It's completely relevant.

Your point is destroyed because he played just as bad, if not worse, when the talent around him improved.

No dumbass, I didn't ignore a thing.

First, Cassel is not a scrambling QB.
He has some good mobility, but he isn't a scrambler.

And the fact is, scrambling QBs scramble of necessity, not simply because they can.

The best scrambler ever, Fran Tarkenton, was first and foremost, a playmaker in the pocket.

The same can be said for Roger Staubach.

As it can for many others.

And the fact remains, there was a pocket to remain in far more than you give this team credit for.

Did he face pressure often?

Yes.

But not nearly to the extent that you are trying to sell.

Sell your bullshit, Pioli/Cassel ball washing elswhere.

I ain't buying it.

part of the problem for Cassel was the player around him

it was also

a new team
new coaches
2 new schemes
a late preseason knee injury
jittery feet
inaccuracy
poor mechanics

some idiots just focus on the last 3 and ignore the rest

NO DEAL!

(Nick Athan shudders somewhere in cyberspace)

Given that you had no idea what my point was going to be, claiming that it was destroyed makes no sense at all.

Wait.... Cassel isn't a scrambling QB?

ROFL


****ing brilliant.


Now tell us that Manning and Brady are just running backs playing the position of QB.

Your point was very clearly that we can't judge Cassel too harshly because he was surrounded by dogshit in the first half of the season.

But your point is bullshit, because he continued to play at the same level, if not worse, when the talent around him improved.

Occam's razor states he just sucks.

Running away then bending over to take it in the ass isn't "scrambling".

The Razor has indeed spoken.

No, no. He was so mentally damaged by all of the circumstances around him that he developed bad habits that he couldn't possibly overcome, even when we we had the best running game outside of TN.

You clearly don't even know what a scrambler is.

A scrambler is a guy that can make time behind the line to make plays with his arm.

Matt Cassel is a QB that can run.

There's a big difference.

But, you're a ****ing idiot, so explaining it to you is a waste of keystrokes.

ROFL

A scrambler is a QB who's response to perceived pressure is to run, either to buy time behind the line or to gain yardage with his feet.

A running QB is a QB who's instinct to run is not necessarily impacted by pressure.


You have nothing to explain to me, because you're searching for reasons to bitch rather than making honest evaluations. That's too bad, too. When you're not being an emotionally invested asshole regarding the players, you're one of the better analysts here.

Mentally damaged is over the top. However, players can develop bad habits over the course of time. Cassel wasn't a great QB in the first half of the season, by any stretch, and I'm not making any such claim. However, he was better in the first half than the second, and it's likely that much of that was because of the toll the games took on him. Once a QB starts looking for the rush and stops trusting his receivers, all sorts of bad habits will set in. As a Chiefs fan, you should be hoping that those habits will be dealt with during the offseason, because Cassel's apparently going to be the starter again, whether you like it or not.

The same sort of thing happened in New England, though at a different level. Brady's knee made him more skittish in the pocket, caused his drops to be different, and made him less willing to take a hit. The fact that the team's 3rd wideout was a special teams player who was horrible as a receiver meant that Brady stopped looking his way and began staring down his #1 and #2 receivers, with the resulting bad plays that you'd expect. The results were stark: once the Welker binky was gone and the team had to face the Ravens without him, Brady had one of the worst games of his career. Brady's season numbers were the second best in his career, yet it was clear that he wasn't the Brady he'd been pre-injury, and that impacted the offense and the team.

LMAO

Thanks for making my point.