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Originally Posted by Colt4540
And where is that upside? Two coaches and he's still the bottom of the barrel. You have to show improvement to have an upside.
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He showed promise in the preseason last year, and from everything we've read, they decided not to play him last year because they wanted to save him. Aside from scrambling around and making some heroic plays behind a lackluster line there wasn't much room for success had he played at the end of the year. Personally, would I have played him? I would have liked to see him get some experience, so yes. But I can see the logic in keeping him out to avoid David Carr syndrome.
If he shows improvement this preseason then we will have our answer. If he does well and there is upside he is worth throwing in there to let him learn, even if he makes the inevitable young QB mistakes. Unfortunately, Cassel is 30 and is still making the same young QB mistakes.