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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
But the standard has to be clear. We have to get on Cassel's case for the right reasons.
Because an unfair standard is to expect him to continually carry a bad defense and special teams unit and expect him to consistently win games. I ripped on Cassel for his performance against Denver--thought he didn't make plays when he needed to. On the other hand, I think a LOT of people were very unfairly critical of Cassel's performance in Oakland even though the Chiefs got crushed in the running game, on defense, on special teams, and with stupid penalty mistakes. So I don't agree that it's fair to say that we go as Cassel goes. Cassel needs to be sharp in the remaining games, but if he's sharp and the defense gives up 30+ points, there's only so far you can take the blame.
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That depends on what your expectations are. If the Chiefs are going to be perennial contenders, he absolutely must develop into a guy who can carry the team. See Manning, Rivers, Brady.
Our running game wont always be great. We can't always depend on our D. And Special teams will make their mistakes.
But the best teams, the perennial teams have a Qb that can constantly overcome those mistakes and keep their teams in it.
Cassel has to become that guy.