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12-19-2010, 04:52 PM | #138 |
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I don't want another Gannon/Grbac/Green. I want a guy who's tough, wins games, and puts us in the playoffs year after year.
Cassel's improved by leaps and bounds, but he's in the show-me state. A playoff win this January will change my opinion of him. I've said that since July. I just doubted his chances. I think he's got a good shot of doing that. |
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12-19-2010, 04:52 PM | #139 | |
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You're suggesting that Brady overcame a lacking in talent to win the Super Bowl. He didn't. The Pats were a complete team who got great play from their QB--but ask Brady to do the same in 2001 with the Chiefs' defense, and you're talking about a totally different scenario. Given Cassel's supporting cast, he shouldn't be expected to win. I don't think it's outrageous to believe the Chiefs can pull off a playoff win. It's going to require mistake-free football, our defense playing well, and Cassel playing well all at the same time. But our squad isn't good enough to do that consistently and they are going to have to not just play good enough, but perfect. |
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12-19-2010, 04:54 PM | #141 |
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On a related note, as I sit here and watch Pittsburgh gash the Jets on the ground, I hope we draw the Jets should we make the playoffs. That defense is getting worse by the week. |
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12-19-2010, 04:56 PM | #143 |
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In July no one realistically thought we could make the playoffs. That just goes to show everyone how unreasonable this kind of attitude is. We STILL might not make the playoffs if we lose one of the next two games...Does that suddenly nullify everything Cassel has accomplished this season? Your expectations of winning a playoff game are ridiculous now and were even more crazy back in July.....Why not just take it for what it is...A Huge HUGE improvement over the last few seasons and a big step in the right direction.....Something we have not been able to say as a team in a long ass time.
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I was impressed with Cassel today because I wasn't expecting much, this soon post-surgery. In fact, I was actually thinking that I would have to make a post or two defending the guy, since criticism wouldn't be fair, IMO.
That said, he showed tremendous heart--Weis you mother****er calling a QB boot--and poise, stepping up in the pocket and generally being an anti-Huard in the face of pressure. The biggest positive, however, seems to be how he's been rebounding from asinine plays. Take the ridiculous overthrow to Battle (I believe). This throw couldn't have been worse. I believe the Cassel of '09 and early '10 would have let this **** up affect him for several plays later. Not the current Cassel, though. Like good NFL QBs, the last several weeks he's been able to **** up, shrug it off, and move on. Everyone ****s up in this league. The difference between shit, good, and great is how you respond to these moments of failure. Props to Cassel. |
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Asking for a playoff win should not be a measuring stick for Cassel. I want to see him perform well in the playoffs and to not make stupid mistakes. And I don't want the Chiefs to lose as a result of Cassel not making plays he's supposed to make. That I agree with. But asking him to likely carry a substandard team to victory regardless of how well the supporting cast plays is a whole other issue entirely. |
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12-19-2010, 04:58 PM | #146 |
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I gave Cassel the benefit of the doubt last year but admit I was starting to turn on him early this year.
He's tough. He's got that want to win attitude even though he might not have the physical skills of some other QB's. I'm really happy he's our QB right now. |
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Plenty of people, myself EXPRESSLY, were of the mindset 'I pray daily that the lights come on, but I increasingly fear they won't.' And sure there were a number who were vocal at every instance that reinforced those fears, but that's just passionate fans watching the evidence mount. And the number to 'WANT' him to fail just to be right are miniscule, perhaps isolated to Mecca, certainly not the 'overwhelming majority For me, the question of Cassel is like the question of whether Adam Sandler is a great, as in Oscar worthy, actor. Sure there's Punch Drunk Love and the like, but the question remains can someone who's given us Little Nicky and Grown Ups mature and give us solid fare for an extended period? Only time will tell.
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LOL... Are you an idiot? Edit: How about MAy, June...July? August? September? You must be reading different posts than me because I don't recall hardly ANYONE making positive statements about the guy, or defending him..or saying 'hey lets give the kid a chance'
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12-19-2010, 05:02 PM | #150 |
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The Jets are a collapse waiting to happen. LT is done, the defense is cracking and the QB is a liability.
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