Pats must consider keeping Cassel because star QB's knee won't be whole. "When the New England Patriots' 2008 season ends, quarterback Matt Cassel will be set to become a free agent. But before Cassel hits the free-agent market, the Patriots will look long and hard at the medical reports of star quarterback Tom Brady. And, according to a league source, those reports will give New England pause. Brady, who had the ACL and MCL in his left knee ripped in the first quarter of the season?s first game, is well behind schedule in coming back from the surgery performed in early October, the source said." http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28399629/
Isn't it obvious? If you have a repair and then need an additional surgery to fix the infection from the repair, you will be behind schedule...