Comments on: Chiefs ink Cassel to long-term deal

By: BorisBulldog

BorisBulldog — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:06:29 +0000

Has anyone had success outside the Belichick/NE stratosphere?
Not Weiss, not Crennel maybe Mangini (23-23), but the odds don’t look real good for McDaniels/Casell!
Sorry DEN fans, but can you say, “we suck?”

By: perspective

perspective — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:13:51 +0000

Is this a great league or what? Here is a guy who never started a game since high school, got plugged into a mostly spread offense and becomes a star thanks in part to Randy Moss and Wes Welker. I hope he proves his worth. If not Pioli is off to a skewed beginning. Who are his receivers? I will credit Pioli for getting Vrabel in the trade and signing Zach Thomas. While both Vrabel and Thomas are aging, they both have a little gas in the tank. Considering the task in K.C. I’d want some experience to plug in until I could build a team. These days you usually only get a few years. Vrabel and Thomas will be excellent teachers by example. They go full speed every play. Casell is a wait and see project.

By: rsa

rsa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:58:18 +0000

Musta looked good^H^H^H^Hgreat in OTA’s!

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:39:15 +0000

The GM, the Coach, the QB in KC. I give tem all 3 years or less before Marty is rehired in KC with GM power.

By: Alpheratz

Alpheratz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:28:40 +0000

Lots of you fellas claim to know more than Pioli about the subject.
Dwelling upon that for about…….2 seconds……ought to give you good context.

By: VikingsFan23

VikingsFan23 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:59:57 +0000

Cuz We Go Hard – Cassell’s 89.4….well, that was only a 30 point drop off from Brady’s the year before. And, of course he had the luxury of a QB’s best friend in Randy Moss, who has seen just about every QB he has ever played with have a career year with him on the field. (Seriously – Cunningham, George, Culpepper, Brady)…Heck, even Kerry Collins had one of his best years in 2005 in Oakland when Moss was busy mailing it in.
Now, Dwayne Bowe is a nice WR and a legit #1, but he isn’t Moss. Whoever their #2 is isn’t Wes Welker. Their OL isn’t nearly as good as NEs. And their coaching staff probably isn’t as good either.
I’ll be surprised if Cassell EVER does 89 again, and really suspect his center of gravity will be a QB rating of 68-72.

By: Pittsburghman

Pittsburghman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:54:25 +0000

Give the guy a break!!! He’s the player lookin for money. The team owner decides what to pay for him and I have seen more money shelled out to Rookies who never even played in the League. Yeah he had New England as a receiving corps but so what he had to get the passes to them…. Not a fan of the Chiefs but I can’t wait for the Steelers to play against him again…..

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:46:23 +0000

Maybe you don’t understand the meaning of the word fluke, I’m not saying he wasn’t good last year I’m saying he won’t be anywhere as good as he was last year or any time in the future, hence…FLUKE….. ONE YEAR WONDER.

By: #28 Cuz We Go Hard

#28 Cuz We Go Hard — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:16:07 +0000

For someone named common sense you sure didn’t use it in this comment…cassel came in and finished out the season pretty damn valiantly with a rating of 89.4…

By: dunkingonuts

dunkingonuts — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:47:29 +0000

Regardless of what the final numbers are he is still getting payed way less than Matthew Stafford. What’s wrong with this picture?

By: AlanSaysYo

AlanSaysYo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:42:42 +0000

Derek Anderson is weeping quietly in a closet somewhere.

By: IISaiNtII

IISaiNtII — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:35:48 +0000

I love how a guy who’s ACTUALLY played most of a season in the NFL gets flak for getting a long-term deal, when the first-round rookies come in signing HUGE contracts.
The guy has played in the big league. If he can throw to an open NE receiver, he can throw to an open KC receiver. The teams played a similar offense last year, and that offense is going to remain in KC with Chan Gailey. Except now it isn’t something cobbled together midseason for the 3rd string QB.
Get off the hater-ade people. The guy proved he’s got what it takes to be an NFL QB for >15 games. What has Mark Sanchez shown in the NFL?

By: aaron wilson HATES comments

aaron wilson HATES comments — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:27:12 +0000

He should buy Bernard Pollard an Escalade and a bunch of hookers cause without that hit Cassel might have been doing good to have a roster spot in ’09

By: dg

dg — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:37 +0000

Tyler Thigpen is better

By: dg

dg — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:16:40 +0000

He was in the perfect system at N.E. It won’t be the case in K.C. and you’ll see all of his weaknesses exposed.

By: VikingsFan23

VikingsFan23 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:09:48 +0000

Give him his props…he knew this was his only chance to get a big money deal before getting exposed this year.
I’ll say week 10 is the over under for the return of Tyler Thigpen.

By: Professor

Professor — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:07:00 +0000

I think a long term deal is a little premature. He’s only had one successfull season and played in the luxury of the Pats offense. This could be the beginning of the end for the new KC front office.

By: KCSam

KCSam — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:05:08 +0000

Scott Mitchell

By: MontyKC

MontyKC — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:02:15 +0000

I don’t think anyone should label this as a bad deal until the dollar figures come out and Cassel is well into his 2nd year of the contract.
I don’t think you can call him a fluke when he has not proved himself a failure out of NE. He had a rather good year in a a great system.
No one can say that the Chiefs have the weapons of the Patriots and of course that should show on the Chiefs’ season. But if they put together 6 to 8 wins this year with the addition of Cassel, Pioli and Haley then you it should be said that they are on the right track.
I also think that the retention of Gaily was very important to the growth of the team. His OC job last year was innovative and productive-even under Herman’s system.

By: gameday

gameday — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:57:19 +0000

JSpicoli says:
July 14, 2009 1:41 PM
KC Chiefs just pust put all QB salary eggs in one basket.
If I were the Chefs I’d like to see him do it in KC red and not insulated by the NE talent.
As a rival to the Chiefs, I LIKE it!
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Maybe you meant to say you would like to do it in KC red and not insulated by the NE cheating?

By: DeVoodoo

DeVoodoo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:56:08 +0000

Cassel made of sand.

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:41:25 +0000

KC Chiefs just pust put all QB salary eggs in one basket.
If I were the Chefs I’d like to see him do it in KC red and not insulated by the NE talent.
As a rival to the Chiefs, I LIKE it!

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:36:27 +0000

Fluke!!