We are not taking a QB in the first round

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

And if you're arguing that the criticism of Cassel is generally too black and white, then we have to take the same type of critical eye to the problems with the WRs this year. Maybe, just maybe, having a sub-par is a factor.

I've made this comment before, but it's very hard for me to get an honest read on Cassel when the whole unit is sub-par. We have one of the worst lines in the league, featuring at most two guys who'd be starting anywhere else in the NFL, and one of them is an older player on the decline. We have a group of tight ends taken off the waiver wire, all except for Cottem rejects from other teams. We have a group of wide receivers taken off the waiver wire, all except for Bowe rejects from other teams. We have Charles at running back, who's shown himself to be the one clearly legitimate threat on this roster, and a bunch of nobodies, including fullbacks all taken off the waiver wire.

This may, literally, be the worst collection of talent I've ever seen. We're talking about the equivalent of the roster for Greg Robinson's defense shortly after the turn of the century when he was running guys like Mike Maslowski and William Bartee and Glenn Cadrez and Ray Crockett and Marvcus Patton out there.

It's that bad, I think, as a unit. And I know I'm the only person in the entire midwest who probably believes this, but I think it's in some ways a testament to Haley that they've actually managed to score as much as they have with the players they're putting on the field, particularly with the the change in scheme the week before the season and then the revolving personnel door all year long. Hell, by all rights they should be even worse. It's like taking a cap gun into a combat zone.

So the only thing I know right now about Cassel is that he's not able to give a pro bowl performance with a Pop-warner roster. I stilldon't have any idea what he'd look like with an actual NFL calibre roster around him. Maybe he'd be awful, I just don't know one way or the other.

But I figure we're going to find out eventually. Personally I didn't want Cassel, but the trade was made whether I liked it or not, and odds are he's going to have at least another year at the helm. That's just the reality of it. Now I hope the next part of their plan is to actually put a couple of good offensive players on the field at the same time sometime in the next decade.