Yep.

For all the shit the defense has gotten over that loss, no one wants to talk about the fact they were on the field for all but 55 seconds of the last 7 minutes of the game.

3 play, 8 yard drives consuming 55 seconds doesn't exactly help the defense.

Cassel had one throw...he blew it, sure, but it's not all that uncommon. He had been completing third downs all day and got poor protection on this particular play.

Brady and the Pats had 4 downs against the Chargers and almost blew the game. Rivers was in a situation where he needed just one more first down against the Raiders and lost the game. Your beloved Rodgers, at home against a rival in a huge game, couldn't hold the ball against the Vikings and was 1 foot away from blowing the game. And while these guys have "done it before", Cassel will get more opportunities now that he's on a team capable of winning.

Stop being so irrational. That game was on the D. Go ahead and label me a "ballwasher"---a label that shouldn't exist on cp--- but I've stated my opinion on Cassel numerous times and it's not a good one. This doesn't mean he shouldn't get some credit (and for more than just protecting the ball). I think his ceiling just may be a bit higher than I thought around week 2 or so.

The Chiefs offense had scored on the previous 4 drives for 24 points. All they needed was one stop out of the D in the 4th to win that game, but go ahead and blame Cassel for the loss.

Since I've given up on him Cassels play has improved. Therefore from now on I will continue to say "Cassel sucks". He'll probably make the Pro Bowl.

pittsburgh

hey, resting while your offense puts up 25 first downs can wear your defense out.

ROFL

It's Ok if Rivers or Brady miss throws.

IMO, his ceiling is this. Which was what I thought it was.

You thought he could be the highest rated passer in the league for a 4 week span? Interesting, I was never that optimistic.

Sure, against some of the worst defenses in the league. Why not?

I still think he could be making more plays...he can't keep up this pace of mistake-free football. If this is his ceiling, he sucks. I've seen a few flashes that I like

Week 2 I didn't even think he could be a game manager.

You keep trying to lay the blame for those sacks from last year on Cassel by citing to what happened in his first season as a stater. It's just not an accurate 1:1 comparison. The first half of that season, Cassel was sacked 28 times, with 233 passes attempted. The second half of that season, Cassel was sacked 17 times, with 283 passes attempted. Why the big difference? Cassel was learning the position, and Neal was out on PUP, leaving a very bad replacement at RG.

Yes.

I didn't expect this play from cassel...hopefully he surprises me once more by taking it to the next level

Let me see if I understand this.

You admit you were wrong once therefore you COULD be wrong again in the future?

Holy shit, you can do that?

Heh. I must admit I've been pleased with Cassel's third down performance in the last two games. That said, Im not very optimistic about him

No, the difference was that Josh McDaniels put him a shotgun spread in the second half of the season for a much larger percentage of plays than he had run in the first half.

True dat.:clap:

He's starting to show a little bit of a metamorphosis, but I'm not too optimistic about the ceiling for the end result.