Teicher: Brady Quinn, next in line to replace Cassel
 

Brady Quinn, next in line to replace Cassel, says this week has been no different
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star
Having prepared for every one of his team’s regular-season games the past two seasons without actually playing in one, Brady Quinn knows how this works. His job as the Chiefs’ backup quarterback is to be ready to play, and usually nothing more, so he’s trying to treat this week like all the rest.

“My job hasn’t changed,” said Quinn, who spent the past two seasons as a Broncos reserve in Denver. “I still go out there and support Matt (Cassel) and the rest of our teammates. We’ve got a lot of things that we’ve got to get better on. As a whole, as a team, we’ve got to play better complementary football.

“The only thing that changes is when you have an opportunity to go in and play. Besides that, everything is as-is. We continue to work hard, we continue to support each other and stick in our role.”

This week became different for Quinn at the start when coach Romeo Crennel raised the possibility he might bench Cassel in favor of Quinn during Sunday’s game against Baltimore at Arrowhead Stadium. Quinn may no longer be a Cassel injury away from playing, but a Cassel interception.

Cassel threw three of them in the first half of last week’s game alone, so Quinn’s time could come soon. He hasn’t played in a regular-season game since he beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead while with Cleveland in December 2009.

Quinn spent the two years since in Denver backing up Kyle Orton and Tim Tebow without getting into a game. On Sunday, he could find out whether all that prep time was worthwhile.

“One of the biggest things you try to do is just take mental reps,” Quinn said. “A lot of times you’re back there kind of mimicking while the starting quarterback is going through the rep. You’re mimicking that rep as well to try to get that timing and sense of rhythm of the offense. Besides that, you’re staying after practice, throwing, working on extra things as well.”

While in Denver, Quinn stepped out of the seen-but-not-heard role the backup quarterback usually adopts. He took the job of the starter, Orton, and helped organize summer workouts last year during the lockout.

Orton and Denver’s other veteran quarterback at the time, Tim Tebow, skipped the workouts.

“I’m a quarterback and I’ve been in the league for awhile,” Quinn said. “Guys needed to work out together. We weren’t sure if Orton was going to be there when camp got started, so I just took it upon myself to get guys together and throw some routes.

“I just wanted to make sure we were ready when camp did start. I didn’t want us to fall behind other teams. We got some work in.”

That was a bold move for a backup. Otherwise, his teammates with the Broncos knew him as a quarterback who put in the time even if he didn’t get to play.

“He was always prepared,” said offensive lineman Russ Hochstein, who played with Quinn in Denver and is now a backup for the Chiefs. “He worked extremely hard. He’s definitely one of those guys who does a lot of studying on his own time. He’s always in that film room.

“I know he spends a lot of time throwing extra passes, working on routes.”

Crennel coached the Browns in 2007 when Quinn was drafted in the first round. He was a backup all of his rookie season and played in three games the next year before a finger injury ended his season.

Then, Crennel was fired. Quinn stuck around Cleveland for one more injury-shortened season, and then his career went on hold in Denver and Kansas City.

But Crennel was comfortable enough with Quinn to bring him to the Chiefs as Cassel’s backup.

“He’s a smart guy,” Crennel said. “He’s familiar with the system. He has good size. He has been a quarterback in the league and he has good experience.”

On Sunday, Crennel might need him.

“When you’re in a backup role, you always have to prepare like you’re a starter,” Quinn said. “That’s no different each week. If you don’t do that, you’re not preparing yourself to do well, but also for your teammates, you’re going to be letting them down. So every week you’re always preparing like a starter when you’re the backup.

“Everyone just has to continue to do his job, not try to play outside themselves. We’re going to get better. We‘ve put in some good work so far this week, and we’re going to continue to do that and work on some fundamentals and put some things together that make us more effective.”

Well who else would it be at this point? Teicher on top of things as usual

Sounds like 10000x the leader caslr is

I don't think Cassel gets benched this week.

Play Quinn. If he sucks, play Stanzi, if he sucks, play Tanney. Give them all 2 -3 games each at least, unless they impress. Figure out who's gonna be the top backup next year for our first round QB that we are going to draft God damn it! I don't think anything other than a QB in the 1st round will be acceptable, I really don't.

So **** it! We should know and the dumbasses running the Chiefs should definitely know they must draft a 1st round QB in the 2013 NFL draft. They have to know this, there is no way they can't.

So **** it, what does it matter if we play QB carousel? It doesn't.

hate to see him shake of the rust VS baltimore, but trial by fire

Backup QB Is Most Likely Second Option Behind the Starting QB

Great insight by Teicher.

/sarcasm

Hate to burst your bubble but Tanney is on IR, he was placed on IR before the season started so we wont be able to see him until next year.

oh ya, **** :banghead:

but can't they bring someone off the IR now?

Hmm, sounds rather revolutionary, don't you think?

Tanney is on IR.

Where might I find Trick Shot Tanney?

This is the no 1 thing I despise about Ca$$hole: do the extra work.

You know you don't belong here, you know you don't deserve to be here, you got the gold wrapped candy bar and Willie Wonka took you in.

So spend every weekend, and I mean every weekend, working on routes and throwing passes to your guys in the offseason. Find guys. Talk to your team and make them understand how important this is.

Bowe: "Well, in the offseason I-"

Real QB: " **** your offseason. We're here to win this. Get your ass to (random hs field) and lets work on routes. You're making enough to work 12 months a year you underachieving turd and it's time to put it out there..."

They could bring Tanney back? Did they make a deal this year where you can bring an IR back?

I am not absolutely certain of the rule, but I believe that you can bring one player back from IR, but the player has to designated as he's placed on IR.

well then, knowing what we know of Pioli, Tanney isn't coming back this season:#

I wouldn't be upset if we had 3 completely new QB's on the roster next year.

Does Teicher type this sh@t up in his sleep?

FYP

LMAO


Nice Fix.

Look Im not saying Quinn is anything special. But its time. And he's only had 9 starts with a cruddy Browns team. Surely he can't be any worse than Cassel. Im not saying Quinn is QBOTF by any means. Plus I want to see Stanzi play. Pioli drafted him so let's see how Pioli's only drafted QB in KC is after a 1 and half to develop. He sucked through TC and preseason. Im not one for firing and hiring new GMs every few years but Pioli's done nothing to earn next year as GM. Hes gone for 3 reasons:
2 Failure HCs; Haley and Crennel
Tyson Jackson: I was so pissed off at that pick
Cassel: He seen Cassel and was apart of drafting him. He sucks and its not even close. I dont want the guy that thought Cassel could win a SB to draft our QBOTF

Well...that was a ****ing useless article.

I enjoy reading but I agree. That was a waste.

Cassel gets 5, Quinn gets 5, Stanzi get the rest...then Geno gets the next 270.

You guys are too impatient we can still go 13-3

Everything Teicher writes is. Mellinger is the only Star reporter that writes anything interesting.

We're not really Teicher's primary audience.

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and here's why we must have hope in Quinn:
http://i50.tinypic.com/5ui9uw.png

Next in line, huh?

That would mean there is, indeed, a line...right?

Am I supposed to be getting excited at who is next in line after Quinn?...cause I am.

Sad, but true...

He's in full on, I Robot, say exactly what they want to hear mode.

Your last chance is coming, Biff Buff, what can you do with it?

I thought you got eaten by your own hogs?

Maybe he is saying BQ is starting?

At least he wins in Arrowhead.

Please, please Quinn, shock and awe us...

He hasn’t played in a regular-season game since he beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead while with Cleveland in December 2009.

It's comforting to know that the next in line QB's last game experience came at the expense of beating the Chiefs. LMAO

Would it also comfort you to know that he threw for 66 yards and 2 INT in that game?

^^^This.

No.

Not really...

If it means we get Geno Smith, the answer is hell yes.

<--------Not a dog you want to taunt....

Actually yeah. The best possible outcome at this point is not only benching Cassel, but Quinn ruling himself out of the long-term answer all the while getting us closer to a top pick.

With Cassel crumbling, Quinn ready to inherit the throne

That makes it even worse. That he played a shitty game and still won.

You know, there really are no good line puns. It's a pretty stodgy word. I'm sure if one existed, Teicher would have used it.

Fire...

http://files.sharenator.com/kill_it_...438-132452.jpg

There's no hate built up towards Quinn.

This fan base will love him if he loses enough.

Not the hero we deserve, but the one we need right now.

The sky is blue

-Adam Teicher

Cant wait to hear the Cheers at arrowhead once cassel is pulled. Its going to be an amazing thing to see. I tried to be calm and relaxed about Cassel at this point, there is NO ONE i mean NO ONe that can defend him.

Cant wait to see when Pioli holds his next presser what he has to say about it. I hope the media asks him the tough questions.

All ten remaining people will high five each other

lol, That will still be great. The Media (they will get in on this), the fan sites. Its gonna be good deuce dropping readings.

They did specifically mention Chiefsplanet today on the news, FWIW.

Did they mention 65 pages of Geno love?

Sadly, no.

It was just about the banner.

lol @ people that think cassel will get pulled.

Well, **** them.

Get it over with and throw Stanzi to the wolves.

Tanney is on the IR and cannot be brought back because he did not make the 53 man roster.

Keep ****ing doubting pr_capone.

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THIS.

hard hitting Journalism by Teicher. Who the **** else would be up to replace Cassel?....Poe?

JFC I hate the media in this town.

You've never seen Poe throw.

Have you ever seen him run the Wildcat?

I like the part where it says he came to KC to back up Cassel.......hmmmm, didn't Pissholi tell us he was cough...competition...cough, cough?

Nope, this is clearly his best article to date. I think he may be finding his burst since he has been asleep for sometime.;)

Like what ? We out of town folk do not see the news.

That might be awesome, a bigger Jared Lorenzen? That guy ran over some people, he should have played fullback in the NFL instead of trying to stay as a QB.

Theres a good podcast on 810. I cant remember who but he talks about Pioli and neglegence. He replays his interview with Pioli. At the end of the interview Pioli says well I hope ur the GM of the broncos. Then the guy says well you know what they did? They signed Peyton Manning AND drafted their QBOTF!! ZING!! BAZINGA!! **** you pioli:)

No wonder Orton sucked so bad in Denver last year if he didn't even take part in their workouts.

I see no reason not to make the move to Quinn now. I have little confidence he will show any different than he did in Cleveland, but needs to get that chance. Cassel should not play another snap for the Chiefs unless we have an injury and no other option is available.

Cassel should be behind Tanney on the depth chart.