I know everyone on CP hates Cassel.....

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Originally Posted by Micjones

There's no balance to this discussion about Matt Cassel.
It's either extreme right or extreme left.

There are people who claim he's unable to hit an open target.
The same people fail to give him credit when he does in a game like last week. They say it's because he's facing softer coverage, but why should that matter if he's so inaccurate?

Then on the other side there are those who never criticize him. They ignore the over/underthrows. They ignore how quickly he gets uncomfortable with pressure around him. They turn a blind eye to him hanging on to the ball too long.

I'm not a fan of Matt Cassel, but I can criticize him when he deserves it...
And praise him when he deserves it.

QB's stink up the joint against Prevent defenses every week.
It was maddening to see people ignore a 4 TD game (with no INT's) entirely.

I'll be the first one to tell you that that success should've come earlier in the game, but I'll never turn my nose up to that kind of performance entirely.

He's not the answer long-term. I think this team should draft a QB come April, but I also think he's done good things this year.

He has just as many TD's as he did in '09...with only a fourth as many INT's.
And there are still 7 left to play. He's also completing just under 60% of his passes. Give credit where credit is due.

There aren't really many (maybe none at all) on the extreme Matt Cassel supporter side of this argument. There are the extreme critics and the people who take a more balanced view but who may not find it necessary to join the hate wagon over every little blemish in his game. I can't think of anyone here who thinks Matt Cassel has proven himself as the long term answer at QB for the Chiefs. We have people who remain open minded about the possibility and people who have already made their decision that he's already exceeding his upside maximum (don't ask me how they get there).