I'm assuming that the Chiefs run the West Coast offense, if not then I can't think of another offensive system that makes sense with the Chiefs offensive philosophies. Assuming that, everyone should know that the WCO requires a QB that makes QUICK reads to open receivers.
Our problem is, while Cassel knows they need to be quick, they're wrong a little bit too much for most everyone's liking. I think that's why Cassel does seem to get better later in the game. The WCO is designed for short routes early on to get the defense spread out, then use that advantage to go deeper, which means not as quick of reads by the QB.
Another big problem is a WCO QB needs to be deadly accurate, and Cassel isn't quite there.......
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