O'Connell's departure leaves the Patriots with Walter, the Raiders' castoff, and Brian Hoyer, the rookie free agent out of Michigan State, behind Brady on their depth chart. 2 quarterback on head coach Bill Belichick's depth chart and Brady injured his right shoulder in Friday night's game, yesterday's development was rather surprising. Still, given the facts that O'Connell was a third-round pick of the Pats just a year ago, went into camp regarded as the No.
The move came two days after O'Connell turned in a woeful performance (3-for-10 for 18 yards with two interceptions - a passer rating of 0.0) in the Patriots' 27-24 preseason victory over Washington at FedEx Field. Yesterday, word broke via multiple reports that the Patriots were parting ways with O'Connell, informing the second-year quarterback that they were releasing him. After spending the bulk of the 2008 campaign on the Patriots' active roster, Gutierrez signed with the Chiefs after the addition of former Oakland Raiders quarterback Andrew Walter prompted the Patriots to release him on Aug. Gutierrez ultimately followed Cassel to KC. One preseason later, all three of them are gone.Īs you may have heard, Cassel performed rather admirably after being pressed into service when Tom Brady went down for the season in last year's opener and was subsequently packaged with linebacker Mike Vrabel in an offseason deal with the Kansas City Chiefs that brought a second-round draft choice (safety Pat Chung) to New England. During the course of the 2008 preseason, Matt Cassel, Matt Gutierrez and Kevin O'Connell split time at quarterback for the New England Patriots.
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