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SECOND-ROUND PICK FOR CASSEL
Posted by Mike Florio: Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:34 PM
I previously was convinced that the Patriots wouldn't be able to work out a trade sending quarterback Matt Cassel to the Chiefs because I believed that new Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli and his former colleagues in New England feared the perception that one side got snookered.
There was no such fear, but it won't change the perception that one side got snookered.
Peter King of SI.com (who also does some work for NBC, and pretty much every other media company on the planet) reports that the Chiefs gave up only a second-round draft pick for Cassel.
Wow.
A second-round pick, for a guy who merited a $14.65 million, one-year contract based on his play in 2008.
Let's consider that for a second. Daunte Culpepper with blown-out knee was traded for a second-round pick. A.J. Feeley was traded for a second-round pick.
So, with all due apologies to the Patriots, the current score is Pioli 1, Pats 0
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