WTF? Matt Cassel is the #1 rated QB in the NFL the last 5 games? True?

[BigRedChief]

Saw a post on another website that this was a fact. Is it? Inquiring minds want to know.

Edit: Found the source. A Chiefs tweet.

QB Matt Cassel has a 108.9 passer rating over his last four games - the best mark of any QB in the league over that span (min. 100 atts).

Twitter / ChiefsPR

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Phobia

That WR leaped out of the sky to bail him out last week. I swear he jumped so high he could have dunked between his legs.

Brett Favre made a HOF career out of winging passes up. That's right! Cassel is Brett Favre!

Maybe the 2010 version.

[tonyetony]

I don't think Cassel's accuracy will ever improve enough that he'll ever be considered an elite QB. There's no doubt we overpaid him but if that's what it took to get this franchise back on its feet then so be it.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Phobia

That WR leaped out of the sky to bail him out last week. I swear he jumped so high he could have dunked between his legs.

The Copper catch was amazing.



I have always said that Cassel is a living highlight. The WR's get a lot of chances to make Top 10 ESPN catches that should have been routine.



Maybe that's why Bowe can't catch a well thrown ball. He isn't used to catching the ball on the numbers.

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Another Interesting Stat:

His 153 pass attempts is the lowest total for quarterbacks that haven't split time or missed significant playing time. As a team, only Pittsburgh has a lower total.

I think a large part of that is the dominance of our ground attack. However, I also think its telling that are not trusting him with the ball more often.

[Messier]

Originally Posted by

Another Interesting Stat:

His 153 pass attempts is the lowest total for quarterbacks that haven't split time or missed significant playing time. As a team, only Pittsburgh has a lower total.

I think a large part of that is the dominance of our ground attack. However, I also think its telling that are not trusting him with the ball more often.

I don't know, they've let him throw on several fourth down attempts, I think they trust him with the ball, it's just that when you're so effective running the ball, you're going to have low pass attempt numbers.

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Originally Posted by Messier

I don't know, they've let him throw on several fourth down attempts, I think they trust him with the ball, it's just that when you're so effective running the ball, you're going to have low pass attempt numbers.

I agree that the dominant run game has a lot to do with it. But when you look at the other dominant run teams, we're still pretty skewed.

Rankings Run/Pass-- RPG/PPG

1/30 Chiefs 35.2r/25.5p
2/24 Raiders 33.7r/30.4p
3/10 Falcons 32.7r/36p
4/27 Jets 32.7r/29.8p
5/17 Ravens 32.2r/33.9p

Ratios

Chiefs 1.38
Raiders 1.10
Falcons 0.91
Jets 1.10
Ravens 0.94

[nstygma]

he's playing much better now than game 1. if he keeps improving at the current pace, he'll be solid in time for the playoffs

[CrazyPhuD]

And how much have we run in the last 4 games? I think cassels is great QB so long as the ball is not in his hands...

[michaelj_58]

number 7 in your programs,number 1 in your hearts matt cassel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

Good job so far by Cassel. The last couple weeks he's done everything asked of him.

This is not allowed. You must hate Cassel or I will have to ask the mods to put in a filter that changes like to hate whenever Cassel is mentioned.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Yeah, but...

[jspchief]

Another example of stats not telling the whole story.

More deserving of mention is that he seems to get a little better every week. Granted it has been against bad defenses, but you have to play well vs the bad ones before you can play well vs the good ones.

[Pioli Zombie]

Defense, running games, and game manager at qb who doesn't make mistakes. The 2000 Ravens. The 2001 Patriots. The 2002 Bucs all used the formula. But I am a committed follower of Cassaholics Anonymous so Cassel sucks.

[stevieray]

...interesting, considering the HC has made it clear we want to be team that can run the ball, despite the fan base's desire for Cassel to be an elite, game changing QB...

[donkhater]

You can feel uneasy about Cassel, that's fine. He is a little skitish in the pocket and not the most accurate passer. But what this statisitic is, really, is an efficiency rating. He's not turning the ball over, he IS completing passes and throwing TDs. On top of that he isn't taking a lot of sacks.

The three best players on KC's offense are Charles, Jones and McCluster. Run the ball. If they want Cassel to improve as a thrower, they'll have to throw the ball more. It's that simple. CP users want him to be a accurate thrower and franchise QB, but if you don't get but 18 attempts a game, you aren't getting a lot of reps to improve. I think they could put him in better situations (play action, roll outs) that take advantage of his athletic ability, but hey, KC is 4-2, who am I to gripe?