Chiefs QB Cassel Familiar With Former AFC East Foe Bills

by Joel Thorman on Dec 10, 2009 4:23 PM CST in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

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Before Matt Cassel became 'Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel' he was 'New England Patriots QB Matt Cassel'. Residing in the AFC East, the Buffalo Bills are still a familiar opponent of the former AFC East quarterback.

Cassel has started and beaten the Bills on two occasions and admits that he's a little familiar with them.

"I definitely am familiar with them being in New England and being a division opponent the last four years," Cassel told reporters today. "A lot of what they do on defense hasn’t changed much, so from that standpoint, I’m familiar with them."

In Cassel's 8th start as a NFL quarterback, he and the Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 20-10 in Foxborough. His numbers are solid completing nearly 70% of his passes on 32 attempts and throwing for over 234 yards. He had no touchdowns and no turnovers.

In the final game of the 2008 season, Cassel and the Pats traveled to Orchard Park, NY in one of the windiest games in recent memory. Because of that wind, Cassel only attempted eight passes, completing six, for 78 yards. Again, he had no touchdowns and no interceptions.

While Cassel admits his familiarity with the Bills because of his time in New England, he also said that the rest of the Chiefs team may not be as familiar as he is.

"Then again," Cassel said today, "our team itself is not very familiar with them so it’s always a challenge to get up to speed with a new opponent you’re not familiar with that you don’t play much."

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redeem yourself matt.

by Chiefsfan1970 on Dec 10, 2009 4:26 PM CST reply actions

Look out Joel

A post about Cassel. He’s the Chiefs turd du jour. This is bound to be a post flambe!

Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!

by Buck'O on Dec 10, 2009 4:34 PM CST reply actions

I think Matt WILL redeem himself.

Even though he did do shitty against Denver, our #1 ADVERSARY he is a good guy and I think he is the furture QB for our team. He knows the Bills a bit and will probably let the team know what he knows about them. Come on, what guy wouldn’t do what he can (legally) to help his team win!!??
And in saying that, it will take some time like others have been saying. Maybe we are out of time this year, but there is a next year, and the year after that, and so on, and so on!
Just remember, we are working with an O-line that isn’t that great (no offense to them) this year, but there are some REALLY good Tackles and Guards comming up in this nexts years draft i.e. #1 Russell Okung OT Oklahoma State, #2 Bryan Bulaga OT Iowa, #3 Trent Williams OT Oklahoma, #4 Ciron Black OT LSU & #5 Charles Brown OT USC. I think these 5 will go in the first round!

by javim100 on Dec 10, 2009 7:00 PM CST reply actions