MiChargers

I was unable to see your game tonight, but was interested in knowing how my boy O'Connell did. Input?

Richter

Good. Would have been even better if C.J. Jones had bothered to catch the rocket thrown to him instead of clanging it off his hands to a defender.

Kdo5

He did well. Escaped the pass rush very well and was very mobile. He led his offense well and made a couple really nice throws, especially the one on the sidelines to Ventrone.

He was making a comeback for us when CJ Jones choked twice.

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Bertil

...but Ventrone really showed up last night. He helped his QB, and therefore himself on several occasions. That Catch from O'Connell was really an NFL-Ready play.

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PatsFan37

O'Connell looked best with his ability to move around in the pocket to buy time for himself, while looking downfield and finding the open man. He had several advantages over Cassel:
1. He wasn't forced to follow a script that had him throwing to a receiver in tight coverage. He was probably given looser instructions. Cassel was probably told 'you WILL throw to Chad Jackson.'
2. His OLine wasn't playing against the Ravens #1 D, so he had a little more time. OTOH, when he got the rush, he looked terrific moving around and keeping the play alive.

That said (just to shut up the knee-jerk posters who want to cut anyone who looks bad in the first preseason game and send anyone who looks good to the HOF), I thought O'Connell had a terrific night. From what I've heard, he was probably under less pressure last night than on his best day in San Diego.

He was very cool throwing out of his own end zone.

Let's see what happens when he's using the regular playbook, faces a better defense, and his receivers are covered by top CBs. Remember how good Cassel looked playing against Miami in a regular season game. And now everyone thinks he's a chump.

It's never as good as you hope, or as bad as you fear.

(Sorry, michargers, as you might have guessed that wasn't directed at you, but at some of the overhyped posters on the board)

bbabin

One of KO'Cs most impressive plays was the third and long from his own endzone when he moved around and bought time to zip a perfect pass to an open CJ Jones for the first down. Unfortunately he didn't catch it. It was pretty impressive QB play, though.

Rob0729

He had a good first game. Still has a long way to go before he can be considered ready to be The GUY behind Brady. A nice step in the right direction though.

PatsChick87

He did well for first NFL experience, abet facing 2nd/3rd stringers. He seemed confident and poised. I liked my first look at him!

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dhamz

Now this is over defending Cassel. Football doesn't work like this. QBs have reads on pass plays (with the exception of screens), not directives to throw the ball to one player no matter what.

PatsFan37

You're right. Knee-jerk reaction to the knee-jerk posters calling for his execution.