New England Patriots back up quarterback Matt Cassel (16) yawns as starting quarterback Tom Brady, center, watches the action during the NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. The Patriots defeated the Bills 38-7.. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein)

Patriots backup quarterback Matt Cassel has stepped into big shoes left behind by Tom Brady's season-ending injury in the first game of the NFL this year. After two games Cassel has been holding his own. Nothing spectacular, but good enough to give the Patriots and their fans a 2-0 start. Prior to this season however, the last time Cassel started as QB was for the Chatsworth High School Chancellors in 1999 as a 17-year-old who looked like this at the time:

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