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Matt Cassel and the Kansas City Chiefs were floundering again Sunday. At a certain point, the next chapter in a troubled marriage became inevitable.
Coach Romeo Crennel brought out the hook early in the third quarter, benching Cassel with the Chiefs facing a 15-point deficit against the Cincinnati Bengals. It was the end of Cassel's day -- and quite possibly his Chiefs career.
Cassel went 8-of-16 passing for 93 yards over seven Chiefs possessions before he was pulled in favor of Brady Quinn. Cassel's replacement didn't fare much better in the 28-6 loss, but that might not matter at this point. Crennel already showed his hand last month. Had Quinn not suffered a concussion back in Week 8, Cassel already would've been out of the equation.
Barring another Quinn injury, Cassel is unlikely to sniff the field again.
One of general manager Scott Pioli's first orders of business upon joining the Chiefs was to bring Cassel over from the New England Patriots. Pioli got an up-close and personal look at how well Cassel performed after replacing an injured Tom Brady in 2008. The Patriots went 11-5 without their MVP, and Pioli saw Cassel as the type of player who could bring similar success to the Chiefs.
It hasn't worked out that way. Cassel was efficient in one run to the playoffs with the Chiefs in 2010. But on balance, the Chiefs' attack has been flat with Cassel at the reins. The team has gone 19-28 in Cassel starts.
Cassel deserves to lose his job. You can say the same thing about the man who brought him to Arrowhead.
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im not a hater but like many on here I think its time for him to go IMO
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Clearly Cassel needs to go, as well as all management and coaching, the funk needs to change. Its mostly mental at this point. Sure football is a physical game, but mental is equally if not more important. This starts with coaching and leadership (qb). We are missing that.
The team is in a serious funk, and will NOT change without leadership change. The entire mental state has to change to, "We CAN Do IT Mode ". That will take new coaching as well. We have so much great talent on this team, there is no excuse for this.
None of those other QBs you mentioned would have to face that kind of turnover. Those guys win games, when a team loses games, the coaches usually get blamed. If Cassel had come in here and day one played like Brady, Rogers, or Manning, we would very well be looking at Charlie Wiess still on the team.
I know that Weiss and Haley likely never got along, but winning has a way of putting differences of opinion on the back burner, losing causes all the crap to come out.
Are you man enough? Eric Berry? Apparently Not!
I agree. At least MOST of the coaching staff needs to go, and the qbs we currently have need to go. I was hoping the defense was gonna be shaken up by Routt being cut and Gibbs taking over, but they didn't appear to have the same level of intensity as the did on Monday night as they did on Sunday. We are very undisciplined and unprepared with a bad qb, a poor to average o line, a weak defense and no depth. We have lots of problems to address, and lots of position coaching philosophies that need to be changed. I hope we can get a game changer with our first pick, regardless of the position it is. If Pioli stays I hope he can change his mindset, and make the changes that need to hąppen.
Doing my best to keep my sons memory alive!!!
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Cassel needs to go
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Yep, indeed it was.
But I was always told to give a 110%. Being someone that's logical and into numbers I thought that was kind of odd. Are you benchmarked incorrectly if you can give more then a 100%?
At any rate maybe that should have been my first hint that I'd never play in the NFL if they knew I could only give 110% and not the 120% needed.
It's a quote
“Just remember, football is 80% mental and 40% physical.”
Little Giants (1994) – Steve Emtman (himself)
I like Matt C. but this just about sums it up
He works real hard........but so do washing machines! love this movie.
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