Report: Chiefs QB Matt Cassel Could Be Out 2-4 Weeks with Injured MCL

Will get the starting nod in Cassel’s absence. We need to find out if he can stay healthy and if he can I think he is a much better QB than Thigpen. I was totally unimpressed with Thiggy last night. I want to see more of Guttierez too. He looks like he has a pro style arm.

as bad as they have looked so far, Thigpen at least can run for his life.

I have total trust in Haley but do you think its still up in the air about the starter in week one?

i just bought a Cassel jersey last week

don’t normally give the Chiefs a second thought. He only thinks Thigpen will take over because he came in after Cassel last night. I would put my money on Croyle, assuming he isn’t injured by week one.

I don’t care which of the 3 it is, but I think the decision cannot wait until after Thursday night. The team has 2 weeks to get whomever the QB will be in synch with the number 1 offense. We can’t waste 4 days of prep with a B/U QB controversy. I hope Coach comes out tomorrow afternoon and names the week 1 guy.

I am hopeful and all but I feel like this season is going to be really long.

was Livinston a similar QB to Dawson?

to start thinking about who KC will choose as the #1 overall pick in the 2010 draft?

To me, Looney’s report seems to be saying Cole doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

I do ? (question) Cole’s “source” as he also claims Thigpen will take over 4 cassel. I still believe there is plenty of competition 4 chiefs #2 QB

To me he is saying Cole saying Thigpen is the starter is not necessarily true because Croyle, not Guitterrez and most definately not Thigpen, is the more prepared to start.

and here’s my thoughts behind this. If he comes back in Week 3, that gives the front office time to bring in some more offensive line talent. If they do When they do, it’ll take some practice time and live action for them to gel and become a cohesive unit. If they can upgrade the line and give them plenty of practice time and a couple games to unite, then the situation improves for Cassel’s return.

We have to find out if we have depth behind the starters. This will let us know if Croyle is capable of staying on his feet and playing. It’s all just part of the process.

He’s not following the chiefs and doesn’t know the QB situation. Brodie outplayed all the QB’s in camp, no way thigpen starts over him. Idk why the hell he would be the number 2, unless they’re trying to prove his value for jacksonville but that’d be dumb.

Chiefs go 5-11

What do we do if whoever comes in plays lights out against a defense like Baltimore’s? That would almost be worse than him sucking.

Unlikely. I don’t think this is credible just a guess because it was clearly a sprain not a tear. I couldve guessed 2-4 weeks too if it were a spain because if its a grade one it will be two weeks and if its a grade two it will be up to four weeks.

I like the erroneous addition of “It will require no surgery”. Really? A sprain wont require surgery? I’ve had my share of knee injuries and Matt popped up immediately and couldve hobbled off on it own. It isnt serious and the report at the game was he was likely going to be out next week but be ready for the start of the season and I would think thats more accurate.

of thigpens TD’s were to TG? because he doesn’t have that crutch this year to make him look better than he is

this pisses me off i got tickets to the raiders game and i wont be able to see cassel :,(

wat are the chances cassel is ready for the raiders game everyone?

god i hope so i was so pumped for that game and if he misses itll feel like a lackluster game …cause im so tired of seeing that clown thigpen!!

good im tired of seeing that midget clown thigpen!!..i hate that little sneer and confusion look on this face of how he overthru his receiver by a mile!!

I’m not sure sure we really have it all that good. Our #1a guy goes down so now we have to take a hard look at what we have.

Croyle looks good on paper, but he’s paper thin. Can’t seem to step up into that leadership role or stay healthy.

Thigpen, forced the team to change its offensive strategy and still only won 2 games. He has no pocket presence and no throwing accuracy.

Gutierrez looked like the Patriot’s #2 in last years preseason. We really have no idea why he got bumped to #3 behind Cassel and then was released this year. No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look good. Makes you wonder if we’re missing something. He’s looked pretty good in the limited amount of action we’ve given him. Could this guy end up being our starter for the season opener? Yikes!

Oh, let’s not forget the bumbling O-line and poor TE blocking.

Croyle is a better QB for our offense. Everyone bitching about him being injury prone should just let him play and then be happy if he gets hurt and Tyler comes in. Either way it will only hopefully be 2 games. Either Croyle stepps in, plays good, shows toughness…or he gets hurt, Thigpen comes in, and we replay last year for a game or 2.

to believe this Yahoo report? I don’t think Pioli and Haley would let the real info out, at least not to someone at Yahoo Sports. I’ll believe it when I hear Haley say it.

I almost thought this thread was the first quarter open thread to the game with as many comments that are in here. I was going to challenge Patrick Allen’s no.1 spot. So I’m disappointed. I coulda been a contender, I coulda been a champion.

I agree with some of the others in that we don’t know how accurate this report is just yet. This may just be speculation, so we don’t know anything for sure.

If they do sit Cassel for Baltimore they will not start Thigpen. Not after after that joke of a performance last night. You could see the disgust on Haley’s face after Thiggy’s repeated mistakes. I remember one play in particular where Thigpen botched a screen pass badly. Haley had the exact same reaction as I did. There was another where he had a receiver wide open and he couldn’t hit him even though he had run towards the sideline and had no pressure on him at all.

Bottom line, Haley isn’t going to throw the playbook out the window for Thigpen like they did last year. If the kid can’t cut it in their system then he’s of no use to us. I think he’s proved without a doubt that he’s just worthless without the Arrowspread, and even then he’s still inconsistent. Plus now he doesn’t have his TG blankie.

If needed, I believe Croyle starts at Baltimore. He’s actually able to run the offense, while Thigpen can’t even come close. If he goes down (which is a real possibility) then maybe we can finally close the Brokie book for good after the season is over.

If that does happen, I’ll take G-man over Thigpen any day. You could notice a real difference (actually resembling a real NFL offense) when he finally replaced Thiggy on Saturday. I really can’t see Thigpen making the 53. I think he’s gone, either by trade or cut.

Yes, he did have some significant success last year and made the games almost watchable for us. I was a fan of his too. But I think he proved that he can’t run an offense that’s not tailored specifically for him. He was just beyond awful.

I’m not a fan of Croyle either, but it seems that he’s clearly the better option if they don’t go to the Arrowspread.

I think Thigpen is the better start in Week 1 obviously because we are going to need a mobile QB to get out the pocket . The threat of Thigpen running is enough to give him the nod week 1. He can make plays with his feet- nuff said. Being a WR, once you see the QB rush out of hte pocket you are supposed to move towards your QB’s zone. Broken routes may turn into touchdowns if we get lucky…and we are going to have to be VERY lucky, but hey, I can see Bowe running through Fabian Washington and Samari Rolle no problem. Just gotta watch out for Eddddddd.