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Originally Posted by pr_capone
That is where I disagree with you.
I see it as he plays knowing we have shit for D. We can't afford turnovers. This defense can't stop anyone. By controlling the ball and taking sacks we are at the very minimum controlling field position.
Again, though I don't believe Cassel will be the next Montana or Elway, I believe he will do much better next season assuming we actually address the o-line.
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Uhh, when you don't have a good defense, you don't control field position.
Cassel is ranked 24th in QB rating and 27th in completion %. You can point to all the stats you want, but the only people completing less passes than him is Kerry Collins, Mark Sanchez, Matt Stafford, Josh Johnson, JaMarcus Russell and Derek Anderson.
Thats embarrassing no matter how you slice it. Jake Delhomme is completing more passes. So is David Garrard, Trent Edwards and Shaun Hill. All except maybe Garrard will likely be backups next year or at the very least have someone drafted to replace them.
I realize there is no crystal ball in football, but Pioli had to realize that Cassel would not look nearly as good this year as he did last year, yet he paid him like he did. If they gave him $10m guaranteed, Cassel would have signed whatever contract they put in front of him. The fact that Pioli gave Cassel a huge contract in the offseason does not speak well of his ability to manage the payroll of this team. There was absolutely no reason to do it. He was going to play here, no matter what, this season and we had plenty of cap space to pay him, yet Cassel had a stacked deck in his favor and Pioli knew it but played anyway. Right now it looks like Cassel got his bluff in and won anyway.