Tom Brady officially done for the season…

And just like that Patriots Nation takes a collective break to sob. Tom Brady has left the field folks. He will have season ending surgery on his left knee. Fantasy football players with Brady on their roster are scrambling for any available QB to replace him.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Matt Cassel. Cassel has backed up Brady since chosen in the 7th round of the 2005 NFL Draft. At USC, Cassel was a pitcher on the baseball team while backing up Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart’s Heisman winning QB campaigns. He did time at tight end and wide receiver as well. But let me put it to you this way: The last time Cassel started a football game, he was in high school and Bill Clinton was President of the United States.

That not only seems like a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, it really IS a long time ago.

And that’s not to say that Cassel won’t be good, possibly even brilliant. Maybe Belichick can work magic twice. We won’t know until he takes those first several snaps under center next week.

-Your Gridiron Goddess