Considering the line in front of him, the caliber of WR/TE he has to throw at, along with having 2.7 running behind him with no enthusiasm for 8 games, this year hasn't been easy for Cassel. Outside of holding on to the ball too long and a dropping completion percentage, which are issues, Cassel has actually done fairly well...if not simply "average" so far. Here are the stats:
2:1 TD/INT ratio (12/6)
-T16th TDs
-T7th INTs
55% completion percentage (26th in NFL among those who’ve played at least 7 games)
Sacked 34 times (2nd most in NFL next to Aaron Rodgers)
77.9 QB Rating (22nd in NFL)
--To compare with other young QBs--
Those in their second year of starting:
Joe Flacco has a QB Rating - 89.1 (12 TD/8 INT)
Matt Ryan has a QB Rating - 80.0 (16/12)
Those in their first years of starting:
Chad Henne – 77.7 (6/4)
Matthew Stafford - 66.9 (11/14)
Mark Sanchez has a QB Rating - 61.1 (10/16)
He compares quite favorably to all QBs above besides Flacco. Personally, things could be much worse...we could have drafted JaSuckus Russell (47.7 QB Rating) or Derek Anderson (36.2 QB Rating)