*Granted last night's game was a fiasco, and we could all crash the Panic Party going on over the way the backup QB's have looked. We could envy all those other towns who are carrying experienced, veteran guys on the roster. But I can't get passed the notion that "If our starting QB goes down we won't have much of a drop off" is just a euphemism for "Our starting QB blows."

*Matt Cassel looks like the number two. Well at least he played like number two. Thanks for coming. Tip your waitress.

*It's hard to evaluate Cassel's night. He didn't look good, obviously. The moment he's taken his drop and planted his feet, he either appears to get happy feet and starts bouncing out of the pocket, or he locks his eyes on a receiver like it's the slo-mo teens-falling-in-love-at-the-dance scene from a John Hughes movie. You obviously can't get away with that in the NFL, but if Cassel's going to zero in on somebody, why not just make Randy Moss his Molly Ringwald and throw it to him every time? Throwing to him on every down ought to be enough to move the chains once in a while.

*But somehow Cassel's passing numbers weren't horrible, which led to a moment of unintentional comedy when Sterling Sharpe said "There's been nothing good about Matt Cassel's night. Nothing." then they flashed his numbers, 6 for 8, 57 yards. If Brettfavre had had those stats, NFL Net would've handed him a dozen roses.

*There's been no word as to whether Carmella DeCesare wanted Brettfavre over Jeff Garcia too.

*What was more curious was the way the (essentially) first team defense looked. Granted they were absent both starting safeties and Adalius Thomas and showed their usual preseason vanilla looks, but it appeared like guys were being blown off the line fairly regularly.

*Vince Wilfork was the recipient of a lot of guard/center double teams, capping off a rough couple of weeks for beloved, heavy set black guys (RIP, Bernie and Chef).

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