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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
They'd have gone 6-10 with Cassel as the starter all season, IMO. Cassel wins the Steelers game and loses both of the games that Orton won. The backup QB argument doesn't wash - they had a better QB for nearly 20% of the season than they're going to have next year.
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Doesn't matter how talented the guy is in Orton's case, because Cassel's been taking the 1st string snaps since camp opened.
So while Cassel's not exactly the best QB in the league, he's had months of preparation as the #1 guy on the roster over everybody else. And almost 6 months of prep over Orton.
It's different if we're talking on paper, but we're not. We're talking about the heat of the season -- Orton came in with basically a couple weeks of training and we were still able to win with that.
Thanks, partially, to his great effort. Thanks, partially, to a relatively talented team.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Then they punted the draft.
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Where they finally finished our transition to the 3-4, and fortified our offensive line, and stacked the team with relatively solid depth, which people like yourself have been begging us to do for how long?
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Given the fact that they're getting 3 good players back in some capacity (maybe 100%...until Moeaki gets hurt again), they should be better. And the Winston pickup will help a great deal.
They're still a 1 and done squad at their best.
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I don't disagree.
The Chiefs still have work to go. Acquiring better talent, and developing the talent they have.
But let's call a spade a spade here. This is not a Bottom 10 team.