Football Fans Share Opinions

It wasn’t a pretty sight at Gillette Stadium on Sunday when the Patriots suffered a devastating 38-13 loss on their home field. In fact, it might take a couple days to get over the resounding echo of boos that followed the New England team out of their field after last week’s game, but when the Boston Globe asked football fans to vote on how the Patriots stack up without Tom Brady, the paper found a surprising amount of hope behind the crowd (Patriots fans or not.)
When it comes to a starting quarterback that isn’t Tom Brady, more than 73% of people surveyed said they’d like to see Matt Cassel throwing the ball over anyone else.

Putting their faith in Cassel, football fans have given the inexperienced veteran overwhelming confidence. As far as what division of the Patriots needs to step it up in the wake of Brady’s absence, the majority of people surveyed (35.3%) said Cassel needs to work harder to fill Brady’s shoes; 34.8% said the Pats defense needs to work a little harder. Most importantly, however, football fans (62.2%) believe Bill Belichick is the most important factor in New England’s success – now there’s something to have a little faith in.

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Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2008

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