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Great game by Matt, but he is no Brett Favre.
I'd bet Matt's first season starting is more successful than Brett Fart's ever was.
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Why, because you are talking about Brett favre and Cassel. Everybody knows who Brett Favre is.
Great game by Matt, but he doesn't have Brett Favre's massive ego.
Why would that bother any one.
It wasn't quite like the memorable Brett Favre Monday night game a few years back, when the future Hall of Fame quarterback overcame the personal tragedy of losing his father to toss four touchdown passes against the Raiders, but what Matt Cassel did was nearly as impressive.
Six days after Cassel's father Greg passed away, the New England Patriots quarterback, who wasn't a sure thing to play, duplicated Favre's four-touchdown effort and led his team to 35 first-half points en route to a 49-26 statement win.
I'd bet Matt's first season starting is more successful than Brett Fart's ever was.
But then I read Eric Karabell's article on Cassel's fantasy numbers on ESPN, and he said this:
I wish Karabell could explain the difference and then I'd know why one performance was more impressive than the other. It would simply be sufficient to say, Favre is a NFL icon. Period. Stop. No need to compare them and say one man's comeback after losing his father was more impressive than the other's.
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I'm not sure that this says anything about the future, but Matt is definitely in good company when it comes to his first season...so far.
Favre started 13 games in 1992, the Pack's record in those games was 8--5 (.615). He threw for 3,227 yards, 18 TD's and 13 INT's, completing 302 of 471 Pass Attempts (64.1%). His Pass Rating was 85.3. He was sacked 34 times for a total loss of 208 yards. He ran for 198 yards and fumbled 12 times. He scored 1 TD. The Pack's offense was ranked 17th in terms of Points Scored and 15th in terms of Total Yards. The Pack did not go to the Playoffs.
So far, in 2008, Cassel has started or played nearly all of 14 games. The Pats record in those games is 9--5 (.643). He has thrown for 3,270 yards, 18 TD's and 11 INT's, completing 301 of 472 Pass Attempts (63.8%). His Pass Rating is 87.1. He has been sacked 44 times for a total loss of 202 yards. He has run for 232 yards and fumbled 6 times. He has scored 2 TD's. The Pat's offense is ranked 7th in terms of Points Scored and 6th in terms of Total Yards. The Pats are in contention for a Playoff spot, but have not yet won one.
Brady started 14 games in 2001, the Pat's record in those games was 11--3 (.786). He threw for 2,483 yards, 18 TD's and 12 INT's, completing 264 of 413 Pass Attempts (63.9%). His Pass Rating was 86.5. He was sacked 41 times for a total loss of 216 yards. He ran for 43 yards and fumbled 12 times. He scored 0 TD's. The Pats went to the Playoffs and won the SB. The Pat's offense was ranked 6th in terms of Points Scored and 19th in terms of Total Yards.
Did everyone forget the Kicker of the Bears whose 2 month old son died in his crib earlier in the season and then he played in their next game just a few days later and kicked the game winning field goal for Da Bears?
NOW THAT BEATS FAVRE AND CASSEL'S STORIES!