Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 7370888)

There are two undeniable facts:

1.) The Pro Bowl is a joke.

2.) Cassel had a good regular-season, better than most of the other QBs this year.

After that, it's all varying opinions. Here's mine.

When it comes to quarterbacking, it's one of the positions where the intangibles matter more than the stat sheet. There are plenty of QBs who had the physical tools (Jeff George) but not the mental ones. There are plenty of QBs who had the mental tools (Chad Pennington) but not the physical ones. The QBs who manage to survive in the NFL are the ones who can bring out enough of both, and do it enough times. But the QBs who become memorialized in Canton are the ones who can bring it out when it matters most. This is why Brady is going in, even though his play in the big games has gone downhill recently. This is also why, as much as I despise Rapistberger as a person, he's shown to be a top-tier NFL quarterback, because he's getting it done. And it's also why I give grudging respect to that turd Mark Sanchez, because while his stats are abysmal he somehow keeps winning when it matters (but I'm not saying he's a "good" QB just yet).

Cassel is what he is: a guy who was a late bloomer, who has had a total of THREE years as a starting NFL quarterback. In his first year, with a very solid team, he led them to 11 wins and in any other season would've made the playoffs. In his second year, with a pretty bad team and new surroundings/systems, he didn't do a whole lot. In his third year, with a better team and more familiarity, he led them to 10 wins and a playoff spot. He is neither Canton-bound nor, at this point, can anyone say he is an awful failure. He really can still go either way. But chances are he's simply one of the 80% of solid NFL quarterbacks who are just good enough to win and also just good enough to fail (like Jeff Hostetler, Phil Simms, Trent Dilfer, Mark Brunell, and about a billion other quarterbacks). He's not going to make the Chiefs win games on his own. He's not Brady, Peyton, Brees, Rivers, Roethlisberger, Vick, or Rodgers. He's not so awful that the Chiefs need to cut him and start over. But he's not so amazing that the Chiefs don't need to keep looking for the "next great QB". I don't see them using a 1 or a 2 on a QB, but I can see them using a pick in the 3rd through 5th round maybe to grab a developmental guy to put behind Cassel (if they don't think Palko is that guy).

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon (Post 7370950)

I see Cassel as a Brady clone...

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon (Post 7370950)

I see Cassel as a Brady clone...

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 7370099)

What would Matt Cassel do if it wasn't for Brady injuries?

Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan (Post 7371059)

What would Kurt Warner have been without Trent Green's injury?

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare (Post 7371064)

probably the starter for KC