Sanchez sucks, and will always suck. The guy is missing some real key ingredients to being a really good QB. Field awareness being the main one. Not only that, but the guy doesn't feel pressure around him at all. These aren't "learned" things, these are instincts much like a running back has instincts to make a guy miss or see the proper lanes. The fact is, Sanchez is missing some real key ingredients to becoming a top QB. He's never going to be one. Save my post, I don't care. I won't be wrong.

Cassel, much like last year in NE, has started slowly and looks better. And honestly, the guy has been pretty good in clutch time. And for whatever reason, you either have that or you don't. He seems to actually do better in those situations than when he's asked to be a game manager. I think because of this being Haley's first year with him, he'll get better at knowing what Cassel does best and call plays accordingly.

Either way, I wouldn't take Sanchez over Cassel at all. Sanchez is a bust in the making. Stafford is living up to his draft hype however. So good for him.

you'd be hard pressed to find anyone to argue there. It's pretty obvious Cassel has fumbled too much. That said, there's no reason to make up a stat at the mere suggestion of a correlation unless you're just looking for ways to shit on Cassel.

He is though, so it's irrelevant. If nothing else... when we actually become a decent to good team, he'll be a high quality back up that can get us through a game or three, without much of a drop-off.

I agree with everyone that Cassel's looked bad at times. But I think a lot of that is the product of the team around him. He's shown some nice flashes of what his future with this team could be like.

As for the thread title... Would I say he was the only option? Of course not. But I don't know that any of the other options would have done any better, given the situation.

You've gotta give the guy (and the HC, and GM) some time.

(And give the QB some time, literally.)

I wish we could have had Thigpen's rushing yards (386) 6.2 yds. per carry and 3 TD's this season though lol. We might have picked up some crucial first downs for a couple more wins. Well for any Tyler fans maybe we'll get to see him if Miami trades him to Oakland in the off season, they could use a mobile QB lol.

How did I make up a stat?

How else would you compare fumbling QB's when they've all been sacked a different number of times?

It's not a made up stat. sorry. It's just a worthless stat that you decided to put together. But go ahead and keep driving the Aaron Rodgers case into the ground

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

But I don't remember many instances of Cassel fumbling the ball.

I think a lot of those fumbles were due to miscues on either the snap or handoff. Last week was the first time in a long time I remember him coughing the ball because he didn't protect the ball well.