Werder: Cassell to start vs. NYG

22cowboysfan22 said:

Cassel has been much better than Weeden over their respective NFL careers. If he also gets Dez back to work with, he should at least be serviceable. Assuming Romo returns for the Dolphins game, I can see Cassel going 2-2 or even 3-1 over the next four games.

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If they don't get Bryant back or tweak the offense any, 1-3 is way more likely.

Now we can suck with a handsome QB. Thank God, I was sick of looking at Weedens dumb face, he looks all swollen, like he just got stung by a bee.

This has been my point ever since we traded for him.

Iamtdg said:

This has been my point ever since we traded for him.

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Except they knew what they had in Weeden and they knew all along cassel would play.

Iamtdg said:

This has been my point ever since we traded for him.

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Wouldn't that kind of be the justification for all draft picks? Regardless of what round you take a player in, you'd like them to play at some point.

Genghis Khan said:

Except they knew what they had in Weeden and they knew all along cassel would play.

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Point was as long as they had plans for him starting while Romo was out it was worth the pick. If it was to sit behind Weeden it was a gross misuse of said pick.

Iamtdg said:

Point was as long as they had plans for him starting while Romo was out it was worth the pick. If it was to sit behind Weeden it was a gross misuse of said pick.

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I don't think sitting behind Weeden the whole time was ever the plan.

Genghis Khan said:

I don't think sitting behind Weeden the whole time was ever the plan.

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So, it took him 5 weeks to get ready? Maybe so, but as long as they are benching Weeden now that's all that matters.

Charley Casserly @CharleyCasserly
.@dallascowboys Weeden-1st 3 plays vs Pats left 62 y on the field by being late with ball, inaccurate & holding ball.Too many dump offs too

Iamtdg said:

So, it took him 5 weeks to get ready? Maybe so, but as long as they are benching Weeden now that's all that matters.

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5 weeks? We traded for him 3 weeks ago. If we had a game today, he'd be starting.

NoDak said:

5 weeks? We traded for him 3 weeks ago. If we had a game today, he'd be starting.

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We had a game two days ago and he didn't. So, at least 4 weeks, and factoring in part of the decision might be that we have the bye week, 5.

Iamtdg said:

We had a game two days ago and he didn't. So, at least 4 weeks, and factoring in part of the decision might be that we have the bye week, 5.

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He was traded for on the 22nd. We then had a game on the 27th, the 4th, and the 11th. That's three, no matter how you want to try and count it.

The 22nd of Sept. Today is the 13th of Oct. That's 21 days. Again.... Three weeks.

NoDak said:

He was traded for on the 22nd. We then had a game on the 27th, the 4th, and the 11th. That's three, no matter how you want to try and count it.

The 22nd of Sept. Today is the 13th of Oct. That's 21 days. Again.... Three weeks.

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He isn't starting today. Even if we had a game this weekend, it would be 4 weeks. But, since we don't, it's 5. No matter how you want to try and count it.

Iamtdg said:

He isn't starting today. Even if we had a game this weekend, it would be 4 weeks. But, since we don't, it's 5. No matter how you want to try and count it.

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If you say so.

NoDak said:

If you say so.

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I do.

Iamtdg said:

So, it took him 5 weeks to get ready? Maybe so, but as long as they are benching Weeden now that's all that matters.

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Putting the semantics of how long it'll be aside, yeah he didn't have the benefit of training camp so it takes a few weeks to get acclimated. In the meantime Weeden gets a few starts to prove himself. He didn't, and I think it ended up pretty much how they expected.

Remember, they kicked the tires on a couple backup QBs in the off-season, and when Romo went down, they immediately traded for Cassel. All of this suggests pretty strongly that they didn't really believe in Weeden.

Remember also that when they signed Weeden, Orton was supposed to be 2nd string. Orton's holdout forced Weeden into a bigger role than was originally intended.

Now, you could make the argument that if they didn't believe in Weeden they should have signed someone else this past off-season. And you'd be right, but that's a different discussion.

Iamtdg said:

We had a game two days ago and he didn't. So, at least 4 weeks, and factoring in part of the decision might be that we have the bye week, 5.

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Cassel wasn't on anyone's radar until Romo sent down. Had that not happened he would be sitting on someone else's bench.

boozeman said:

Championship!

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That just tells me he is an elite improviser. That is some Romo level pimping.

DLK150 said:

I don't expect Cassel to roll in and be all world but three uninspiring games is enough of a sample size to try someone else other than Weeden. I don't need to see the second coming of (Regular season) Peyton Manning, just someone who can manage the game *and* keep defenses honest. If we can keep pace with the rest of the division until Romo returns, we should still have a shot.

If Cassel doesn't pan out, well, that's probably it for this season.

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We're not looking for an All Pro here. If we can even get 2003 Quincy Carter that would be an improvement over Weeden.

Next year Weeden will be more comfortable with this offense. Might run a slant.