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I did the same thing, who would've guessed Cassel would have a game like that?
If you're able to hit the out route and you're mobile in the pocket you can survive in the NFL. Considering this is his first full season playing since high school and he just did something that hasn't been done since 1970 (400 yds passing, 60 yds rushing) I'm gonna go ahead and say he will have a place somewhere even if he doesn't fully pan out there.
Cassel's newfound scrambling ability adds a whole new dimension to his fantasy value, and to his game. If he can start nailing the deep ball, he could be very dangerous. That 4th quarter drive and the TD pass to Moss were pretty amazing.
Yep, that's it. Especially in 1 pt for every 10 yards rushing.
The answer to your question is, "Me."I did the same thing, who would've guessed Cassel would have a game like that?
All kidding aside, I figured that NEP would have to throw a lot because NYJ's run defense is pretty good. My alternatives were Jason Campbell and Jeff Garcia, so that made taking a chance a bit easier.Of course hindsight is 20-20, but couldn't Cassell's success been predicted a little better by FBG? We know NYJ is a run stopping team and that teams will try to beat them through the air. We know NE was missing Thomas on defense and that Favre can light up most any defense anway. Maybe I expect too much from our experts to have had Cassell ranked higher knowing he would be playing catchup more likely than not. Thigpen put up 280/2 on the Jets after all.Ok my rant is over.
Well, Brady's job is not in jeopardy. But I have to hand it to Belichick here. He didn't go out and hire some over the hill qb, but took someone who wasn't even a starter in college, and designed a strategy that would play to his strengths. He'll be a backup, but a first class one. I suspect Cassel is going to get better and better as he gains more experience. He might even learn to hang it up there for Moss to go get it.If you're able to hit the out route and you're mobile in the pocket you can survive in the NFL. Considering this is his first full season playing since high school and he just did something that hasn't been done since 1970 (400 yds passing, 60 yds rushing) I'm gonna go ahead and say he will have a place somewhere even if he doesn't fully pan out there.
He has a long way to go in that regard. I was at last night's game and I sat up in the upper section (so I had a bird's eye view) and he didnt seem to have any sort of feel on anything over 10 yards. Maybe that will come with time.
I don't think I'd call it amazing. The catch was great by Moss and Cassel did a good job finding him, but the Jets were playing 3 deep safeties and only rushing 3 that entire drive. That drive had nothing to do with Cassel's talent level and everything to do with the Jets hoping that time would run out before they could score. Also on the TD play, the Jets had been playing Moss effectively by putting a man up in his face, but for some reason on that play they gave him a 10 yard cushion. I don't want to take away from the game Cassel had because he was impressive and posted great stats and showed the pose to take what the D was giving him on the last drive and not panicking. But don't take too much out of that last drive, there's a good portion of NFL quarterbacks that would have reproduced that same result.
This makes three of us! I sure hope Rodgers has a good game against da Bears!I did the same thing, who would've guessed Cassel would have a game like that?
