Originally Posted by
chief31
Well there we have it. Pack it in for the year folks.
Cassel's record with a 2-14 team is excellent.
And his passing stats for a team that has been, for his entire tenure here, designed to be a running offense, are not bad either.
But hey. Why let two excellent seasons, and two marred by mismanagement, massive injury losses, and a brand new rebuild be factored in when you can snivel and act like the Pro Bowl QB is the end of the world?
This offense has yet to be under a single design.
He has had four seasons as a starter. Two have been very good passing years, one was a rebuilding 2-14 team, and the other was marred by severe injuries, including his own.
Our pass-blocking was poor before Cassel got here, and it has slowly gotten better. This year, they should grow into a full NFL offensive line. But they have not been that in Cassel's time as a starter.
This was a group that saw to the end of the career of "iron man" Trent Green, repeated injuries to Brodie Croyle, and Damon Huard.
They were poor then, and only since last year's draft has there even been legitimate attempts to do anything about it.
And yet Cassel managed two seasons of survival with them, prior to eventually getting tagged with an injury, even to see Kyle Orton come in and receive an injury on his first play as a Chief.
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This O-line has been poor. Larry Johnson went from 1900 yards in just over half a season, to 2 YPC, and booted out the door. Meanwhile, nobody else had any more success running with them. Even when Charles came in and made things happen (in spite of a terrible o-line) we have still never been able to run the ball any other way than to give it to the freak. All-world RB Thomas Jones even struggled to keep an average above pathetic.
You can think whatever you want about the offense that Matt has been working with. But I am not buying any of it. I KNOW how our O-line has been. And I know how the offensive play-calling and design have been.
Everybody just wants the Cadillac stats, despite the Ford Pinto frame and AMC Pacer motor.
No matter how well you drive, you aren't going to win many races driving that jalopy.
But Matt Cassel has won more than he should have with it.