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First off I'm not entirely sold on the idea that this team has protection issues on the line. They had a bad game in the superbowl but until I see a trend I'm not going to announce it. There were TONS of pundits and fans trying to attribute the lion's share of the passing game's success to the OL's fantastic protection last year. Plus if there is a problem I trust Dante to be able to sort it out.
Anyways regardless of OL protection issues we can expect that teams are going to test us by rushing Cassel a lot and I haven't seen Cassel's mobility brought up a lot. He's really good scrambling with the ball as he showed yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if he has upwards of 400 or so yards with the ball by the time the season is over. That could be really key because it will force teams to have to consider his ability to run with the ball FAR more than they had to with Tom in there.
Doubtless Tom is the better passer and what we're going to miss more than anything is Tom's pocket awareness but Cassel's mobility is going to go a long way towards helping some of that.
Anyways regardless of OL protection issues we can expect that teams are going to test us by rushing Cassel a lot and I haven't seen Cassel's mobility brought up a lot. He's really good scrambling with the ball as he showed yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if he has upwards of 400 or so yards with the ball by the time the season is over. That could be really key because it will force teams to have to consider his ability to run with the ball FAR more than they had to with Tom in there.
Doubtless Tom is the better passer and what we're going to miss more than anything is Tom's pocket awareness but Cassel's mobility is going to go a long way towards helping some of that.