Matt Cassel

QB · NE/KC/MIN/DAL/TEN/DET · 2005–2018

Born May 17, 1982 · College USC · Drafted 2005, round 7, pick 230 (NE) · 6-4, 225 lb

Pro Bowl (2010)

EPA per dropback by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2005	NE	2	13	24	54.2	183	2	1	29	+0.037	−0.104−0.237 to +0.029	+0.76	+0.22	–	41.4	7.38	–
2006	NE	4	5	8	62.5	32	0	0	11	−0.256	−0.148−0.284 to −0.013	−0.50	−0.06	−8.2	27.3	1.55	–
2007	NE	4	4	7	57.1	38	0	1	8	−0.189	−0.109−0.245 to +0.027	−0.00	−0.00	−10.1	62.5	-1.00	–
2008	NE	16	328	518	63.3	3,693	21	11	612	+0.163	+0.140+0.052 to +0.227	+0.35	+2.12	+1.4	48.5	6.08	8
2009	KC	15	272	494	55.1	2,924	16	16	595	−0.107	−0.024−0.112 to +0.064	−0.11	−0.66	−5.0	38.7	4.27	26
2010	KC	15	262	450	58.2	3,116	27	7	513	+0.146	+0.120+0.028 to +0.212	+0.19	+1.00	−0.8	47.4	6.71	10
2010 playoffs	KC	1	9	18	50.0	70	0	3	23	−0.396		−0.43	−0.10	−5.4	30.4	-3.90	12
2011	KC	9	160	269	59.5	1,713	10	9	325	−0.046	−0.018−0.121 to +0.085	+0.27	+0.86	−1.1	40.9	4.79	29
2012	KC	9	161	277	58.1	1,796	6	12	321	−0.058	−0.026−0.129 to +0.077	−0.07	−0.22	−1.9	44.9	4.41	32
2013	MIN	9	153	254	60.2	1,807	11	9	286	−0.017	−0.014−0.120 to +0.091	+0.57	+1.64	−2.1	42.7	5.69	28
2014	MIN	3	41	71	57.7	425	3	4	85	−0.091	−0.109−0.235 to +0.016	+0.07	+0.06	−9.4	40.0	3.45	–
2015	DAL	8	119	204	58.3	1,276	5	7	244	−0.116	−0.063−0.172 to +0.046	−0.27	−0.66	−4.6	43.4	4.51	36
2016	TEN	3	30	51	58.8	284	2	2	59	−0.207	−0.124−0.253 to +0.004	−0.07	−0.04	+0.9	37.3	3.91	–
2017	TEN	2	25	42	59.5	162	1	2	51	−0.768	−0.208−0.338 to −0.079	−0.87	−0.44	−1.4	29.4	1.24	–
2018	DET	2	7	17	41.2	59	0	1	21	−0.640	−0.127−0.261 to +0.007	−0.20	−0.04	−29.0	38.1	0.06	–
Career	DET	101	1,580	2,686	58.8	17,508	104	82	3,160	−0.010		+0.12	+3.78	−2.1	43.5	5.14	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2005	NE	2	3	3	0	1.00	−0.152	66.7	−0.5	−0.02
2006	NE	4	1	5	0	5.00	+0.364	100.0	+0.4	+0.01
2007	NE	4	1	0	0	0.00	−3.654	0.0	−3.7	−0.05
2008	NE	16	17	39	1	2.29	+0.530	70.6	+9.0	+0.25
2009	KC	15	20	34	0	1.70	−0.971	18.2	−21.4	−0.37
2010	KC	15	5	16	0	3.20	+0.168	40.0	+0.8	+0.05
2011	KC	9	2	1	0	0.50	−0.921	0.0	−1.8	+0.02
2012	KC	9	9	11	1	1.22	−1.593	44.4	−14.3	−0.25
2013	MIN	9	2	6	1	3.00	+0.011	33.3	+0.0	−0.06
2014	MIN	3	2	0	0	0.00	−1.376	33.3	−4.1	−0.09
2015	DAL	8	3	-1	0	-0.33	−0.557	33.3	−1.7	−0.03
Career	DET	101	65	114	3	1.75	−0.539	40.6	−37.2	−0.54

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2009	KC	15	1	0	0	0.0	−3.176	0.2	26.0	−3.2	−0.10
2011	KC	9	1	1	-4	100.0	−1.085	0.4	-4.0	−1.1	−0.03
Career	DET	101	2	1	-4	50.0	−2.131	0.1	11.0	−4.3	−0.13

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2008	NE	16	2	–	–
2009	KC	15	4	0	0
2012	KC	9	1	0	0
2013	MIN	9	1	0	0
2017	TEN	2	1	0	0
Career	DET	101	9	0	0

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2008	NE	1	1	+19.35	+0.17−1.81 to +2.16	+14.14	100.0	0.0

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2010	Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	TEN	3	94	48.2	–	–
2017	TEN	2	77	77.8	–	–
2018	DET	2	22	15.3	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2016	59	24.5	+0.27	−0.23	2.65	–	–	–	–	–
2017	51	26.2	−0.71	−0.35	2.51	–	–	–	–	–
2018	21	23.5	−0.60	−0.83	2.58	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	2/6	14	0	1	−1.34	−4.2
16	2018-12-23	vs MIN	L 9–27	5/11	45	0	0	−0.36	−0.1

2017 game log (2 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
4	2017-10-01	@ HOU	L 14–57	4/10	21	0	2	−1.87	−0.9	1	0.0	0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ MIA	L 10–16	21/32	141	1	0	−0.43	−43.4	0	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
8	2016-10-27	vs JAX	W 36–22	1/1	10	0	0	−1.04	−0.0
16	2016-12-24	@ JAX	L 17–38	13/22	124	1	1	−0.33	−1.4
17	2017-01-01	vs HOU	W 24–17	16/26	150	1	1	−0.06	−2.6

2015 game log (8 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
7	2015-10-25	@ NYG	L 20–27	17/27	227	1	3	−0.26	−25.6	0	0	0.0
8	2015-11-01	vs SEA	L 12–13	13/25	97	0	0	−0.12	−26.6	0	0	0.0
9	2015-11-08	vs PHI	L 27–33 OT	25/38	299	3	1	+0.04	+29.0	1	6	+0.3
10	2015-11-15	@ TB	L 6–10	19/28	186	0	1	+0.01	−7.5	0	0	0.0
12	2015-11-26	vs CAR	L 14–33	13/18	93	1	0	+0.19	−0.1	0	0	0.0
13	2015-12-07	@ WAS	W 19–16	16/29	223	0	0	+0.22	+18.3	1	-10	−1.5
14	2015-12-13	@ GB	L 7–28	13/29	114	0	1	−0.56	−22.0	1	3	−0.5
15	2015-12-19	vs NYJ	L 16–19	3/8	37	0	1	−1.28	−31.6	0	0	0.0

2014 game log (3 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush EPA
1	2014-09-07	@ LA	W 34–6	17/25	170	2	0	+0.30	+8.5	2	−4.7
2	2014-09-14	vs NE	L 7–30	19/36	202	1	4	−0.32	−2.4	0	+0.6
3	2014-09-21	@ NO	L 9–20	5/10	53	0	0	+0.01	−0.1	0	0.0

2013 game log (9 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
4	2013-09-29	vs PIT	W 34–27	16/25	248	2	0	+0.58	+39.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2013-10-13	vs CAR	L 10–35	32/44	241	1	2	−0.20	−11.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2013-11-07	vs WAS	W 34–27	4/6	47	0	0	+0.20	+5.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2013-11-17	@ SEA	L 20–41	5/13	78	1	1	−0.18	−0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2013-12-01	vs CHI	W 23–20 OT	20/33	243	1	1	+0.05	+13.4	1	0	0	−1.8	1
14	2013-12-08	@ BAL	L 26–29	17/38	265	2	0	+0.21	+81.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2013-12-15	vs PHI	W 48–30	26/35	382	2	1	+0.48	+54.0	1	6	1	+1.8	0
16	2013-12-22	@ CIN	L 14–42	13/27	114	1	3	−0.89	−26.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs DET	W 14–13	20/33	189	1	1	−0.22	+6.8	0	0	0	0.0	0

2012 game log (9 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs ATL	L 24–40	21/33	258	1	2	+0.08	+24.3	2	8	1	+2.4	0
2	2012-09-16	@ BUF	L 17–35	23/41	301	2	1	−0.01	−9.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ NO	W 27–24 OT	26/43	248	0	1	−0.02	+25.9	1	2	0	+0.3	0
4	2012-09-30	vs LAC	L 20–37	24/40	251	2	3	−0.18	−22.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2012-10-07	vs BAL	L 6–9	9/14	92	0	2	−0.00	+0.6	3	2	0	−10.9	1
8	2012-10-28	vs LV	L 16–26	20/30	218	1	1	+0.00	−4.4	1	0	0	−5.4	0
9	2012-11-01	@ LAC	L 13–31	19/29	181	0	1	+0.02	+1.8	1	-1	0	−0.0	0
10	2012-11-12	@ PIT	L 13–16 OT	11/25	154	0	1	−0.26	−28.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs CIN	L 6–28	8/15	93	0	0	−0.27	−10.5	1	0	0	−0.8	0

2011 game log (9 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	vs BUF	L 7–41	22/36	119	1	1	−0.44	−14.6	0	0	0.0	1	1	-4	−1.1
2	2011-09-18	@ DET	L 3–48	15/22	133	0	3	−0.59	−5.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
3	2011-09-25	@ LAC	L 17–20	17/24	176	2	1	+0.27	−4.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
4	2011-10-02	vs MIN	W 22–17	18/29	260	1	0	+0.28	+33.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
5	2011-10-09	@ IND	W 28–24	21/29	257	4	0	+0.41	+50.8	1	1	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0
7	2011-10-23	@ LV	W 28–0	15/30	161	0	2	+0.01	+10.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
8	2011-10-31	vs LAC	W 23–20 OT	19/31	261	1	2	+0.10	+54.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
9	2011-11-06	vs MIA	L 3–31	20/39	253	0	0	−0.13	−14.2	1	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0
10	2011-11-13	vs DEN	L 10–17	13/28	93	1	0	−0.31	−23.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2010-09-13	vs LAC	W 21–14	10/21	68	1	0	−0.39	−19.6	1	5	+1.1
2	2010-09-19	@ CLE	W 16–14	16/28	176	0	2	+0.04	+0.5	0	0	0.0
3	2010-09-26	vs SF	W 31–10	16/26	250	3	1	+0.27	+18.3	0	0	0.0
5	2010-10-10	@ IND	L 9–19	16/29	156	0	0	−0.12	−15.8	0	0	0.0
6	2010-10-17	@ HOU	L 31–35	20/29	201	3	0	+0.62	+50.0	1	8	+1.3
7	2010-10-24	vs JAX	W 42–20	13/18	193	2	0	+0.66	+24.4	0	0	0.0
8	2010-10-31	vs BUF	W 13–10 OT	14/24	152	1	0	−0.10	−13.6	0	0	0.0
9	2010-11-07	@ LV	L 20–23 OT	20/35	216	2	1	+0.17	+22.4	0	0	0.0
10	2010-11-14	@ DEN	L 29–49	33/53	469	4	0	+0.20	−8.3	1	0	−0.5
11	2010-11-21	vs ARI	W 31–13	15/24	193	2	0	+0.34	+10.3	0	0	0.0
12	2010-11-28	@ SEA	W 42–24	22/32	233	4	0	+0.54	+37.4	0	0	0.0
13	2010-12-05	vs DEN	W 10–6	17/30	196	1	0	+0.04	+0.8	0	0	0.0
15	2010-12-19	@ LA	W 27–13	15/29	184	1	1	−0.01	+9.0	1	3	−0.1
16	2010-12-26	vs TEN	W 34–14	24/34	314	3	0	+0.50	+24.1	1	0	−0.9
17	2011-01-02	vs LV	L 10–31	11/33	115	0	2	−0.52	−40.4	0	0	0.0
P18	2011-01-09	vs BAL	L 7–30	9/18	70	0	3	−0.40	−10.0	0	0	0.0

2009 game log (15 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2009-09-20	vs LV	L 10–13	24/39	241	1	2	−0.13	−7.0	1	2	−0.6	0	0.0	1
3	2009-09-27	@ PHI	L 14–34	14/18	90	2	0	+0.00	−3.9	2	-1	−3.1	0	0.0	0
4	2009-10-04	vs NYG	L 16–27	15/32	127	2	0	−0.05	−5.9	2	6	−1.3	0	0.0	0
5	2009-10-11	vs DAL	L 20–26 OT	23/41	253	2	0	+0.08	+37.9	1	6	−0.1	0	0.0	0
6	2009-10-18	@ WAS	W 14–6	17/32	186	0	0	−0.15	−17.4	1	2	−0.9	0	0.0	0
7	2009-10-25	vs LAC	L 7–37	10/25	97	1	3	−0.51	−7.0	4	15	−3.2	0	0.0	0
9	2009-11-08	@ JAX	L 21–24	23/39	262	2	0	+0.07	−11.4	1	0	−1.0	0	0.0	0
10	2009-11-15	@ LV	W 16–10	19/34	216	0	1	+0.04	+4.2	3	-2	−6.6	0	0.0	1
11	2009-11-22	vs PIT	W 27–24 OT	15/30	248	2	0	−0.10	+5.3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
12	2009-11-29	@ LAC	L 14–43	19/31	178	1	1	−0.09	+0.1	2	1	−3.1	0	0.0	1
13	2009-12-06	vs DEN	L 13–44	10/29	84	0	2	−0.56	−18.1	1	0	−1.0	0	0.0	0
14	2009-12-13	vs BUF	L 10–16	26/41	224	0	4	−0.36	−56.2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
15	2009-12-20	vs CLE	L 34–41	22/39	331	2	0	+0.12	+23.6	1	5	+0.6	0	0.0	0
16	2009-12-27	@ CIN	L 10–17	22/36	180	1	2	−0.08	+2.6	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
17	2010-01-03	@ DEN	W 44–24	13/24	207	0	1	+0.03	−12.4	1	0	−1.1	1	−3.2	1

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2008-09-07	vs KC	W 17–10	13/18	152	1	0	+0.35	+5.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	–	–	–
2	2008-09-14	@ NYJ	W 19–10	16/23	165	0	0	+0.31	+19.1	1	0	0	+0.8	0	–	–	–
3	2008-09-21	vs MIA	L 13–38	19/31	131	1	1	−0.25	−12.1	0	0	0	0.0	0	–	–	–
5	2008-10-05	@ SF	W 30–21	22/32	259	1	2	+0.12	+10.3	2	6	0	−0.5	0	–	–	–
6	2008-10-12	@ LAC	L 10–30	22/38	203	0	1	−0.22	−6.0	2	2	0	+0.6	0	–	–	–
7	2008-10-20	vs DEN	W 41–7	18/24	185	3	0	+0.15	−3.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	–	–	–
8	2008-10-26	vs LA	W 23–16	21/33	267	1	2	+0.05	−3.7	0	0	0	0.0	0	–	–	–
9	2008-11-02	@ IND	L 15–18	25/34	204	0	1	+0.26	+28.5	1	2	0	+0.5	0	–	–	–
10	2008-11-09	vs BUF	W 20–10	23/34	234	0	0	+0.26	+17.1	2	0	0	−1.2	1	–	–	–
11	2008-11-13	vs NYJ	L 31–34 OT	30/48	400	3	0	+0.38	+74.3	1	2	0	+0.9	0	–	–	–
12	2008-11-23	@ MIA	W 48–28	30/43	415	3	1	+0.47	+69.2	2	14	1	+4.5	0	–	–	–
13	2008-11-30	vs PIT	L 10–33	19/39	169	0	2	−0.59	−34.9	2	1	0	+0.3	1	–	–	–
14	2008-12-07	@ SEA	W 24–21	26/44	268	1	0	+0.17	+15.2	1	3	0	+0.6	0	–	–	–
15	2008-12-14	@ LV	W 49–26	18/30	218	4	1	+0.49	+16.0	1	0	0	−0.4	0	–	–	–
16	2008-12-21	vs ARI	W 47–7	20/36	345	3	0	+0.53	+4.6	1	3	0	+0.7	0	–	–	–
17	2008-12-28	@ BUF	W 13–0	6/8	78	0	0	+0.83	+13.1	1	6	0	+2.1	0	1	+19.4	1

2007 game log (4 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ NYJ	W 38–14	–	0	0	–	0.0	1	−3.7
7	2007-10-21	@ MIA	W 49–28	0/2	0	1	−3.77	−0.0	0	0.0
8	2007-10-28	vs WAS	W 52–7	2/3	28	0	+1.25	+0.0	0	0.0
11	2007-11-18	@ BUF	W 56–10	2/2	10	0	+0.52	+0.0	0	0.0

2006 game log (4 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
11	2006-11-19	@ GB	W 35–0	–	0	−1.03	−0.0	0	0	0.0
14	2006-12-10	@ MIA	L 0–21	2/3	12	−0.83	−0.2	0	0	0.0
15	2006-12-17	vs HOU	W 40–7	3/4	20	+0.77	+0.0	0	0	0.0
17	2006-12-31	@ TEN	W 40–23	0/1	0	−0.79	−5.4	1	5	+0.4

2005 game log (2 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
4	2005-10-02	vs LAC	L 17–41	2/4	15	0	1	−1.91	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0
17	2006-01-01	vs MIA	L 26–28	11/19	168	2	0	+0.35	+22.0	3	3	0	−0.5