Matt Cassel is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Cassel in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Cassel's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Matt Cassel

1× Pro BowlTop 34% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2008 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008 Team Carrier · #267

Career Value · VORP

86 career value over replacement — #1380 all-time of 4,695. 8.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet56% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #230 (Rd 7) · NE · 2005 · +30.2 vs expected KV-H

49actual

18.8 expected · Δ+30.2

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Snap Counts						Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2005	23	NE	2	—	13	24	54.2%	183	2	1	8.3	4.2	7.6	7.4	2.0	89.4	1	6	13	0	2.2	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	24	NE	5	—	5	8	62.5%	32	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	—	70.8	3	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	25	NE	5	—	4	7	57.1%	38	0	1	0.0	14.3	5.4	-1.0	0.0	32.7	0	4	12	1	3.0	25.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	26	NE	16	—	328	518	63.3%	3,693	21	11	4.1	2.1	7.1	7.0	1.9	89.2	44	76	271	2	3.6	2.6	23	30.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	27	KC	15	—	272	494	55.1%	2,924	16	16	3.2	3.2	5.9	5.1	1.0	69.9	42	50	196	0	3.9	0.0	6	12.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
2010	28	KC	15	—	262	450	58.2%	3,116	27	7	6.0	1.6	6.9	7.4	3.9	93.0	26	33	125	0	3.8	0.0	5	15.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	29	KC	9	—	160	269	59.5%	1,713	10	9	3.7	3.3	6.4	5.6	1.1	76.6	22	25	99	0	4.0	0.0	5	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	-4	0	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—	0
2012	30	KC	9	—	161	277	58.1%	1,796	6	12	2.2	4.3	6.5	5.0	0.5	66.7	19	27	145	1	5.4	3.7	12	44.4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	31	MIN	9	—	153	254	60.2%	1,807	11	9	4.3	3.5	7.1	6.4	1.2	81.6	16	18	57	1	3.2	5.6	3	16.7	0	459	80.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	32	MIN	3	—	41	71	57.7%	425	3	4	4.2	5.6	6.0	4.3	0.8	65.8	6	9	18	0	2.0	0.0	1	11.1	0	141	76.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	33	BUF / DAL	9	—	119	204	58.3%	1,276	5	7	2.5	3.4	6.3	5.2	0.7	70.6	14	15	78	0	5.2	0.0	4	26.7	0	418	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	34	TEN	4	—	30	51	58.8%	284	2	2	3.9	3.9	5.6	4.6	1.0	71.0	5	4	3	0	0.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	98	38.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	35	TEN	2	—	25	42	59.5%	162	1	2	2.4	4.8	3.9	2.2	0.5	55.9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77	72.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	36	DET	2	—	7	17	41.2%	59	0	1	0.0	5.9	3.5	0.8	0.0	26.3	1	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	23	15.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	105	—	1,580	2,686	58.8%	17,508	104	82	3.9	3.1	6.5	5.9	1.3	78.4	207	271	1,034	5	3.8	1.8	64	23.6	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	-4	0	50.0%	-4.0	-2.0	—	0

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A quality quarterback with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 86 · #1380 · High-Value

Worth 86 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 30% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.3

Avg surplus

peak +29

6 seasons × ~14.3 surplus ≈