I'm suddenly reminded of the first time "Weapons of Mass Destruction" came up in a WH Press Conference.

I think we have our carefully crafted phrase, now when he plays the next four worst pass Ds in football, we can definitively say that after 6 years in the league and 40 starts, things will have begun to slow down for him.

I don't like Cassel either, but I put that blame on Weis for that play call. It was awful. The running game was money all day, and we should have ran the ball there. Weis should know better than to put the ball in Cassel's hands in that situation. But, if you're going to throw there, call a better ****ing play. The play fake was shit. A fake toss? How many toss plays did we run all day? Like 1? Houston didn't buy it. Fake a hand off on that play and Moeaki is probably wide open. The routes were too deep on that play too. I like going for the kill shot, but that play sucked.

Your absolutely right here. Our defense did choke, and alot of that was failure to get consistent pressure on the QB. I never faulted Cassel for the loss. He didn't win the game, either.

The running game was money all day, save for those situations. You do realize the reason why we went for it on 4th and short so many times is because we got stonewalled on 3rd, right?

the pass to bowe in the end zone was nothing short of ELEVENTY BRILLIANT!!!

Really though, it was damn good. Better than i would expect from colt mcoy or brady quinn or jimmy pickles or any other hyped up second string NFL college prick that has been discussed ad infinitum.

I was very happy with that throw.

I'm trying to think of another one that really impressed me and I can't.

:(

Oh I know...

It's a sad commentary on Matt Cassel when I was really impressed by his 3rd and 7 conversion to Moeaki in the 4th. Made a snap decision and threw accurately.

Getting stuffed on 3rd and 2 and keeping the clock running or forcing Houston to take a timeout is still better than what happened.

It also might have opened up the option to go for it on 4th and short there.

As soon as we put the game in the hands of the defense, I knew we lost.

I agree totally, bad play call. Cassel still needed to find a way for the first down, it is his job when it is on the line. That was a make it or break it ending the hopes of Texasses winning the game. I thought it could have been a naked bootleg and run for the first down TWO FREAKING YARDS is all we needed. I figure Cassel should be getting better but he is not good enough for a wiff at the Super Bowl and that is what I am belly aching about him. Hope he proves me wrong and I would be happy after the fact.....

The 3rd and 8 completion for a 1st down to Bowe on the first drive(?) was a good throw. Doesn't mean shit...just sayin.

Getting stuffed on 3rd would have had no material outcome on the game (remember, Houston hadn't exhausted their TOs and were leisurely driving), and there is no way even Todd Haley is crazy enough to go for it at his own 40 when the other team has 2+ minutes left when only up 3 and a kicker with range from 50 on the other sideline.

AS I said though, it is the type of pass a second year quarterback is EXPECTED to make and if a backup is to last in this league, he also must make those plays.

Good quarterbacks in this league complete 4-5 of those per game and also throw in 2-3 deep balls with similar accuracy against secondaries like the one we faced today.

Today put my worst fear in realization (any many others here as well) that THIS is who Cassel CAN BE. Hopefully, Pioli isnt stuck to the idea that THIS is good enough for US.

A guy that loses shootouts against teams with real quarterbacks because he doesnt have what it takes to make the play when the team NEEDS IT.

We rushed for well over 200 yards against a team with the worst NFL pass defense, we should have been able to throw the ball all over the place AT WILL and attack deep throughout the game again, AT WILL. Our best pass was a 17 yard strike (that was equal to the one he threw last year in a loss to Dallas at the end of regulation...another game we lost because he couldnt produce 15 yards in OT when the defense got him the ball back with a first and 10 on the 50 in OT with a kicker that makes 50+ yarders with consistency)

Cassel sucks and we all know it (or should). Even Weis knows it and game plans accordingly. That's why the 3rd and 2 call was so frustrating. Weis called a good game and Cassel played well within the game plan, but then Weis deviated from the game plan at the most critical point in the game. We know Cassel is going to let us down. We can't afford for Weis to do that.

I'm not making excuses for Cassel but he's not the reason we lost the game. You wanna say Schaub is better then great but he did have a ton of time to throw the ball in this game.

WTF happend to last week when Hali had 11 pressures and a sack?


PhilFree:arrow:

Consider the third down conversion to Bowe that was reviewed. Matt was under pressure, stepped up in the pocket and gunned a pass for a first down, during a critical drive. Good shit brother. Dare i might say, star quality shit (yeah I know fleeting and ultimately meaningless).

That sucked ass. The ball basically hit the ground.

Noodle armed it.