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Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini
Matt Cassel has won games and taken this team to the playoffs before.
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Can you name all the teams with winning records at the end of the year that Cassel has beaten since coming to KC? Hint, you can count them on one hand. Further hint, he had 0 this year in his 9 starts but maybe that's not fair since we only played one team with a winning record while he was starting and we were 4-5.
The answer is two, 9-7 San Diego last year and 9-7 Pittsburg in 2009. He was 10-22 for 68 yards with 1 TD against the Chargers and he was 15-30 for 248 yards against the Steelers with 2 TD. Both games featured a special teams score. For the record he was 0-1 last year, 1-2 in 2010, 1-5 in 2009. That gives him a smoldering 16-13 record against teams .500 or lower.
Now, how many times has Matt Cassel thrown for under 150 yards since coming here? 9. He's completed 57.2% of his passes with the Chiefs which is 3 points below league average.
In all that time his apologists always have the excuses ready. His receivers weren't good enough, his line wasn't good enough, all the injuries. He couldn't hit his receivers, he held on to the ball too long and the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl with 16 guys on IR last year.
Stop making excuses for the guy and admit he is a below average QB that needs to go.