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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
And anyone that says Alex Smith = Matt Cassel is ****ing ignorant about football.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
I honestly don't get the Smith=Cassel shit, short of CP PTSD.
If Aaron Rodgers and the Mannings are Central Park West, Smith is Harlem and Cassel is the outer reaches of Long Island.
Smith may not be more game manager than load shoulderer, but Cassel couldn't muster even game manager unless it was against the worst teams in the league. He made brain farts that seemed previously unfathomable [EDIT: see meandering a flea flicker back up into the pocket and doinking his pass off a D-Lineman, . . . a flea flicker!!!]. He made simple passes in that flat that were so off target that they stopped the receiver in his tracks and got him run over like Letterman's stalker on the train tracks, the pants pooping under pressure fertilized a small farm one county over, his audibles were so obvious the defense could make the stop with a cigarette draped from their lips.
If we get a minimal return Smith and he's merely competent and cautious, it'll still be a huge upgrade.
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