Matt Cassel

QB · Southern California
Positives...Well-built athlete with quick feet...Has good velocity behind his tosses, able to throw long while on the move...Throws a tight spiral in the short-to-intermediate range...Stays cool under pressure and steps up in the pocket with confidence...Has a good feel inside the pocket and relies on his quickness to get him out of trouble...Shows the football instincts to improvise when the play breaks down. Negatives...Needs to refine his technique getting to his throwing point...Makes the receivers work too much to get to the ball on deep routes...Side-arm slinger who carries the ball too low to his side, resulting in some costly fumbles...Forces the ball into traffic, mostly because of his inability to find his secondary targets as he tends to get "tunnel vision" in going to his primary receiver... Has only a functional command of the offense and marginal field vision...Does not read defenses efficiently and despite his quickness, he is no danger for a defense as a scrambler...Long tosses tend to float and sail.