Major ('s) ANALYSIS - FIRE 'EM - BENCH 'EM

wtg defense! finally something positive to hang our collective hats or helmets on … 2 INTs and a sack, much better than it has been

as for what is being laughably passed off as an offense … well, let’s see here: pathetic, pitiful, ridiculous, inept, insane and abhorrant (I could list more but you get the idea) … 39 yards of total offense in the first half (not counting last second garbage) … oh, let’s look at that one more time … thirty-nine yards in an entire half, are you kidding me? really? that’s it? come on, man!

down by only 10 pts at the half and even then it was apparant the game was over, garbage time and soft Chargers defense the only thing allowing the offense to manage even a semblance of moving the ball … do you know many 3 and outs we had in the first half? yeah, me either offhand and I’m not gonna go look it up, but it was way, way, way too many … 39 yards? child, please! an NFL team look THAT gawdawful has no business collecting paychecks (performance pay sure looks good right about now, imagine the savings!)

so, what next? yup, I’ll say it too … Matt, you’re an awesome guy and a great teammate for the gang and you’re tough and a competitor, but dude … that’s it, sorry man

time for Stanzi, let’s see what he has to offer … he’s not ready yet? fine, let’s put Palko the Fearless out there, maybe a lefthander will confuse the opposition

can Dex throw the ball? a veer offense might work … might be time to call Brodie and see if remembers which end of a football is which … hell, if we could get Lenny the Cool to come down from the booth it would be an improvement

and those of you thinking “but wait, look how well Matty did in the second half!” … no, not when it’s all over but the shouting and playing out the string of an inevitible loss … three strikes, you’re out!

Palko or Stanzi … grab a bat, you’re up!

90 seconds (roughly) on the clock, you’ve got the ball down by a FG with no time outs. That is the kind of drive Brady, Manning, Rodgers, and Brees drool for. A true leader marches his team downfield, manages the clock, even scrambles out of bounds for a first down or two himself. Cassel threw a quick screen to the DE, game over.

Normally, I would not say “Bench the QB” after 3 games – but sweet Lord! MC, what are you doing out there? I’m with you. Let’s let Palko or Stanzi play. We now truly know what we have with Cassel – at best a game manager, and at worst a game loser. Either way, you don’t consistently make it to the playoffs and win playoff games with either type of QB.

So let’s see if we’ve got a diamond in the rough in either of our backups.

Matt Cassel did nothing today to demonstrate that he deserves to be a starting NFL quarterback. And he did several things to demonstrate that he is, at best, a perennial backup QB. The best demonstration of the latter was that last play, when he panicked and threw the ball directly into the defender’s hands. Bench him. We can’t do worse, and we just might do better.

but I also have to admit that I wonder how another quarterback would look playing in his place. I can’t imagine that our game plan has him throwing behind the line of scrimmage so much- did he do it that much last year? I think Cassel is probably our best option at the moment, but I am curious and there is niggling bit of uncertainty.

On Thomas Jones… he made me miss #25. A lot. He could probably do well against some teams, but when it has been proven that it is not working, why try to continue forcing it?

NOTE: The suck for luck crowd should still be ashamed of themselves. Go to the damned game next weekend… and wear red

I’ve been a fan for 20 years, and have gone to dozens of games over the years. I really don’t need other fans questioning my resolve because I believe a 0-16 season would be more beneficial than a 4-5 win season at this point.

And it’s not even that I WANT KC to “suck”. But I call it like I see it. This team is putrid, and the biggest reason for that falls on the QB. I’ve watched for 20 years as the Chiefs sift through cast aways from other teams and half hearted draft picks. It’s time to end this nonsense and draft a top tier QB talent and develop him.

No, I’m tired of my fandom being questioned. I can suffer through one more putrid season if it means we finally fill the most important position on the team with real talent. I could just as easily question fans that have become content with years upon years of mediocrity and continue to coddle this team and say BS such as “well at least they try”, and continue to attend games even when the product is shit. I’m willing to suffer through a year of record setting awfulness for the long term good of the team… But no, apparently I’m not a “true fan” unless I want to see the team win a few more games in a meaningless year, and pay for tickets to watch this inept team take the field.

Screw that. people that continue to be ok with this are the one that should be “ashamed”.

Zorn is throwing (literally in some cases) a whole new way of approaching the position AT Matt; which in turn; causes regression for a time; just like last year with Weis. Matt WILL be better as the season goes along, and with a full season of Zorn’s direction and a TRUE offseason, I can see us lighting it up big time against a softer schedule next year.

Also you Suck for Luck white flag waiver’s really make me sick.

SICK OF LUCK.

took Cassel basic 3 game stats and got an average and this is what where expecting if he doesnt improve his game

Averaging over 3 game: 18 comp for 27 attempts for 142 yards/game 1 TD / 1.5 INT / 1.5 Sacks

Taking that Average plus previous 3 games Cassel would finish with this.

2274 yards, 16 TD / 26 INT and 26 Sacks

Cassel ranks 31st for QB rating at 65.5, just below Kerry Collins whos rating is 65.9. To tell me that Cassel is our starter and is our best chance to win, and yet his QB rating is worse than that of Collins who was basically on retirement and only signed prior to the start of regular season is ridiculous.

lol well i can tell you from the beginning of cassel time i never liked him, they should have kept Tyler Thigpen, even Tony G wanted him to the be starter. if you compare the two stats at the time, Thigpen with 2 less games had virtually the same stats as cassel and on top of that Cassel took over a team that went to the superbowl and finished 16-0 the previous year. you put any QB on a team that went 16-0, and to the superbowl and finsished #1 in passing offense and passing and top 10 in rest of the catagories i bet they would have had success.

cassel has never started a game since highschool, he was a back up to matt leinhart in college, we all know how good he did, the fact that Cassel couldnt even take the #2 job over leinhart speaks volumes.

Cassell had one blockbuster year with #1 team and ranked atleast top 5 in all major catagories as well as having Moss, Stallworth and welker

both Thigpen and Cassel where hovering around the 50-60 QB Rating, i would have easily taken Thipgen over Cassel at the time. would have saved 60mil and 2nd round pick. also thigpen had all the upside to him, he was young, a gun slinger and mobile and took half as many sacks as cassel did. and to have 2 QB with virtually the same stats and thigpen playing on one of the leagues worst team vs Cassel having all the weapons and playing with the leagues best team, thigpen had more potential. cassel was a 1 hit wonder a system QB he accelled cause the team and supporting cast around him was amazing. thigpen did just as good as cassel stat wise with nothing