With Cassel pass to Moss, Patriots' offense evolves

01:00 AM EDT on Friday, October 10, 2008 BY SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Patriots’ offense showed improvement in last week’s win over San Francisco, reflective of the extra time the unit had to practice in the bye week. The highlight for many during the game with the 49ers was Matt Cassel’s 66-yard touchdown throw to Randy Moss . The play was one not seen in a while, inasmuch as New England had played a fairly vanilla offense during the first few games with Cassel under center. Cassel has tried to downplay the down-field looks he took in Game Four saying he does just what the game plan says. But offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said yesterday that the game plan called for him to attack the Niners’ defense. “Every week we try to attack on all three levels,” short, intermediate and long,... [read full story]