RSSOnce Cut, Gutierrez is Back with the Pats
Sep 10
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The New England Patriots have signed Matt Gutierrez to the practice squad after cutting the 2nd year quarterback just before the beginning of the regular season. Gutierrez could possibly to join the team on the depth chart before the Jets game on Sunday. He would join starting quarterback Matt Cassel (try saying that five times fast) and rookie QB Kevin O’Connell.
All of this made possible by the season-ending knee injury to Tom Brady that was suffered 8 minutes into the first game of the season against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Gutierrez has 5 game appearances for the Patriots in 2007, but only 1 passing attempt (it was a completion for 15 yards if you care) giving him, get this, a career quarterback rating of 118.8. Tom Brady’s career QB rating? 92.9. (Okay, that was cheap. In fact, Brady’s QB rating last season was 117.2.) His strength, though, may be in knowing the Patriot’s playbook and being familiar with the terminology used by the team. The Pats declined to work out veteran quarterbacks on Monday to add to the roster in Brady’s absence. But adding Gutierrez to the practice squad gives them at least the possibility of having a third-string quarterback on the field Sunday.
