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The Buffalo Bills' offensive makeover continued Tuesday, one day after they agreed to a trade to obtain running back Lesean McCoy from the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Bills made a move to acquire quarterback Matt Cassel from the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday. The Bills announced that they agreed to send a package of undisclosed drafts picks to Minnesota in exchange for Cassel and an undisclosed pick.
Cassel, 32, comes to Buffalo after two seasons in Minnesota, where he played 12 games and threw for 2,232 yards, 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Cassel was a seventh-round draft pick in 2005 by the New England Patriots. He spend four years in New England, backing up Tom Brady in the first three before getting extended playing time in 2008, when Brady was lost for the season due to a knee injury sustained in Week 1.
The Patriots traded him in 2009 to the Kansas City Chiefs, He played 48 games over four seasons with the Chiefs before joining the Vikings in 2013.
In his 10-year career, Cassell has appeared in 90 games, including 71 starts, and has thrown for 15,727 yards, 96 touchdowns and 70 interceptions on1,397-of-2,369 passing (59 percent).
The Buffalo Bills' offensive makeover continued Tuesday, one day after they agreed to a trade to obtain running back Lesean McCoy from the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Bills made a move to acquire quarterback Matt Cassel from the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday. The Bills announced that they agreed to send a package of undisclosed drafts picks to Minnesota in exchange for Cassel and an undisclosed pick.
Cassel, 32, comes to Buffalo after two seasons in Minnesota, where he played 12 games and threw for 2,232 yards, 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Cassel was a seventh-round draft pick in 2005 by the New England Patriots. He spend four years in New England, backing up Tom Brady in the first three before getting extended playing time in 2008, when Brady was lost for the season due to a knee injury sustained in Week 1.
The Patriots traded him in 2009 to the Kansas City Chiefs, He played 48 games over four seasons with the Chiefs before joining the Vikings in 2013.
In his 10-year career, Cassell has appeared in 90 games, including 71 starts, and has thrown for 15,727 yards, 96 touchdowns and 70 interceptions on1,397-of-2,369 passing (59 percent).
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