I know....you should go support another team. This agony must be crushing that you are dealing with. But, don't jump off a bridge...ok?

The Chiefs could have cut Cassel and signed Orton to a short-term contract at a cheaper price. Instead, they kept the worse QB and we're stuck with that clown for another year.

First of all orton signed a pretty big deal just to be the backup in Dallas. Second HES ****ING KYLE ORTON. WHO GIVES A SHIT?

Yes, he would. First, I would never as a fan feel like the Chiefs are being blindly loyal to a bad QB. If the Chiefs signed Orton, to me that means the team recognizes that finding Orton's replacement becomes a top priority in 2013. But yes, with Orton, you have a real outside chance of postseason success. Very outside chance, but at least it's a chance. With Cassel, you have no chance.

Blah. What?

He was given a $5M signing bonus. His contract in 2012 is worth $900,000. His contract next year is $1.4M. Matt Cassel's contract is worth $5.25M, $7.5M in 2013, and $9M in 2014.

Orton is $650,000 more expensive today and $6.1M cheaper next year. Let's face it, the only reason Orton isn't a Chief had nothing to do with money. It had nothing to do with Orton being uncomfortable getting into a QB competition with Cassel. Why? Because Orton signed a cheap contract on a team where he would become the backup. This move had everything to do with the Chiefs refusing to admit that their shitty QB is in fact shitty.

Your point was that Orton would be cheaper THIS season had we just cut cassel and signed orton. You were wrong and you're wrong about cassel.

We're tied to Cassell again this season, this I'm sure of. Maybe Tannehill, but why sign Quinn? They plan will be NT in the draft, lots more depth. I doubt Tannehill falls to us and I have to believe we'd take him if he did, but I don't see us making moves to get him.

One more year of Cassell. Almost there. This kinda sucks, but at the end of the day I actually have more hope for this season.

[quote=InChiefsHell;8467525]We're tied to Cassell again this season, this I'm sure of. Maybe Tannehill, but why sign Quinn? They plan will be NT in the draft, lots more depth. I doubt Tannehill falls to us and I have to believe we'd take him if he did, but I don't see us making moves to get him.

One more year of Cassell. Almost there. This kinda sucks, but at the end of the day I actually have more hope for this season.[/quote]

agree....

The signing of Quinn is not competition for Cassel. It is for Stanzi. If Quinn ends up #2 on the Chiefs....Stanzi will need to be replaced as playing behind Quinn will represent major suckage on his part.

We can afford $650,000 under our cap for 2012.

I voted yes even though we downgraded at CB. But that was just too much money for Carr IMO.

I really don't understand why people are so excited about the offseason. Let's face it, the good additions we made were for players you can find in the 2nd or 3rd round of the draft.

We downgraded at a first round position, who the **** knows why. And we go yet another offseason without an upgrade at the two most important positions in the game--NT and QB.

Why are people so excited about this offseason?

I disagree, Winston> Richardson, Hillis> Jones Battle, Boss> Pope, Quinn> Palko.

Not bad at all

[QUOTE=King_Chief_Fan;8467537]Sadly, this is true. I don't think any member of this board really believes we can ever win a SB with MC behind center. But QBs just don't grow on trees, so given what we had to choose from, Quinn is probably the best we could have hoped for this year.
What I am going to be pissed about is if Stanzi does not get a legit chance of being the #2 this season. Maybe you could justify with the work stoppage that Stanzi wasn't ready, but there's flat out no excuse for that this year. There really was no excuse for it 1 game into the Tyler Palko era other than Haley giving the finger to the Chiefs, their fans, and yes, Pioli. Either develop him or cut him and find someone you can develop.

Winston + Hillis + Boss + Quinn + Cassel + Routt < Richardson + Battle + Pope + Palko + Orton + Carr

Orton and Carr are top priority positions and carry the most weight in this discussion. We have to prove that this team is capable of not only finding support players, but core players too.

I will be the first to say I'm not a Cassel fan but with a legitimate WR corps and dual TEs plus the addition of a RT and Hillis he should be okay. All Cassel has to do is not lose the game with our defense. Pioli is doing a nice job of surrounding Cassel with pieces that make sure he won't look as bad as he really is.