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Cassel Clarification

Unfortunately some people do not understand or fail to read what was written so I will make my feelings on Cassel clear.

I want to start off by saying he played a much better game against the Cowboys, however there was still instances where he had the same problems I have criticized.



1. I do not think that Cassel should be benched. I threw the idea out there because of Haley's attitude towards PT (See DJ, Bowe, Tyler, Charles, various RTs)

2. I think that Cassel will be fine on a team with superstar receivers and a good line.

3. I love his leadership. You can tell this guy learned a lot about leadership from Brady.

4. I love his toughness. One thing he learned from someone other than that pussy Tom Brady. If you question what I mean, look no futher than Tom telling the refs when to throw flags when he is hit. I havent seen Matt try to get a flag on a hit on himself (although I have counted at least 4 times against the cowboys and Giants where they dove at his legs or struck him in the head). On the other hand Matt is always looking out for cheap hits on his guys and lobbys for those calls.

5. His pocket awareness is terrible. Again, he looked better against the Cowboys but still made some critical errors in this aspect.

6. He doesnt look down the field when he has time. He did very well at this against the Cowboys. I havent watched the short cuts yet but I dont remember seeing him check down when a guy open deep. He took some big shots and did a pretty good job of getting the pass off and it wasn't always a 2 or 3 yard pass on 3rd and 18. He still has a ways to go but I am pleased with the progress on this end.

7. He is not accurate at all on his deep passes. The final drive of regulation might be the only time this season when he has thrown any accurate passes over 10-15 yards.

8. His decision making is very suspect. The Oakland game at halftime he cost the team a FG. That is prime evidence. But it goes further than that. He took a penalty for delay right after a penalty against the Oline in the 4th quarter against the Cowboys. you cant put your self in a 3rd and more than 20...

9. He doesnt appear to do any pre-snap reads...This one is hard to prove it is just how I see it when I watch him

10. He doesnt move down his progressions. Some of this could just be that he doesnt have time on most passing plays but even when he has time, it seems like he has a primary receiver and if that is not open he goes to the outlet. I hope this is more that he does not "own" the offense yet and might not remember his progressions on every play.

My biggest problem with him is that we payed for a Franchise type guy that can make things happen and what we appear to have is a game manager type guy that won't screw it up but will not make plays needs someone else to be the playmaker.

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