Cassel Waiting Game Finally Over

The New England Patriots are confident in the recovery of Tom Brady, and they’ve proved it by trading Matt Cassel over the weekend. Cassel, the Pats’ reserve quarterback who led the team to an 11-5 record in the absence of Brady last season, was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in part of a huge NFL package that will give the Patriots the Chiefs’ second-round draft pick in April’s draft. Also part of the package, Pro Bowl linebacker Mike Vrabel was also traded to the Chiefs alongside Cassel.

While the Cassel trade was imminent, news of the very quick trade of Mike Vrabel was shocking to some Pats fans. The biggest surprise concerning this package deal, however, is the fact that the Cassel/Vrabel trade scored only a No. 34 draft pick for the Patriots in return. These two powerful players were expected to draw a big incentive for New England to trade them, but some Patriots fans are puzzled as to why the team didn’t get a higher draft pick for the two players. Regardless of details concerning the trade, both Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel will now be under the leadership of Chiefs GM Scott Pioli, who left the Patriots just months ago after serving as New England’s VP of player personnel for six years.

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