Cassel 24th out of 29 quarterbacks in downfield passing.

[Hammock Parties]

We debated Cassel's downfield passing in another thread earlier this week. I said I would wait for the splits to get updated before I compared him to the rest of the league, and here are the results (completion percentage, TD/INT):

Cassel is 24th out of 29 quarterbacks in the NFL in completion percentage on pass attempts over 10 yards.

I threw out the names in red because they have fewer than 40 attempts.

Henne - 58.6 1/1
Rivers - 54.5 7/5
Schaub - 54.4 4/4
Fitzpatrick - 54.3 7/3
Romo - 51.7 4/2
E. Manning - 50.6 8/4
Young - 50.0 6/1
Kolb - 50.0 2/2
Flacco - 49.4 10/4
Ryan - 49.3 7/2
P. Manning - 48.4 8/1
Rodgers 48.3 10/8
Orton - 47.5 7/3
Favre - 46.9 5/6
Palmer - 46.5 4/3
Garrard - 46.4 4/5
Hasselbeck - 45.2 3/3
Anderson - 45.1 1/2
Bradford - 45 5/5
Sanchez - 44.8 6/2
Cutler - 43.2 3/4
McNabb - 42.8 5/
Brady - 42.0 4/4
Cassel - 41.5 4/2
Brees - 41.4 4/5
Smith - 40.2 4/3
Wallace - 38.2 3/0 (34 att)
Moore - 38.2 3/5 (34 att)
Gradkowski 38.1 2/4
Freeman - 34.2 3/2
Clausen - 30.4 1/1 (23 att)
Hill - 29.5 4/2
Campbell - 25.8 1/2 (22 att)


For comparison, Cassel's downfield passing history:

2009 - 38.8 percent, 8 TD, 13 INT
2008 - 40.2 percent, 12 TD, 8 INT

Notes:

1. Jason Campbell and Bruce Gradkowski suck. We have no business losing to the Raiders.

2. Brees will bump Cassel to 25th in short order.

3. Sanchez, bitches!!!

4. Flacco is a ****ing stud.

5. Impressed by Chad Henne and fearful of Fitzpatrick.

[Chiefnj2]

Although Sanchez is much more accurate than Cassel on balls thrown 11-20 yards down field (57% compared to 44%), Cassel has greater accuracy on balls thrown 21-30 and 41+. (Neither has completed a 31-40).

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Yea, with his 41.5% he's hardly any better than Drew Brees and his 41.4%, and he's even worse than that Brady guy and his lofty 42%. Good to know.

All that means is Brees and Brady are having poor six-game stretches.

Meanwhile this is one of the best six-game stretches of Cassel's career.

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[Hammock Parties]

I'm going to update this thread in a couple days when the new splits come out, but I'm estimating that Cassels percentage will decrease this week. The only "downfield" completions he made against Buffalo were Moeaki's overtime catches and two of those were borderline 10-yard throws.