Cassel cashes in with KC

I know Cassell played well last season but having Randy Moss and Wes Welker helped him. Chiefs will employ alot of 3 receiver sets like the Pats but they only have Bowe and no real threat at TE now , and no running game like before . I wonder how much gauranteed?? I hope Brady's agent is watching on how all these QB's are making so much money and his contract is coming up soon.....

System QB... He relied way too much on YAC last year, which he wont get this year. Not great in the red zone... Another one year wonder.

Good for Cassell.

Although I'm glad we're not paying "top five" quarterback money to a guy with one good year. Maybe he'll earn it, maybe he won't.

But it's a risk I'm happy to let some other team take.

Mike

Do you think that KC overreached on this since he hasnt played for KC in their system yet?

Everybody rips on Cassel for having Moss/Welker, etc to throw to, like ANYONE would be able to put up the same performance. Little noted is that when he got into his groove in the second half of the year, it was others that were losing games for the Pats, not Cassel. Moss dropping TD's against the Steelers, Thomas fumbling against the Jets, Gaffney dropping on the goal line against the Colts, and Welker....well, ok, Welker is awesome! For sure, like in KC is gonna be a LOT harder, but Pioli is building for 4 years from now, and stability at QB is the first order of the day

This is a safer bet than giving the same contract to Stafford, Sanchez or Freeman. Kudos to Pioli and KC. This is how you build a contender, at the QB position.

As far as the run game goes the problem is the O-line. Look at Larry Johnson's stats before they blew up the line when Roaf retired. That is still an issue but LJ is the real deal and Jamaal Charles is a great change of pace/receiving back. Beyond Bowe the Chiefs are really weak at WR. and KC's system is going to be a NE/Arizona style system so he'll fit in fien. But if the O-line doesn't develop with brandon albert, bring back Brian Waters and hope some other guys step up. Cassel will get pummelled, LJ won't be able to run and the receivers won't have time to run a route. It's all on the Oline for the Chefs.

How does this compare to what Brady's deal is?

Pioli knows how to gamble, it appears.

I hope he's luckier than me at cards.

Good for Matt Cassel, happy for him. Thanks for last year Matt, you did a great job, regardless of those who say you were a "system qb" or were the result of Moss & Welker, you still did a great job and didnt turn the ball over (that much).

Can I say "I told you so?". Cassel is going to be a star. It may take a couple of years, but he will be awesome. This deal was done when Pioli took the KC job. They just waited until the dust settled after the buddy deal he worked out with Belichick. I'm still mad about the minimal compensation we recieved for him, but good for him. I am now a KC fan (second to the Patriots of course) He will make them a winner. Look out Den, Oak, and SD!

Way to go Matt! You deserve it.

Corny or not it's great to see good guys prosper after putting in thie time in an understudy roll....Never heard a bad thing about him either.
Gotta wish him good luck in KC cause I think he's gonna need ALL that he can find.

Brady needs to make 50 million guaranteed!!! Roethlisberger deserved on what he got Brady agent must be salavating at all this money being tossed around.

Way to go Matt!

Whatever, Cassel did a great job for the team last year. I don't think we can complain, whoever he did or did not have to throw to. And he was a good runner, too. If I were KC though, I'd have to be concerned about his accuracy with longer passes. It seemed to me that was a problem area. Anyway, good luck to him!

Cassel got better as the season progressed, which I assume is what Pioli is looking at. He was AWFUL in the first half of the season. I mean, absolutely dreadful in every way. He had a string of pretty good games down the stretch. He'll need to improve even further to justify that contract, so it's a bit of a gamble.

But for those of you who don't think that Moss, Welker, and the OL weren't a MAJOR reason for Cassel's success last year... Just take a look at Brady's '06 numbers and compare them to his '07 numbers. Brady didn't change that year. The receiving corps did.

I think this is a great deal for both parties. The more I think about it, everyone who says "he had Welker and Moss to throw to" is right, but they're being short sighted. This was the first season he actually played since high school. If he can come off the bench and be a border line pro bowler think of all the upside. Honestly, it took Brady two Super Bowl victories to win over all the critics.

Also glad to see Cassel gets rewarded .... for his patience, as well as his performance. Good luck Matt!

I wish Cassel luck, I hope he does well, He did a good job for us and deserves all he is gonna get. Good Luck Matt, thank you for last years memories.

Scott Mitchell

Wow Good way to start the demise of the Chiefs. Beam me up Scottie no intelligent life here in KC

Good move by KC. Cassell is much more proven than any of the college kids. For those who think his success is owed to Moss and Welker, well, it takes great receivers to make a great QB. Look at who Peyton Manning had in Indy. Cassell might never be a Tom Brady, the best QB in the world right now, but he's going to be fine. For those who think he's a system QB, prepare to eat your words.

Matt Cassell just hit a $28 million lottery ticket, and he needs to take his new teammate Bernard Pollard out to a nice dinner now. Pollard made Cassell's NFL debut possible. He doesn't have this deal in KC without QB-ing an 11-5 season.

I wish Cassell the best, until it's KC/NE. He's a class act.

This post IN NO WAY endorses Bernard Pollard. I'd like to see Hines Ward break HIS jaw:)

Yes...Good for you Matt! He deserved to get paid for all those years of waiting in the wings & never really getting his chance. I presume, that has humbled him & will make him work even harder to silence the naysayers...On Tom Brady's contract...I actually think that anyone who has complained about his relationship & now marriage might be thanking her in the near future...Remember Tom has already taken somewhat of a lower pay for the team sake & with having a wife who makes a boat load herself, he might just do the same for all the other FA that need to get re-signed! We all know he really doesn't need more money & rings might mean more to him.

Delighted to see Cassel get a big contract with KC, but still think the Pats O and throwing to Moss and Welker didn't hurt him either.

Let all the people start chiming in with their "system quarterback" comments.

I love that comment. It's such a cop-out, drive-by comment. You're not really saying anything, but you're trying to talk crap. Good for Matt. He got tossed into the fire, into an unthinkable role to fill, and he did well. He deserves this contract. If nothing else, he's been patient and once again he's been thrown into another no-win situation. The second he makes a mistake - remember when he did it here? - Kansas City fans are going to tear him apart. Like we did.

Good luck Matt. Fans have such short memories.

At the close of preseason last year many prognosticators thought Guttierez outplayed Cassel. The thinking was Gutt makes the team and Cassel does not. Obviously BB and the coaching staff made their more informed choice. But, I wonder why has no other team given Guttierez a small contract to see what might happen. Seems like $28 Million guaranteed for Cassel and a $63 mill contract makes a few million on Gutt a reasonable flyer to take to see what can be developed.

The NFL is usch a copy cat system they cannot even 'discover' talent that was already exhibited 11 months ago.

Important data point: Cassel's one year contract was guaranteed at over $16 Million. The Chiefs were already on the hook for this amount. So for only an additional risk of $12 Million the Chiefs locked up 5 additional years of service (6 years total). A great deal for both sides. Should Cassel only last two years the Chiefs would have in a sense paid him his guaranteed $16 Mill for this year and $12 Mill next year. And, they are taking a flyer on having the most important position in football settled for 6 years. Smart move.

At the end of last preseason many folks, including Mike Reiss, were picking Guttierez over Cassel for making the team. Why did no team take a run at Guttierez over the winter (or even off the practice squad last year)? He actually outplayed Cassel in last year's preseason but BB must have known or trusted in Cassel more. Seems like for relatively low dollars some team might have figured out Guttierez might actually have the goods. The NFL is the supreme copycat league and the lack of creativity at times is unbelievable. If Cassel is worth $63 Mill over 6 years wouldn't it make sense for a QB starved team to try Gutt at just a few Mill for a year or two?