Chiefs trade 34th pick for Cassel and Vrabel

[chiefforlife]

Chiefs just got Cassel, ON NFLN!

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2009/02...with_patriots/

The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Saturday that the club has acquired QB Matt Cassel and LB Mike Vrabel from New England in exchange for the Chiefs second-round pick (34th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft. The agreement is contingent on both players reporting and passing their physicals.

“I have a long history with both players,” said Kansas City Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli. “Mike and Matt are men that I respect both personally and professionally. I look forward to having them as new members of the Chiefs family.”

[sportsman1]

Friggin' awesome. This team is actually building something.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by billay

We aren't drafting that peice of shit Sanchez! I know your love for hispanic men maybe you'll cheer for another team so we won't have to read your uniformed post?

Wow...just, wow.

[eazyb81]

OH MY fuckING GOD

This is insane. I can't believe Pioli just did this.

Is it really for just a 2nd rounder?

[The Bad Guy]

What I'm trying to understand is how you could proclaim Sanchez as the next big thing and then knock Cassel when they have roughly 1 year experience except Cassel's came against NFL defenses.

2nd round pick is very, very good.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

3 or more sacks in 10 games. It was a typo. 47 overall. Led the league in sacks taken last year.

It's a legitimate problem.

so is Stafford's inconsistency and Sanchez's lack of experience...

Pioli apparently likes Cassel, his experience, and his cost more than Sanchez or Stafford.

As a fan, I can put my trust in a former executive of the year.

[cabletech94]

Looks like a boring Saturday just became exciting.

[Shox]

Not so fast. This just posted on KFFL Hot of the Wire

Patriots | Hold still... Cassel situation just got more complicated
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:30:21 -0800

Updating previous reports, Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports a third, undisclosed team has entered the picture surrounding QB Matt Cassel. The trade parameters are in place between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, but it is not a definite yet that he is being shipped to Kansas City. Schefter says Cassel is being traded, to which team has yet to be determined.


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[Hootie]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

What I'm trying to understand is how you could proclaim Sanchez as the next big thing and then knock Cassel when they have roughly 1 year experience except Cassel's came against NFL defenses.

2nd round pick is very, very good.

Seems to good to be true...

Belichick is hooking up his boy with a starter kit for $0.60 on the $1.

[Basileus777]

Originally Posted by Shox

Not so fast. This just posted on KFFL Hot of the Wire

Patriots | Hold still... Cassel situation just got more complicated
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:30:21 -0800

Updating previous reports, Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports a third, undisclosed team has entered the picture surrounding QB Matt Cassel. The trade parameters are in place between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, but it is not a definite yet that he is being shipped to Kansas City. Schefter says Cassel is being traded, to which team has yet to be determined.


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Old news.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

Like his head coach in college? Damn that guy must be a frackin reerun.

Pretty sure that all of us know way more about football than anyone who actually does it for a living.

Already addressed.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

You know why Virginia had Monroe play left tackle and not Albert? Its bc he couldnt play any other position.

[KC kid]

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

[Archie Bunker]

Originally Posted by Hootie

Seems to good to be true...

Belichick is hooking up his boy with a starter kit for $0.60 on the $1.

I agree

[Ultra Peanut]

I feel kind of weird, because I saw the thread title and I was really upset. Then I saw "second-rounder," and... I just feel weird.

I don't think he's ever going to be a top-tier QB, but he is a 26 year old who's proven that he can be adequate with an elite surrounding cast. So, um. Hmm.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by KC kid

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

belichek is repaying all the years of service pioli gave the team

[bdeg]

Originally Posted by KC kid

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

amen