Matt Cassel Locker Room Interview

Thu, 6 Nov 2008

New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel addresses the media during his locker room interview on Thursday, November 6, 2008. Q: As a young quarterback yourself, have you appreciated from afar what Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards has done? MC: He [Trent Edwards] has done a great job. He has won a lot of games out there and continues to progress. Even from last year, I think his first playing time was against us and I thought he did a great job last year. He continues to get better and I have always been impressed with the way Trent has played. Q: You have this stretch of three straight AFC East games. You guys have run away with the division the last few years. Have you thought much about how it is a much tighter divisional race this year? MC: No, it just is. We are in a tight race and we are going to take it one game at a time. This one is a big one this week. If we can hopefully go out there and put a good performance and a get win that will set the tone. Q: Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels talked earlier this week about how you did a good job against the Indianapolis Colts of avoiding the pressure and getting rid of the ball. Can you talk about your development in that part of the game? MC: That was just part of the game plan. We knew that they [Colts] had a good rush last week. Part of the game plan was to go out, get the ball out quick, go through the reads and if you didn’t have anything downfield then get the ball to the [running] backs. We were able to do a good job last week. Whatever the game plan calls for that is what we try to accomplish. We were able to execute that well last week. Q: Any comfort in not having to face Buffalo Bills defensive end Aaron Schobel this week? MC: He [Aaron Schobel] is a great player. We have a lot of respect for him around here. He played well against us throughout the years. Unfortunately for him, he has an injury right now. Everybody wishes, for their sake that he is healthy. Nobody likes to se...

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