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Cassel's deceptively high QB rating is a product of him successfully avoiding major f***-ups. His accuracy and passing yards are still not great.

He's still kinda young and maybe he'll improve with more experience, but right now he's probably one of the best backup QB's in the league. Thats not a bad thing either, look at this glass half-full: imagine we had our hypothetical young stud QBOTF and he suffers a season-ending injury in the preseason. After freaking out we look at Cassel, one of the best backups in the NFL, and think "well, at least we have a good backup, he won't win us any games, but he probably wont lose it either and gives the rest of the team a chance to make plays."