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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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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4327067
Chiefs lock up Cassel Comment Email Print Share By John Clayton ESPN.com Archive Matt Cassel, a career backup in college and in the pros, parlayed a great 2008 season into a lucrative franchise tag. Now, he's locked himself into a deal to be the long-term quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs. Matt Cassel Cassel Cassel and the Chiefs worked out a six-year deal that will pay him in excess of $10 million a season, according to a source. The contract will keep Cassel with the Chiefs until 2014. The team is expected to make an announcement Tuesday afternoon. The deal is for $63 million, with $28 million guaranteed, according to a source. He's going to make $40.5 million in the first three years of his contract. Cassel was designated as the New England Patriots' franchise player in February and signed a one-year deal that paid him $14.561 million. He was then traded to the Chiefs along with linebacker Mike Vrabel for a second-round draft choice. The Kansas City Star first reported that Cassel had signed with the Chiefs. Although Wednesday is the deadline for franchise players to get long-term deals, Cassel technically doesn't apply because he was traded and the team that franchised him no longer holds his rights. Still, the deadline and the start of training camp in two weeks provided both sides with incentive to lock up a long-term relationship. Cassel replaced an injured Tom Brady in the first week of the 2008 season and threw for 3,693 yards and 21 touchdowns. Former Patriots GM Scott Pioli, who was responsible for drafting Cassel in the seventh round in 2005, went to the Chiefs during the offseason. One of his first priorities was finding a quarterback and Cassel was his top choice. Cassel is believed to be the only quarterback in NFL history to start an NFL game without starting a game in college. Cassel was a backup at USC. John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com. |
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6 year 63 million with 28 million guaranteed
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07-14-2009, 12:53 PM | #79 |
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you got to be kidding me
should have just let him play out his franchise year to see if he was a one and done
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07-14-2009, 12:55 PM | #80 |
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its really not that surprising. why do you think we got this guy, for shits and giggles?
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07-14-2009, 12:57 PM | #81 |
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28 mill guaranteed over 6 years for a starting QB doesn't sound that scary to me...
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I agree. Asking prices for QBs now are ridiculous. I'd rather spend this money on somebody who's actually played a down in the NFL than a draft pick.
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07-14-2009, 01:02 PM | #85 |
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Hope he's worth it. He's the long-term QB now. Time to get behind him
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Well now lets get our draft picks signed and we are good to go for Training Camp!! I too hoped that we'd wait to see if Cassel was the real deal, but In Pioli I trust. Plus as was mentioned earlier, with Manning and Rivers' contracts coming up who knows if Cassel did well how much we'd have to pay next year.
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