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude > Stein > > -- Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude Stein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
