Here's all the ammo the Cassel haters need. Cassel should be thanking Bowe for running 5 of his passes into the end zone from 36 yards out or longer this year, otherwise, there's no way he goes to the Pro Bowl. Bowe had touchdowns of 36, 38, 42, 53 and 75 on which he did most of the work.
I also took the liberty of adding Cassel's playoff game for a second comparison, denoted by the lower score. This puts him at 16 games played along with everyone else but Vick, who, by the way, put up 32 total touchdowns in 13 games, which is f***ing disgusting.
Pay particular attention to the completion percentage over 30. Cassel was 2 for 20 over 30 yards in New England, "improved" last year going 9 for 21 thanks to Chambers catching a lot of ducks. This year he was 1 for 17, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that he has the worst deep ball in the universe.
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 1. Brees - 68.1 2. Manning - 66.3 3. Rivers 66.0 4. Brady - 65.9 10. Vick - 62.6 12. Ryan - 62.5 26. CASSEL - 58.2 26. CASSEL - 57.9 |
YARDS PER GAME 1. Rivers - 294 2. Manning - 294 3. Brees - 289 9. Vick - 252 13. Brady - 244 15. Ryan -232 24. Cassel - 208 26. CASSEL - 199 |
YARDS PER ATTEMPT 1. Rivers - 8.71 4. Vick - 8.11 5. Brady - 7.93 16. Brees - 7.02 19. Cassel - 6.92 20. P. Manning - 6.92 21. CASSEL - 6.81 27. Ryan - 6.49 |
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS PER GAME 1. Brady - 2.25 2. Brees - 2.06 3. Manning - 2.06 5. Rivers - 1.875 7. CASSEL - 1.8 8. Ryan - 1.75 9. Vick - 1.75 10. CASSEL - 1.6875 |
THIRD-DOWN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 3. Brees - 64.7 4. Ryan - 63.3 9. Brady - 60.6 11. P. Manning - 59.1 12. Rivers - 58.7 17. Vick - 57.0 22. CASSEL - 54.4 22. CASSEL - 54.2 |
DOWNFIELD PASSING PERCENTAGE (10+) 1. Rivers 52.1 3. Brees - 51.0 8. Brady - 48.1 10. Vick - 47.4 12. Ryan - 46.3 17. P. Manning - 43.9 18. CASSEL - 43.9 20. CASSEL - 42.3 |
DOWNFIELD PASSING PERCENTAGE (30+) 5. Rivers - 38.1 6. Vick - 38.1 9. Ryan - 36.3 16. Manning - 32.0 17. Brees - 30.7 21. Brady - 26.3 29. CASSEL 6.6 29. CASSEL 5.8 |
COMPLETIONS OVER 20 YARDS 1. Rivers - 65 5. Brady - 53 8. Vick - 48 10. Brees - 47 12. Manning - 43 16. CASSEL - 40 24. Ryan - 32 |
Anyway, pay the man.
Oh yeah, also, Tim Tebow was 3 out of 9 over 30 yards this year.
To recap: Cassel 3 for 37 in 2008 and 2010
Tebow: 3 for 9 in 2010
Tim Tebow has a better deep ball than Cassel.