Clark Judge: Rating smartest, boldest, scariest offseason moves

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Originally Posted by Mecca

The other argument there would be Sanchez is 22 Cassel is 27...so if you think there isn't a great difference wouldn't you prefer the younger one?

I've seen Cassel plenty, he holds the ball a long time, his splits from shotgun and non shotgun are extremely wide, wide enough to cause concern. He's mobile, his deep balls and balls to the middle of the field still not alot of improvement.

NOTE: I would have taken Sanchez.

As far as the age thing, I think that is offset by zilla's point that the odds of Cassel all out busting are lower than they are for Sanchez, ESPECIALLY coupled with his 16 starts.

The shotgun thing is concerning. There was an article from the Pats posted here awhile back that showed that Cassel didn't start to play well until he started taking most of his snaps from under center. It was a very good article and I can't remember anything about the name or I'd try to search for the thread. I think this is a very very serious concern. However, he has made some plays from under center. Several plays to beat the Chiefs' asses (like that is a major accomplishment). So I don't think it is a Thigpen-esque level of dependence on shotgun.

I'm OK with the Cassel pickup, as the only thing that IMO would have been better would have been Sanchez (but I acknowledge that it is very very risky). I'm still concerned about the overall suck of the offense, particularly at RT and ****ing anybody that can catch a pass not named Dwayne Bowe.