Pssstttt. Im following you.

Fortunately, the same level of criticism is applied to our fifth year QB.

Also horrible?

Looking at their individual performance should be and is a mutually-exclusive thing. Judge them for how they did on their own merits, not how they did compared to each other. At least that's how I try to look at it.

Maybe I find it easier since I don't fall into any particular camp. Although, technically, if we have to talk about them together, then, well, I guess I'd have to say I wanted Sanchez more than I wanted Cassel (who I wanted not at all...). The only good thing I've ever been able to say about that trade is that it cost less than I expected. Which still doesn't change the fact that I didn't see Sanchez as a top-5 value, because of his experience, or lack thereof. But in the end my view of one has never had anything to do with my view of the other.

Pretty much, it's sad.

I think Sanchez will always have major detractors on this forum because tearing him down is the only way to feel ok about Matt Cassel.

irony?

Sorry, a 5 year player that was suppose to be a "known commodity" does not get the same grading scale a rookie QB does.

Matt Cassel is the same age Roethlisberger is, ponder that.

I don't see how it can be explained any better then this.

What's your point? Does Cassel having a bad season himself somehow take Sanchez's bad performance off the books or something?

That's a different argument all together. Sanchez did have the advantage of playing with the top ranked defense and top running game which Cassell did not. Based on the numbers Cassell was marginally better this year then Sanchez. Sanchez had the situation advantage, Cassell had the advantage of having a full season under his belt.

My opinion frankly is Cassell will have to be dropped into a situation similar to what Sanchez has to have any post season success in his career. I'm hoping he is just the transition guy and we make a move on Bradford or another QB this year.

He was worse than Sanchez...Sanchez performed like a rookie QB which he was, Cassel performed like a rookie QB while supposedly having experience.

But if you want to tell yourself that you'd rather have Matt Cassel and Tyson Jackson and that's better for the teams future by all means whatever it takes to make you feel better.

Ok so you are essentially admitting that trading for Matt Cassel was incredibly stupid?

Yeah, not sure how this came into the mix.

That was the decision, you do realize if you dropped Sanchez into this QB class he'd be the top ranked one right?

I wouldn't say that. They gave up a 2nd round pick for the guy. If he is just the transition QB and they plan on developing someone pretty quick then I think it was an okay move. The fact that his contract was front loaded makes me tend to believe that MIGHT be there thinking, the fact that they didn't take a QB or make a play for a young backup last year tells me different. If they put all the eggs in his basket then yes, it was probably a mistake, if they have a good contingent plan in place then I can live with it.

If you are saying they traded for a transition QB while having a top 5 pick in position to draft one....that makes it incredibly stupid.

I forgot this is KC we don't need a QB.