Doesn't he?  He doesn't make the big mistake INT but he never throws it down field much until the end of the game when he has to.  They also both like to hang on to the ball in the pocket for waaay too long.  Still he puts you in position to win, but you would never count on him to win you games on his own.  Thats not a bad thing, but seriously I wouldn't pay Huard $60 mil for 6 years and I'm still upset we did the same for Cassel.  Like Huard, Cassel is an elite backup qb.  Maybe a slightly above average starting qb.  I say unless you have a top tier qb, you don't lock yourselves down to him for the long haul.

Other observations.

Legget and Albert have seriously regressed this year.  Which got me thinking.  Has ANY player actually made any significant improvement from last year???  Seems like all our players have regressed for the most part.  Flowers might be the only improved young player on our team.

Also I found it hysterical that we chose to run our first wildcat play of the year the week AFTER we traded Tyler Thigpen.  Haley isn't utilizing our talent to their ability.  Good coaches make average players look great by putting them in position to play.  (Schottenheimer, Vermeil, ...Gailey (Thigpen)............

Scott Pioli and Todd Haley have not been perfect and for the most part I'm happy with them.  Here are the cold hard reasons for why we should still be deeply concerned:

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