Looks like I'm the only idiot who thinks the Cassel deal was a bad one. Controversy brewing over the deal league wide.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl,144951
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The thinking is that Belichick traded Cassel to the Chiefs at a discount as a favor to his old pal Pioli. At least three people have outright accused Belichick of it, or at least hinted at it: Jay Mariotti compares the trade to Spygate and thinks Roger Goodell needs to take action, Albert Breer talks about the head-scratching going on around the league, and Tim Graham calls the trade "inexplicable."
Graham also reports, via Chris Mortensen, that the Patriots could have gotten a first-round pick, the 12th overall, for Cassel in a three-way trade that would've also involved Jay Cutler, but we'll get to that a bit later. In the meantime, here's a nutshell version of the two different ways of seeing the Cassel-to-KC deal.
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The Chris Mortensen link should be taken with a grain of salt. The guy is turning into Eklund.