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Hyperbole knows no bounds for Cassel

By Bill Simmons
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Friday, November 14, 2008

I officially talked myself into the Matt Cassel Era while watching Thursday night's Jets-Pats game at the Riviera in New York. And not because he exploded for 38 fantasy points or made that ridiculously clutch throw to Randy Moss to send the game into overtime. It's because I "hyperboled" him. When you start hyperboling (I know "hyperbole" is a noun, but just work with me) your own guys, that means you're getting attached to them. And Thursday, during another savvy Cassel scramble in the second ...

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