#16 - Matt Cassel, QB This was such a tough decision. Jim Plunkett played for the Patriots longer than Cassel did. Scott Zolak is a great personality who had one of the greatest calls of all time. However, I must go with the guy who came out of nowhere to lead the team to 11 wins. After not playing a snap at USC, Matt Cassel was drafted in the 7th round by Bill Belichick and the Patriots. For the first three seasons, he stood on the sideline holding a clipboard, with the exception of preseason, where he did not look very good at all. Then the worst happened; Brady got hurt. Here comes the guy who looked horrible in the preseason and...he leads the team to 11 wins?! Cassel finished 2008 with 21 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. After they somehow did not make the playoffs, Cassel was franchised and traded to the Kansas City Chiefs along with Mike Vrabel for the 34th overall pick of the 2009 draft, a pick the Pats would use on safety Patrick Chung. I know it is not really fair to do this, but players picked after Chung include Jairus Byrd, LeSean McCoy, and Mike Wallace. Follow @SamPericolo for the latest on sam-pericolo.weebly.com
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SAMUEL PERICOLOSam is a graduate of Assumption College where he studied History, Marketing, and Political Science and was a Co-Producer on a weekly sports talk television show. Archives
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