Matt Cassel named AFC Offensive Player of the Month

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Matt Cassel named AFC Offensive Player of the Month; 1st #Chiefs QB since Steve Deberg in Sept. 1990 to win the honor.

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QB MATT CASSEL NAMED AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH

By PR Staff

Cassel is just the second Chiefs quarterback to ever win the honor

The National Football League informed the Chiefs on Thursday that QB Matt Cassel has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for November.

Cassel is just the second Chiefs quarterback to ever win the honor, joining QB Steve DeBerg who did it in September of ’90. Cassel is the first Chiefs player to be named AFC Player of the Month since RB Larry Johnson in December/January of the 2005 season.

Cassel (6-4, 230) completed 90 of 144 passes (62.5%) for 1,111 yards with 12 TDs and only one INT for a 111.2 passer rating in November. His 12 TD passes led the league during the month, while his passer rating ranked third in the NFL over that span. He has recorded three straight games with a 100.0+ rating and produced a pair of games with four TD passes in November. Cassel threw for a career-high 469 yards at Denver (12/5). He currently leads the NFL with a 6.81 TD percentage (min. 250 attempts) on the season. Cassel also has a +18 touchdown-to-interception differential, the second-best mark in the NFL.

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Cassel's November numbers: 90 of 144 (62.5%) for 1,111 yards with 12 TDs and only 1 INT (111.2 rating). 12 TDs were an NFL high.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

That is because it is the biggest game in our season. If we are going to win he is going to have to show up and play well. Big time QB's show up in big time games.

The problem with your argument is no one is saying that he is 'Big Time' yet.

This won't just be the biggest game in our season. For many of the Chiefs it will be the biggest NFL game of their careers thus far. For Matty it will be one of (if not THE) biggest game of his life.

Please think about that.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by TheGuardian

I have been saying all along that you can spot the dumbasses simply by looking at who says "let's see him do it in San Diego". A season is not one game. A guy isn't good or bad or great or awful based on 1 game. Even Barry Sanders had games where he got his shit pushed in. Doesn't mean he wasn't one of the best of all time.

This is why that is happening. Because it's going to be incredibly difficult for cassel, or any QB, to go on the road to SD and play at a really high level against their defense at home. So the Cassel haters know this, and they will say "let him do it against San Diego" knowing that it will be incredibly difficult to do. So when he doesn't have some great game, they will show up and say "see, he didn't do it. he sucks".

If he does do it, they will simply revert back to "well that's good, but he need to do that week in and week out now".

I hate these ****tards.

The point is, he needs to play well in a pressure situation. This is want you want and need to win in this league. If he is truely 'the guy', he must come thru. That game will basically be a playoff game.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

To claim at this point in the season that 1) if we do not make the playoffs or 2) if Cassel shits the bed in SD that 'Cassel sucks' or that he hasn't progressed massively is still wrong, IMO.

I wasn't talking about just the SD game I am talking about the remaining 5 games starting this Sunday. If we lose the Donkey game the SD game means nothing.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

I wasn't talking about just the SD game I am talking about the remaining 5 games starting this Sunday. If we lose the Donkey game the SD game means nothing.

We're not losing the donkey game.

You heard it here 1st.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

BS. A prevent defense is designed to force turnovers and prevent TD passes while allowing yards.

Incorrect. A prevent defense is designed to make as much clock run out as possible by lettting the underneath completions happen while preventing yards from being gained in huge chunks.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

For as much trolling and shit as Saul Good talks, he literally does not know the most basic things about football.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Find one person who has said that Cassel is a franchise QB. I'm not saying that nobody has, but I don't recall seeing it happen. I have seen plenty of people make absolute arguments the other way, though.

...the bipolarism of it all is astounding & annoying...all offseason all we heard is how much we were gonna suck, how Cassel sucked, how he was NEVER EVER going to be a franchise, or a"legit" or "real" QB.

He was constantly compared to other "franchise" QBs. Held to that standard mainly based on contract (stupid), expected to perform at their level in his second year and third OC, even though he'd ALREADY been proclaimed a bust.


Five, six wins tops, set the franchise back, yadyadayada ad nausem. Run defense starts strong, and ever since has pretty much been given the benefit of the doubt, to the ridiculous example Cassel lost at Houston and Denver even though those two games combined for eight CONSECUTIVE TD's. Lost @ Oakland and Indy, even though he made the throws that were needed for victory, yet the wr gets a pass for dropping the game winning ball.

plays well enough to lead the division, yet his accomplishments aren't due to him..but others. garbage time, bad teams blahblahblah. Same QB proclaimed a bust, has good play marginalized by nit picking. well, if he can do it in THIS game or same busted QB has only done "it" for two games, and if that fake QB can win a playoff game, THEN Il'll believe in him...rest of team, free pass...or at least the benefit of the doubt to improve, yet he doesn't have the same freedom. he succeeds, it's not REAL..it might just be a fluke...gotta wait to see if the invalid QB can do it week in and week out agaisnt better teams, regardless that other QB's don't and never will. good QB's and good teams get beat by mediocre and subpar teams every season.

It's insane...and it's pretty damn funny watching fans tear down their own player for being awarded and recognized...lke a rival fan would.

"Hope"... the most overused strawman in these conversations.. well, I hope i'm wrong..I hope he succeeds.....BS. look the word up..things saidi about Cassel don't resemble hope at all...you can't desire something while trying to destroy it anyway you can, then sit around and wait for it to be something great....and then be pissed when it's not.

I personally think he's gonna continue to make people eat their words. Mainly because of skills, dedication, perserverance, heart, desire and competitiveness...

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

ttc=sarcasm
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[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

The problem with your argument is no one is saying that he is 'Big Time' yet.

Bull crap.

We've had MVP talk (of the league!).

We've had plenty of people saying all the doubters were wrong and they were right. How can that statement be made unless they consider that Cassel has arrived? Obviously the jury is still out.

[SAUTO]

good post stevie spot on
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[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by BCD

The point is, he needs to play well in a pressure situation. This is want you want and need to win in this league. If he is truely 'the guy', he must come thru.

This is false logic. He might not come through in this game. That doesn't mean he isn't 'the guy' necessarily.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Bull crap. We've had MVP talk (of the league!). We've had plenty of people saying all the doubters were wrong and they were right. How can that statement be made unless they consider that Cassel has arrived? Obviously the jury is still out.

didnt the media bring up mvp?
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['Hamas' Jenkins]

I'm glad that Cassel played well enough to get this distinction, and over the past two weeks, he has played well enough to earn it, but the bullshit of this is the conflation that people who have said the same thing for almost two years are somehow bipolar.

Let's put it this way: Show me you're a franchise QB, Matt, don't tell me about your work ethic and your heart, and all that other bullshit that everyone who loved high school football had. Show us your talent.

For the last two weeks, he's done a decent job of showing that. But there are a number of horrible, horrible QBs who have had great months, or even good years. The standard of proof is so low around here it's mind boggling. Yes, we get it, your last boyfriend was a crackhead who beat you and raped your kittens. It doesn't mean the alocholic with bacne is Prince Charming.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Bull crap.

We've had MVP talk (of the league!).

We've had plenty of people saying all the doubters were wrong and they were right. How can that statement be made unless they consider that Cassel has arrived? Obviously the jury is still out.

I would say 'bull crap' to you sir. No one is saying he is a "big time QB" yet. You can point out an exception or two, but that doesn't make the rule.

You can find a couple people who will say anything, but that doesn't mean they represent the majority. The VAST majority of Chiefs Fans or NFL Fans would NOT proclaim Matty a "Big Time" QB just yet.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

This is false logic. He might not come through in this game. That doesn't mean he isn't 'the guy' necessarily.

What you say is true. But eventually he has to consistently play well against the best teams to be 'the guy'. Until he does this, he isn't 'the guy' yet.