Pneumonic Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Give Delhomme Moss and Welker and he easily surpasses Cassel's output. And given Cassel's performance against the Steelers at home in week 13, Cassel probably wouldn't have fared much better than Delhomme did against the Cards. Not so sure Delhomme was working with lessor talent as you suggest. Smith, Muhammad, Williams, Stewart, Gross are no slouch players and, outside of Moss and Welker, who are the top players that Cassel had to work with? Sammy Morris? Ben Watson? Jabbar Gaffney? When Cassel played against the Cards in December he passed for 350 yards and 3 TD's and no picks. Delhomme's stats against the Cards 3 weeks later ...... 200 yards, and 5 picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLynchTrain Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Not so sure Delhomme was working with lessor talent as you suggest. Smith, Muhammad, Williams, Stewart, Gross are no slouch players and, outside of Moss and Welker, who are the top players that Cassel had to work with? Sammy Morris? Ben Watson? Jabbar Gaffney? When Cassel played against the Cards in December he passed for 350 yards and 3 TD's and no picks. Delhomme's stats against the Cards 3 weeks later ...... 200 yards, and 5 picks. I don't think you guys can compare these two guys stats. They are completely different offenses that they work out of. Both had great lines, check. But Carolina ran to set up the pass (which they didn't do very often and most of it was to Smith), and the Pats* passed on almost every down. Both QBs had their shortcomings. Delhomme couldn't be counted on to carry the team, as shown in the Champ game. But Cassell couldn't throw the ball more than 20 yards without being wildly inconsistent....and he had Randy Moss, arguably the games greatest deep threat! Still, Cassell can improve on that part of his game...Delhomme's time for improvement is done. Still, Carolina was pretty dumb to put the game on the shoulders of a guy who is run first/game manager... a job which he is one of the best in the game at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumonic Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 But Carolina ran to set up the pass (which they didn't do very often and most of it was to Smith), and the Pats* passed on almost every down. The Pats actually had a closer pass:rush ratio last year than the Panther did. Panthers: Pass attempts: 504 Rush attempts: 414 Patriots: Pass attempts: 534 Rush attempts: 513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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