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Chiefs sign Matt Cassel to multi-year contract
http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=node/855
By KENT BABB The Kansas City Star Kansas City has the player it sees as a potential franchise quarterback, and now the Chiefs have Matt Cassel locked into a long-term deal. The Chiefs have signed Cassel to a multi-year contract, a source told The Star on Tuesday. Terms of the deal have not been released, although the team is expected to announce the deal today. Kansas City acquired the 27-year-old Cassel in March when it traded this year’s second-round draft pick to New England. The Chiefs also acquired linebacker Mike Vrabel in that deal. Cassel had signed a one-year, guaranteed contract earlier this year with New England – the Patriots tagged the quarterback their franchise player before the trade – that would have paid him upward of $15 million for the 2009 season. Cassel, a seventh-round draft pick in 2005, took over in Week 1 last season for the injured Tom Brady after the former NFL MVP suffered a season-ending knee injury. Cassel started 15 games, and New England won 11 contests in 2008. |
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07-14-2009, 11:50 AM | #46 |
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Good. It made no sense to have the guy unsigned.
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07-14-2009, 11:50 AM | #47 |
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I'll trust that Pioli and Haley know what they are doing and like what they've seen, since the kid has been there everyday of the offseason. I know a guy that knows a guy (yeah, I know) that works with the team out at Arrowhead that has said Cassell is head and shoulders above both Croyle and Thigpen, and I'm pretty sure that's not breaking news.
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07-14-2009, 11:52 AM | #48 |
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07-14-2009, 11:54 AM | #49 |
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Nor is it even complimentary.
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07-14-2009, 11:55 AM | #50 |
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07-14-2009, 11:56 AM | #51 |
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07-14-2009, 11:57 AM | #52 |
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07-14-2009, 12:09 PM | #53 |
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who's Matt Cassell?
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07-14-2009, 12:09 PM | #54 |
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07-14-2009, 12:09 PM | #55 |
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****, i thought thiggy was our man this year
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07-14-2009, 12:11 PM | #57 |
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meh, Carl could've signed him cheaper...
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07-14-2009, 12:16 PM | #58 |
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ey-for-cassel/
Posted by Mike Florio on July 14, 2009 1:55 PM The April report from Michael Lombardi of NFP regarding quarterback Matt Cassel's long-term deal indicated that Cassel would receive $36 million guaranteed on a six-year deal. Though we are coming up empty via traditional efforts to determine details regarding Cassel's deal, we currently believe that it's indeed a six-year package, with a base value in excess of $60 million. That's more than the six-year deal Tom Brady signed with the Patriots in 2005, which further confirms that he's one of the most underpaid players in the NFL. We also believe that the three-year take, one of the key factors in determining the value of a contract, is more than $42 million. Both the team and the agent, David Dunn, likely will be disclosing no details about the contract, in keeping with the whole "nothing good comes from saying anything" philosophy that G.M. Scott Pioli brought with him from New England. Once the contract is officially filed with the NFLPA, however, the full numbers will be leaked. And the precise comparisons to Brady's deal undoubtedly will follow.
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