Cassel

[SIC J]

This is the EXACT thoughts I was having before I went to NFL.com and saw this article.......

"Matt Cassel is struggling behind the Chiefs' leaky offensive line. The Chiefs' franchise quarterback has looked nothing like the efficient playmaker who guided Kansas City to a division title last season. He's completed only 12 of 27 passes for 182 yards in two preseason games, and failed to find a rhythm.

Part of his struggles can be attributed to the Chiefs' offensive line woes. The unit has failed to protect Cassel, whose accuracy has suffered amid constant harassment. Cassel completed only two passes to receivers in the loss to the Rams, resorting to a host of dump-off passes as defenders clamped down on deeper targets all night.

The offensive line's struggles have also limited the impact of the Chiefs' running game. Without a punishing ground attack to set up the timing of the play-action passing game, Cassel has been unable to push the ball downfield to Tony Moeaki and especially Dwayne Bowe. The duo made a living off deep throws executed off run-action last season, but those opportunities have been relatively nonexistent during the preseason."


NFL.com news: Chiefs QB Cassel hurried, out of sorts behind porous line

[jwmann2]

When worrying about playoff potential, always look at how your division rivals are playing. The best way to forecast. I think Cassel is a great QB and paying too much mind to preseason showings is a big mistake.

[bbacker51]

It looks like an 8-8 team to me, but there are 2 variables that I hope make me way wrong and we do better

1) We have a very tough schedule, if we squeak out 2 games from somebody, we're 10-6
2)Haley could give a sheet about how we look in the preseason, I think he wants to look at certain players in certain scenarios more than winning a game to get quality game time data

[OTR Chiefs fan]

It looks like an 8-8 team to me, but there are 2 variables that I hope make me way wrong and we do better

1) We have a very tough schedule, if we squeak out 2 games from somebody, we're 10-6
2)Haley could give a sheet about how we look in the preseason, I think he wants to look at certain players in certain scenarios more than winning a game to get quality game time data

I totally agree with point #2. I think Haley is using the preseason to determine who makes the team. Because of the lock out he hasn't had the usual amount of time to evaluate players, so he's had to make some adjustments on how he conducts his preseason.