Sep 9th 2008 5:45PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East
While fans of tackle football in the northeastern section of our country are coping with the season ending injury to Tom Brady, the football staff of the Patriots still have a job to do. Apparently, they’re preparing to do so — or attempting to do so — with two guys named Matt Cassel and Kevin O’Connell doing their best to fill in for No. 12. And that’s the way it’s going to stay. For now. We think. Maybe. Unless it doesn’t.

Starting on Sunday night, just hours after Brady suffered his knee injury, reports began to surface that free agent quarterbacks Chris Simms and Tim Rattay would be making their way to New England for some workouts, and apparently, they did in fact travel to Foxborough. Only no workouts took place.

There were no physicals, no contracts signed or offered, and apparently Belichick didn’t even talk to them. They were turned away with the message, “the situation has changed.”

It certainly has changed. Your starting quarterback is now a guy that hasn’t started a football game since before he went to his senior prom in High School.Continue Reading