It’s that simple. Close isn’t going to cut it. He needs to put one of these next two teams away when they have them on the ropes. That’s the only way to diffuse this situation and that’s precisely how Haley wants it.

He’s done it before with the Pats. Now he has to do it with the Chiefs. It’s that simple.

Of course, that attempted onside kick was a momentum killer. Parcells was famous for those too, and more than 0.500 of the time, they bit his own team in the azz. Haley has to stop that cute shit and play honest football, and then see if Cassel can win.

The guy is a crazy competitor and he wears it on his sleeve. We don’t have a QB who shows the competitive spirit or leadership qualities that Matt C. has shown in only one game. I feel like we are in good hands with him as our QB if for no other reason, his drive to win.

Once he get’s rolling in this offense, we are going to be a force to reckon with. especially if our defense keeps showing the improvement they’ve shown so far. This team is going nowhere but up.

I continue to read some of these peoples comments. Matt C was out for damn near 3 weeks. He comes back in and was a little rusty. I have family in Nebraska and Boston therefore I follow the Bo Sox and Huskers. When David Ortiz went 0-37, did they boo him? NO, they stood up everytime he walked up to the plate and cheered “PAPI PAPI”. Yes, Ortiz has a track record therefore they weren’t all riding a ray of hope, I understand that. Bill Callahan ran our IMACULATE 25 years old Tom Osborne built tradition into the ground with his West Coast Offense that was going to revolutionize the program. 3 years later after miserable seasons, still sell out after sell out.

I know I am comparing granny smith apples to fuji apples (sports is sports, so im not comparing apples to oranges) however through a broad lense its all the same. The bandwagon for anit-Cassel/Hayley/Pioli is getting pretty full, which means there will be room right next to me EVERY week rooting for my Chiefs! Get down with your bad self KC, dont listen to these idiots.

…and if Brodie sneeze hard he will be on IR for the rest of the year—Haley I’d pitchfork

That is some really tired shit. He has played quite a bit and played a full game against arguably the best defense in football w/o any kind of injury and he has taken some NASTY shots along the way. People need to get over the injury concerns because he has shown some toughness so far this season. Also, that shot he took last year against NE was really really bad. it would have knocked out most QBs in the NFL.

The bottom line to me is that he is a Chiefs QB, he has played relatively well and I think we should support him until he does something to merit all the criticism. I’m not saying we should be crowning him king or anything like that but, damn you guys can be harsh at times.

Was is a mistake giving him 60 million dollars? Maybe. He has to live up to that now and it’s going to be hard to do without having any offensive weaopons.

he looked great, just was a tad rusty on timing

shocking that this comes up every day…..when he proves people wrong itll be a great day…1 game and people are taking Haley dodging questions as Cassel is in trouble

trading a second for Cassel allowed us to take Jackson in the 1st round. If Cassel can pull his weight, that gives us starting-caliber players at two important positions. Had we drafted Sanchez, we would have to hope Magee develops into a great DE (not that Jackson has proven to be “great” yet). I still agree with the move. However, I would have maybe waited until midseason to sign Cassel to a huge, long-term contract (though the contracts being renegotiated for other QBs may have driven up the price considerably if we wanted to sign him later).

The only argument I could see being made about the No. 3 pick is that we maybe didn’t pick the right defensive player… Raji and Curry both have a lot of talent, but so far, Jackson has about the same production as Curry and Raji has been injured… and pass rushing was a huge need. I agree with the pick, personally.

I think it’s interesting to note that the jets have perhaps the most talented offensive line in football and the chiefs have one of the worst. Cassel was off on a couple of throws, had a couple of drops, but still looked very good despite a spotty performance by the o-line. They weren’t terrible (other than those drive-killing penalties), but they sure weren’t great. Cassel didn’t get rattled. I also liked that he had no problem speaking up when they were slow to get plays in. He seems like a true leader.

Sanchez is a good piece for the Jets – they already had a stong offensive line, a good defense, and a good running game. All they needed was a guy who could make accurate throws and not make too many mistakes. That’s great. I’ll be interested to see what happens if and when another team can get pressure on him.

It is interesting to note, by the way, that Brady has not looked so good and has been hit kind of a lot these first two weeks. Maybe those sacks Cassel took last year had less to do with him and more to do with an declining offensive line.

I mean yeah, sure, we might be saving money in the long run if Cassel turns out to be amazing this year. But if he is just average, as is probably expected his first year with this O-line and WR group, we would have been better off paying him the 14 mil this year and locking him up for a cheaper contract. There was no harm in waiting. Heck, they could have waited halfway through the season, see how he did, and THEN signed him to $60 mil. I didn’t understand the benefit in signing him so early.

Next year is an un-capped year so some of these salaries could get way out of hand. I believe part of the reasons Haley and Pioli are playing musical players in-season is because they really need to know who to lock up long term before the uncapped year in 2010.

His stats aren’t overly impressive. He just landed on a team that plays good defense and has a solid O-line. He has a lot of talent around him… Cassel doesn’t.

And all of these ignorant clowns that are clammoring for Brodie Croyle or suggesting a quarterback controversy need to stop. For the first time in my life as a Chiefs fan, I felt like we had a big league quarterback. He’s got heart, he’s got an arm, he’s accurate, and he simply wants to win and you can see that in his face. So what if he threw two picks… Huff made a diving grab on one and the other was overthrown… It was his first game back in three weeks, and he still made plays, he just doesn’t have a playmaker to throw the ball to, but over this season, it appears that he and his WRs will get on the same page and continue to improve.

I would’ve loved for KC to come away with that win, and they should’ve, but Cassel is the least of our problems. This team just needs a win, and I bet they get that win against Philly on Sunday and Cassel has a huge day.

First off I LIke both Qb’s, but here’s my take on it. With Cassel you get a guy who the Gm knows and has been around. work ethic, talent ect. A guy that has had an oppertunity to sit and learn from one of the best.
With Sanchez you get a ton of talent but a ton of unknowns to go with it. Its easy to say we should’ve drafted him, but had he not started out on fire, it would’ve been just as easy to we dodged a bullit.
I hope both Qb’s find success with there teams, but as a chiefs fan I think they made the right choice