Too risky. You don't want to turn the ball over in that situation. Safer to punt the ball away. /Crennel

EXACTLY! From top to bottom, the Chiefs organization down to the players is in the worst shape that has ever been in. When your're GUTLESS, Y you do not improve!

The main goal was to have no turnovers today, not to win. Casshole and company rewarded them with 4

CLEVELAND PART II, only WORSE because of Pioli and Cassel.

You might win, take no chances.

Although gutless, I'd argue it was the right call.

At that point we were in a dogfight. If we kicked the field goal, we likely would have missed and given them the ball in our territory with 10 seconds and a timeout. One 12-15 yard pass gives them a chance to add 3 quick points before calling it a half.

If we throw it... well, that's not really an option apparently.

I will agree that you take that chance with good QB though.

Romeo coaches like Cassel plays -- Frightened like a little girl.

I would wager almost every other coach in the NFL would have at least tried another pass to get into field goal range. Who knows, 3 more points might have come in handy later... [/sarcasm]

The fact that Romeo thinks that it's "too risky" + Daboll having no confidence in Cassel + Cassel being more secure at the position then Excalibur was in that rock = Chiefs have ZERO chance to do anything this season.

...and punctuated with a billion "you know"s.

:Lin: I almost puked when Colquitt came out.

what was the upside of the punt?
hope for a fumble?
should have let soucupp try

Welcome to being a Chiefs fan. Back when Vermeil was coach it was "We just need to have a couple losing years to get high draft picks and rebuild," and here we are with a half decade of complete failure we can't get out from. Then Herm was going to fix the defense, then Haley couldn't be any worse than Herm, then Palko couldn't be any worse than Cassel, now Quinn can't be any worse than Cassel. Next it will be (insert GM) can't be any worse than Pioli, so we'll hire DeCosta and he'll turn this into mutant Ravens west.

It was a simple decision. You try to run a quick out to get 8 yards. You complete it, you have the first down and you're now in FG range. If it's covered, throw it away. Even if you turn it over on downs, there's only time left for one play, and that's a hail mary. It was a terrible decision and just further solidifies that we are out-gunned at the HC position every week.

No upside whatsoever. You just punt it away and concede the fact that you won't score anymore points; but neither will they.

You'd have kicked a 60 yard field goal with Ryan Succop? We hold our breaths when the guy boots a 38 yarder. A try from that far has a HUGE possibility of being block and returned for a TD or just flat out missing, putting them in great position to get off a field goal after a quick pass.

The only other option was a quick out route. Then again, the Ravens are an extremely experienced defense and definitely would have known that. They'd have been looking to jump any out route; combine that with Cassel's WR death staredown and molasses-dipped release and you're looking at a possible pick 6.

The man does not have an aggressive bone in his body.

I doubt he's seen his own dick in 10 years.