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I'm not here to side yes or no if Cassel is to blame, but to counter the OP's numbers argument
Texans
Week 1 - 433 yards 3 touchdowns (Peyton)
Week 2 - 426 yards 1 touchdown (McNabb)
Week 3 - 284 yards 2 touchdowns (Romo)
Week 4 - 278 yards 2 touchdowns (Gradkowski)
Week 5 - 297 yards 3 touchdowns (Eli)
Week 6 - 201 yards 3 touchdowns (Cassel)
Now if you use this as a measuring stick, (which you should, because it's the ****ing 31st ranked PASS DEFENSE in the ENTIRE LEAGUE) then that means the numbers a skewed to make even bad players look good.
Cassel falls somewhere around and or under the Bruce Gradkowski/Tony Romo range and I think the consensus around here is those guys stink, so I'm sure a similar case can be made for Cassel.
I'm not saying to blame him for the loss, but I'm saying his numbers are far under what the Texans have given up against other QBs and I'm not sure if his numbers are skewed because the play calling has him on such a short leash (compared to all the other QBs the Texans have faced that pretty much have free reign to be a gunslinger) or he is really that bad. But either way, it paints him in a very serviceable light when you see how a range of 5 (good and bad) QBs have also done against the Texans this season.
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