Patriots Fans have been peppering me with questions about the team this week, and to be honest, I have had to field more than my share of can Matt Cassel play questions.  Here’s a few of the recent questions and answers from a recent roundtable I did for Scout. 

Should Patriots Fans Panic Now That Brady’s Season Is Over?

Jon Scott: I’m not sure panic is the right word for what Pats fans should be doing, but they need to temper their expectations.  Matt Cassel can play, we’ve all seen that, but he still has to prove he can handle all the blitzes, unusual alignments and unique adjustments teams make to disrupt him. He hasn’t done that yet, and there will be growing pains.

We’re You Surprised At The Reaction From Other Team’s Fans & Media (NY) Cheering Brady’s Injury?

Jon Scott: I’ve been to the city (New York) often, and live close enough to realize it’s the norm for some of those media outlets, and their fans.  I love New York, but I could do without the cheering for a season-ending injury to anyone.  On Monday I was surprised at the number of people openly gleeful that Brady was hurt.  The “Cheater” stigma from last year’s videotaping scandal is still very much an issue for opposing fans.  That has a lot to do with the cheering, as unfortunate as it was.

Who Looked Better, Laurence Maroney or Sammy Morris? And Do You Expect To See More Of Morris As the Season Progresses?

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Taking a spin around the web, and adding in a few colorful notes seems like the proper way to spend a Monday, especially with the rainstorms from last night and the gloomy forecast for today.

AFC EAST Moves
Top News has Brett Favre to the Jets and Chad Pennington to the Dolphins. I was involved in a number of conversations regarding the potential that these two players bring to their new teams. To put it bluntly, I don’t see it. Sorry fans, I’m just buying the Favre is the greatest hype coming out of New York, and I’m certainly about to anoint the Dolphins contenders now that they have a quarterback who can get the ball to the right guy (the ones in aqua).

If you’ve been sequestered on a small island and hadn’t heard, here’s the latest on the Favre move:

The Official Brett Favre Site has all of accolades being poured on Favre and the Jets

Yahoo Sports Thinks the Jets are making desperation moves – something I’m not disagreeing with. Michael Silver has his pulse on the Jets, and for what it’s worth, he seems to be right on.
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Peter King from Sports Illustrated wraps up some camp material from around the league and had some interesting quotes from Favre:

"I’ve always felt in any offense or defense throughout the NFL there’s way too much volume in a playbook. Coaches have way too much free time.”
–Favre, on the encyclopedic playbooks in the NFL today, including the one he has to learn with the Jets
More in King’s MMQB…

Albert Breer of "The Sporting News" joins Gary Tanguay and Andy Gresh to discuss news from around NFL training camps as all teams prepare for the season. Some of the topics the boys discuss include whether or not the Patriots offense can be as explosive as last season, the AFC East upgrades, and of course the saga of Brett Favre.