Matt Cassel Quotes

Quarterbacks will make plays; they always do. But I think the team that runs the ball the best will win.

I feel that a lot of people say that your best passing attack is having a good run game. I couldn't agree more with that.

It's good to be able to run and have a balanced offense. They've got to be worried about both things. They can't just focus on the run game or the passing game and have us locked down that way. So when you have balance, good things are going to happen on offense.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

Anytime we can get the running game going it is a plus for me and it makes my job a lot easier.

To me, a good running back is a good defense. A good running back helps you keep your defense off the field.

God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There's times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you're passing it.

Anytime you've got a good running back, it will help your passing game.

At some point, you're not going to be able to run the ball for 180 yards, even with the best running back in the NFL. That's when you have to be able to throw the ball.

You've got one football and a lot of times, defenses dictate where the ball goes.

What quarterback doesn't like some speed on the outside?

There are a lot of good tight ends.

Do I think I can take 20 carries now? Well, I think finally last week and this is week was probably the first time I could probably say, yeah, I could take 20 carries and go do some damage.

I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.

The reason I do not like to have much passing in my offense is that when you throw a foward pass, five things can happen and four of them are bad.

I'll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

Remember that. I ran from the line of scrimmage.

I definitely like to throw a deep post or something over the top that gives a receiver time to run under it and score a touchdown.

You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.

Would you rather have a good fullback or a good third receiver? I'll take the receiver.

Teams that can run the football, stop the run and take care of the football will win in the playoffs.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

When you play a great team like the Patriots, you can only kick so many field goals and stay in the game.