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Joyner hasn't struck me as the biggest Cassel fan. In any case, this is how Joyner defines a bad decision:
So, for example, the INT against the LOLphins didn't count, because it was a ball the CB couldn't have caught.
Brett Favre's bad decision rate, BTW, is 4.0%. Now here comes the kicker:
I believe that bad decision would be the one that Cassel somehow threw almost directly into the hands of one of the JEST CBs (thankfully he put so much into the throw that it kept on going).
A quarterback is charged with a bad decision when he does something ill-advised that leads to a turnover or a near turnover (such as a potential interception that is dropped). Other examples of mistakes that lead to a play deemed a bad decision include: not seeing a defender in the passing lane; or throwing a pass late and across the middle of the field.
So, for example, the INT against the LOLphins didn't count, because it was a ball the CB couldn't have caught.
Brett Favre's bad decision rate, BTW, is 4.0%. Now here comes the kicker:
The player, however, who has made the most progress in the shortest time is Matt Cassel.
To provide an idea of just how well the New England Patriots signal-caller is progressing, consider the best showing in this metric over the past five years is Tom Brady's 0.7% mark in 2006. [sic]
That means Brady made a mistake on one out of every 143 passes. Cassel wasn't at that pace early in the year, but over the past six games he has only one bad decision in 221 drop-backs.
So he's been positively Bradyesque in more ways than just being the man behind center for the Patriots.
I believe that bad decision would be the one that Cassel somehow threw almost directly into the hands of one of the JEST CBs (thankfully he put so much into the throw that it kept on going).