Hey, look how positive I am about Cassel on Arrowhead Pride!
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Now I want to talk about what Cassel did "well" on Friday night.
There has been a huge discussion about our touchdown drive and all the short passes Cassel threw. In my opinion, what we did on that drive and what we did all night in the short passing game is going to kill our offense this season if we keep it up.
In the GIF below (linked because this post is getting a bit huge), I've screen capped 24 throws Cassel made against the Seahawks.
Cassel's short throws.
To sum it up: if 70 percent of our passing game is a pass that averages a distance of 3.2 yards from the line of scrimmage, we have a problem.
When we're chucking the ball around like that, it should be no surprise to us that:
1) Screens are horribly ineffective (as they were Friday night).
2) Two of our wide receivers average less than 10 yards per catch.
3) Dexter McCluster gets mugged. (click for GIF)
4) Cassel throws a pick six because defenders are camping short routes.
If what we saw Friday night is our real offense, I'm horribly disgusted.
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