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Matt Cassel’s Fantasy Outlook After Marcus Mariota’s Injury
- Updated: December 24, 2016
Matt Cassel could land back on the fantasy football radar for Week 17 after Tennessee Titans starting quarterback Marcus Mariota suffered an ankle injury Saturday during the team’s Christmas Eve clash with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Titans announced Mariota was out for the rest of the game after he suffered the injury. Jim Wyatt of Titans Online noted the QB needed to be carted off after being fitted for an air cast.
Cassel has never been able to replicate his success with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010, when he tossed 27 touchdowns with just seven interceptions across 15 games. His TD-to-INT ratio aside from that breakout campaign is merely plus-four.
That said, he’ll likely run a similar conservative offense in Tennessee as he did in Kansas City, with the Titans leaning on DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry in the running game.
Add in the fact any starter at least warrants …