Originally Posted by
chief31
Actually yes... That fact of how ridiculously common it is DOES make it acceptable. Not good. But definitely acceptable.
I think you are just buckling to the anti-Cassel pressure with this.
McCluster got hurt because of Dexter McCluster, not Matt Cassel.
And trying to make a play to Bowe, who almost got hurt doing THE EXACT SAME THING, is quite reasonable. We were down and trying to get back into the game. You take some extra chances in that situation.
If he didn't take a chance, then he would have been the worst ever for that.
When the rest of this team does even a reasonable job, it will show in Matt's play.
While he did look sloppy, he made a lot of big plays to help this team win.
He is not lighting it up. And it's the fumbled that are my biggest complaint.
But he has played well enough win three games, if the defense o-line and running game had been doing even fair through the first two weeks.
I think Thursday pass protection will improve week by week. And I hope the defense has found what was missing. And well.... JC sure made it look like the running game is back.
The more the rest of this team gets their feet beneath them, the more I will expect from Matt Cassel.
But so far, I see considerable improvement from Matt, over where he was a year ago.
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