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And so the "Matt Cassel to KC" Rumors Begin...
As if they hadn't started already...
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/f...&position=also Matt Cassel draws interest TAMPA - They might not have been one of the two Super Bowl participants last night, but the Patriots [team stats] still generated a lot of talk on Radio Row during the week. With Matt Cassel making the rounds, there was plenty of speculation on how much interest he would draw should the Pats apply the franchise tag and then trade him. The pundits’ top pick to land Cassel in that scenario is Kansas City. Obviously, the Scott Pioli factor weighs heavily in that choice, with the Pats former vice president of player personnel now calling the shots for the Chiefs. “I’d really look at Pioli down there in Kansas City. Why wouldn’t he want him?” Sirius NFL radio analyst Jim Miller said. “He knows what the kid is capable of doing. So I think he’d be on their radar.” Miller, like most analysts, doesn’t see the crop of quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft as particularly appealing. That boosts the draw for Cassel, especially if Pioli decides he’s not satisfied with the collection of QBs he inherited after taking over the job. “I don’t think this is a strong quarterback draft. Everybody is saying Matthew Stafford of Georgia and Mark Sanchez of USC are going to go in the Top 10. I don’t believe that,” Miller said. “I don’t think those guys are ready. And I don’t think you’ll see the type of success guys like Matt Ryan or Joe Flacco had. They just haven’t played enough. So I can’t see teams wanting them. “But if Kansas (City) were to make that deal, that’s their Matt Ryan. That’s their Joe Flacco. Unlike a Sanchez, for instance, they know he’s playing at a starter’s level. So to them, I think it’d be worth it to do. They’d get their starting quarterback, they know what he’s capable of doing, and they’ve seen him win games at the NFL level.” Other experts, meanwhile, aren’t sure Pioli would want to deal with his former boss right out of the gate. Some other teams figuring to make a pitch for Cassel include the New York Jets, Detroit, Minnesota, San Francisco, Carolina, Tampa Bay and Chicago. As for what Cassel would land in a trade, there were differing opinions. Miller, for one, thought he would cost a second-round draft choice. The decision to trade or keep Cassel will ultimately depend on Tom Brady [stats]’s health. While reports have him on target to play in the season opener, he still has a few hurdles to clear before that point following reconstructive surgery on his left knee and a subsequent staph infection. “I think a lot is going to depend on where Kevin O’Connell is in his development. If they feel they can move Matt to benefit their team, they’ll do it,” said Miller, a one-time Pats backup quarterback. “It’s rolling the dice on Tom and whether he’s healthy, and two, can they do it with Kevin O’Connell? The question they have to ask is if O’Connell is as capable of what they have in Matt Cassel?” |
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You're generalizing. Do all first-time starters pan out? No. Do all longtime starter pan out? No. But to make your case, you bring up guys like Eli and Big Ben and conveniently leave out the long list of "blah" like Vince Young and Joey Harrington and David Carr. And you bring up failures like Frank Reich and Scott Mitchell but you don't bring up successes like Steve Young and Kurt Warner. First round draft picks are better bets, but if you ask me, one of the reasons they succeed at a higher rate is that teams give them every last opportunity to succeed, whereas later round picks are given every last opportunity to fail. So when Eli Manning has a bum year, they give him another year to work it out. But when a 6th round pick has the audacity to have a good year, a team gives them a very short hook. QBs typically take 3 years to develop, and you rarely ever see a non-first or second round pick get more than 1 year. Last edited by chiefzilla1501; 02-03-2009 at 10:02 PM.. |
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I have a question... would you be comfortable drafting Bradford of Tebow had they declared?
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Because he was a backup in College and the NFL. Prior to last year, Cassell hadn't started a game since HIGH SCHOOL. That's why he's considered a longtime backup. That's why so many don't want him. That's why there's more questions about him than not.
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I can handle that some don't want him for his arm strength. That's something that concerns me too. But I'm sick of this mentality that fans have to entirely discredit any accomplishment a guy has because he's a guy they don't want. He was a solid QB last year, and he's inexperienced enough to still have upside. How high that upside is debatable, but based on the consensus here, people seem to think he's peaked in one season and that nothing he accomplished last yera means anything because of his supporting cast, and that's being a little unrealistic. |
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We've had this argument last year and this year. In these TWO years, IMO, pre-draft evidence has not shown a top 5 QB available. I don't care much for Stafford, but I would like Sanchez if somehow we could trade down to the 8-12 range. |
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When I think of Matt Cassel, I think of Steve Bono.
Bono, like Cassel, wasn't the starter in college, was drafted in the sixth round, who, when he got a chance to start for a team laden with talent looked like a viable NFL QB. Sure, when he came to the Chiefs, he went to a pro bowl, but he was a mediocre QB. I see Cassel being essentially the same guy. |
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Why don't you show us a reasonable trade package that would allow us to move down to 8?
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