FOXBORO, MA — New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel said in Wednesday’s press conference that it wasn’t the Steelers’ blitz packages, the zone schemes or the cold and wet conditions that led to his poor performance in Sunday’s 33-10 loss.
Cassel loses a fumble but gains valuable fantasy points in Sunday's game against the Steelers.
“I checked my fantasy at halftime,” Cassel recalled. “I was playing Vrabes’ [Mike Vrabel] team for the last playoff spot in our league. I had Pittsburgh’s D and Houston’s kicker [Kris Brown] left and was down by twelve. He still had Andre Johnson to play Monday night. There was really no other option.”
Cassel ended up losing his fantasy game despite giving away two fumbles, throwing two interceptions, and not letting his offense get to that 13-point mark which would have knocked 2 points off of Pittsburgh’s Defense’s total score.
“If that idiot Lawrence Timmons could have scored on that ball I threw right into his lap, I would have had a shot,” Cassel added, referring to the interception he threw to the Steelers’ linebacker. Unfortunately for Cassel, Timmons was tackled at the 1 yard line.
Cassel went on to say that even though his fantasy team is out of the playoffs, he is still looking forward to week 14, citing the fact that, “the Seahawks suck. And I get to meet Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s brother in law.”
