Matt Cassel's Appendectomy May Give Brodie Croyle Shot At First Win

I truly hope I eat my words next week

Hopefully i’m wrong as usual. I really think this will be a motivator for the team.

and he said as long as Cassel feels ok, he doesnt see any reason why he wouldnt be able to play this weekend

This is the best team he has ever been a part of, but he also hasn’t played since the beginning of last year.

Nfl total access just reported that Cassel is expected to play sunday and a doctor just said there is no problem with him playing as long as he feels he can play. he also said that all this shit is overrated and he wont explode or start bleeding and shit and that he will be fine. The healing is all about the scars nothing inside.

yet cannot look away

He was pretty good.

Got to keep the faith… but hoping Brodie does not get hurt as he tends to do so well when he step on the field…

WTF!

…that Brodie will do just fine.

We will not, nor will the Chargers, hear that Cassel is out until Sunday.

The team will prep for Brodie, and as they’ve done with the o-line, the tight end, the secondary… It is now “Next Man In”.

We haven’t been privy to practice rep reports… We can only assume that Brodie is a pro. That he has prepared like a pro. And that like the rest of the team, will be ready to go when called upon.

It is unfortunate that Matt is out, but I’m comfortable with Brodie.

TD

No wories guys.

I had an emergency appendectomy when I was 12 and I was out of commission for a few weeks. Granted I was 12 and it was a ruptured appendix, but either way if he plays on Sunday he’s one tough dude.

If croyle plays, needless to say, the pretty decent run defense of the charges will now key on the run against us. We can’t realistically expect croyle to play well enough to win this game for us. Worse news I’ve heard all week, by far

If croyle plays, needless to say, the pretty decent run defense of the charges will now key on the run against us. We can’t realistically expect croyle to play well enough to win this game for us. Worse news I’ve heard all week, by far

If croyle plays, needless to say, the pretty decent run defense of the charges will now key on the run against us. We can’t realistically expect croyle to play well enough to win this game for us. Worse news I’ve heard all week, by far

Here’s the video of the NFL Network interview with a doctor about when Cassel might be back.

But ive been waiting to see what Croyle could do with THIS offense…it also give the Chiefsa chance to showcase Croyle for trades…there will be a lot of teams looking for a QB next yr……may be able to trade him for something worthwhile…many consider Croyle as one of the best back up in the NFL….

He said that IF he has no pain, no clotting, etc. he will release him from the hospital. I think it’s pretty much going to be Brodie starting at the dolts.

So a loss hurts, but not the end of the world

….expect to see Croyle. I am sure that this Coaching Staff will have a plan that covers all contingencies. If Croyle plays,Croyle has had more time to grow and learn since last start even though he has had no game reps. Plus he has so many more weapons and a much more coheisive offense that can man up around him.

 If Cassel is available, so much the better. Don’t forget the D is now better than when Croyle last played as well. A 3 and out will not mean we won’t see ball again till next quarter or 7 points. Which ever comes first.

I’m not really sure why, but I think I will now go consult Mr. Daniels. Jack might be able to make me understand why this is such a fortuitous turn of events.

Before I go all conspiracy theory I’d like to know if he’s known about this for a while.

We need to get lucky. Both with Cassel’s injury and whatever we have to do without him.

that this game is going to come down to special teams and defense. Lets hope both units can get some points for us.

If we can finish the race in first place, we can win!

Will they still be filled with Cassel sucks! comments?

It’s not like we had Cassel airing it out all the time. It’ll still be short-intermediate relatively simple passes once we establish the run. They might try and stack the box so Dex in the slot with some quick throws can eliminate that fairly quickly.

I put as much on the rest of the skill positions to raise their game as much as I do having Croyle play his best. As long as he doesn’t turn it over we should be in this game.

I think that this happening is at a very bad time no doubt. We win, we are in playoffs, we lose then comes the nasty tie potentially. We are not going to risk further injury to Cassel, just not going to happen. Croyle will be starting this Sunday. The Dolts will be preparing to stuff our run and if they do that then they will be after the QB (Brodie). If I am a believer that Brodie is a decent back up QB which I think he is ( hell of an arm) then if I were the Charlie.. I would go to that game passing first! Set the tone a bit that we aren’t afraid to pass with him, then run. Just have an awful feeling that the dolts are going to do everything to stop the run first. Just an opinion. I do agree with what someone above said as well.. time to bring the tricks out a bit.. Maybe have MCc pass a ball even. Something to throw at their defense.

Scary time. I had mine removed and yes people heal differently and the procedures are much better then back in the day. Very small incisions (3 I had) with the biggest one at 6. Just above your junk, one in about the middle between your belly button/right hip and one very small one actually in the belly button. Really not a bad deal unless it erupted, then we have issues for sure.

Anyways, Have faith I suppose. I will have my beer and food and nothing but CHIEFS in front of me. Better record than I had anticipated originally, so GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!

who is as good as or nearly as good as the starter. Brodie can win with what he has around him now. As long as Brodie doesn;t get hurt, we will be just fine. I think Brodie can easily engineer a win against the Chargers.

Croyle steps in, lights it up & all of sudden a “rusty” Cassel returns after 2-3 weeks to a “quarterback controversy”!

but I was 10 years old. I’m sure the pain tolerance is a lot different between a little kid and professional athlete. That being said, it hurt like hell the first couple of days where I could barely move. After that I didn’t have too many problems getting around.

Second, I like Croyle’s arm and release of the ball. He hasn’t played in a game for a very long time. I can see a ton of blitzes and the Chargers stacking the box to prevent the run. They will get to Croyle and make him beat them.

the biggest issue for cassel is the amount of pain he’s going to be in. that’s it. a lot of times there’s not even any incision or staples or anything….if it’s laproscopic that is.

to quote Karl Mecklenburg, “Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.” So basically, tackle and we win the game.

he likely won’t be 100%. So what do we take? Croyle at 100% but unknown? Cassel at 75%….50%…..

Early in the season, before Cassel apparently came of age as a QB, I posited the notion that I’d like to see Croyle get a shot at starting a couple of games. Reminds me of the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for”. If Haley/Weiss don’t go totally conservative, i think Croyle can be effective. If we have a game plan similar to last week’s, we’re in for some serious hurt.

Nothing can stop Croyle now…except for maybe a knockdown

is that we should be able to plug the next guy in line into any position and not change what we are doing or the results. We will see.

and at full health. All of our starters except for Cassel anyways, that’s at least better then nothing.

We have the #1 run offense and their is still defense and special teams. Not all on the QB. I trust the coaching staff too. The Chiefs will still won bc they are the better “team”.

Lots of negativity on this board. I wouldn’t write off the Chiefs, Croyle, or the Coaching staff. Won’t be easy, but no divisional game is.

Time to slam the door on the Chargers and there are multiple ways to do so on Sunday.

the picture at the top of the mothership front page is hilarious. look at leonard pope

He has never had this balanced of a team around him. There is no question that his arm is better than Cassel’s and with the better protection I think we could see something good. Gannon-Grbac part 2 here we come

Guess we’ll find out. Still, of all the games for him to miss, it’s the one where I had his jersey picked out to wear on sunday…

Maybe they are setting up a “oh man, do you remember when Matt Cassel took us into the playoffs three days after having surgery.” “Oh hell yeah, that was awesome!” “That was the beginning of the dynasty!”

He did good against Baltimore last year who were one of the top defenses. and he had absolutely no run game and our defense was horrible. yet we came awful close to winning that game. Show us what you got Brodie

We have an offensive system that is much more comfortable/supportive than anything Croyle has ever had. He may be a bit behind in the rate at which he moves through his progressions, but as long as we can run effectively and Croyle can avoid turnovers and throw it away instead of getting sacked, we will win. We may not win solidly (I don’t see Croyle being as effective against the blitz) but if we avoid penalties, this team can win on the road.

1. Only films of Brodie available for SD are him running Herm’s offense…ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

2. No pressure – Thigpen not breathing down his neck.

3. Pictures of wife will be back in the paper.

The passing offense will be more explosive this week with Croyle at QB. He might make some mistakes and might not be as consistent as Cassel, but I think the passing offense has more explosive plays than with Cassel.

The Chiefs will play action on the first play and Croyle will chuck it deep.

We should expect him to lace em get on the field and lead the team to a victory.
I’m sure he expects no less of himself.

okay reality………
Should probably expect an interception and two or three sacks.
55-65% completion percentage (yds largely depends on Haley and the score)
1 or 2 TD’s – I think 2
Expect Haley to try to force the run even with eight in the box.
Expect no passes on 1st down if we are leading or the score is tied.
Expect a trick play or two (Haley will think we need it to win). we dont

here at the end of the season so they could make some decisions about him. Let’s face it, he could probably take the starting QB jobs in Arizona or Carolina tomorrow. And probably SF as well.

The good news in all of this is that it happened early in the week so Croyle gets an opportunity to work with the starting offense and has a chance to get some timing down with the receivers. It also gives Weis and Haley a chance to reshape the offensive game plan to better fit him. It will be interesting to see how this goes. I expect the Chargers to blitz the crap out of him and try to put him on the bench as well, based on his history. But I’m assuming Weis has coached him as well, so it will be interesting to see how he plays – I don’t believe there’s any chance Cassel is out there this weekend.

First off let me start that I think Matt Cassel is a good quarterback with growing flares of greatness thanks to Charlie Weis.

I think Brodie has grown up alot since we seen him in action last. I think he put into this system can have a great outcome. Our line can protect him and he can throw a deep, hard ball to Tucker or Dexter. I think Moeaki and Bowe will have double coverage alot and with the right reads Brodie could destroy the Chargers defense. He the go zone he can throw the dink and dunk passes all day.

The way I look at it is the Chargers will be convinced that we will run all day because our backup QB and receivers don’t have timing and everything down. I think our passing game would surprise them better if Croyle was under center.

Outcome: Chiefs still win.