Chiefs Really hard not to like Matt Cassel. - Page 26

Direckshun · 07-28-2012, 06:14 PM

I can't help it. He is everything I like in a quarterback other than his inability to be consistently really, really good.

Kind of a ****ed up thing to say. But he's such a good representative for this team. He blocks when run plays swing around, and blocks really, really enthusiastically for a QB. He sticks up for all his teammates, and has never thrown them under a bus. He's got occasional throws when his protection is strong that do genuinely look like brilliant darts into the chest of a receiver.

He's not a drama queen, doesn't crave attention. Gives his time up for charity, married to a camera shy college sweetheart who as it turns out is the leggiest brunette this side of the Atlantic.

He's really fiery, even having that awesome exchange of words with Haley last year. He'll get in a fight, even a physical fight for the guys in red. He ****s around with his teammates on the sidelines and knows the playbook like a mother****er.

Sure, he's got the beta-male thing going on, but he's not flawless.

And we all know it: if Matt Cassel was even a pretty good Pro Bowl talent, he'd be your favorite Chief.

At 4:50, and at 5:14, two examples of Cassel putting his body out there for a teammate, in this case Jamaal Charles.

Seriously, folks. He's done nothing wrong but work his ass off for this team, do everything it takes to win, and be physically limited in what he can do.

He was one of the reasons Baldwin was able to turn it around decently last year. Cassel and Baldwin were BFFs in the preseason, and when the whole locker room could have turned on Baldwin after the Thomas Jones debacle, I'm willing to bet the first thing Cassel did in Baldwin's first practice back was throw him the ball. Cassel might have been the life saver around Baldwin's locker room rep.

I can understand being frustrated with Cassel. I know you all are too. But there is no reason to do anything but just hope the guy gets better.

Stop rooting for injury. Stop calling him an asshole.

Because he's a really ****ing good dude, and a decent quarterback. He's been good to this franchise in a lot of ways, and if he was better on the field you guys wouldn't be able to stop sucking him off.

We're all hoping Stanzi gets a shot this year, and I've been consistently mocking QBs to the Chiefs in round 1 next year.

But get your head on straight. Root for Matt Cassel.

Simplicity · 10-23-2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

Terrance Copper is a great teammate.

Cassel is not.

See the other thread if you can't understand this extraordinarily simple premise.

I saw it. Can't help to be a little hostile after losing your NFL starting job. Still doesn't trumph his effort for blocking his running back 30 yards down the field to help his team. TWICE!

Hammock Parties · 10-23-2012, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

He is still a good guy. Sucks ****ing balls at football. Still a good guy. Clay can still go eat shit.

He's a fake nice guy, who has almost never taken responsibility for his failures, including in his latest press beatdown.

He thinks his shit doesn't stink. **** him.

**Rausch** · 10-23-2012, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

Still doesn't trumph his effort for blocking his running back 30 yards down the field to help his team. TWICE!

****ing put him back at TE then and let him compete...

**Ming the Merciless** · 10-23-2012, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Nothing I said was untrue....

Hey I wished and hoped he was awesome...I wanted to see some playoff football...

I guess I'll be waiting a while longer with the rest of you douche bags eh?

Its not like rooting against him wouldve helped with the boredom and absolute apathy I have for football this season...

My season still ended when yours did (and yours ended when mine did)

We are still Kin, my brother

**RealSNR** · 10-23-2012, 09:36 PM

The Merril Hoge/Ron Jaworski cluster**** on ESPN after the Winston fiasco just shows how wrapped up the media is in this stupid notion that Cassel is a nice guy. Jaworski said something like, "Matt Cassel is a guy who helped to rebuild an entire city of Chiefs fans in Joplin after those awful tornados, and this is how the fans treat him? This is not the Kansas City I knew when I played there"

If he's so valuable to the people of Joplin, then he should ****ing get a job with Habitat for Humanity. That might actually be something he's GOOD at doing. Instead he's our starting QB.

THAT was 100% sickening to ME as a fan when Jaws said that. Is he actually suggesting that an athlete who likely feels obliged to help people out because the rest of the team is doing it (let's be honest, during the lockout he wasn't exactly doing anything else) is a great guy? He could have gotten vocal and spearheaded the whole rescue Joplin thing, but that wasn't him. That was all Todd Haley. Cassel just followed.

So how do we express our intense disappointment, Jaws? It came down to that. We don't want a ****ing carpenter as our starting QB. We've been saying that for years, and management wasn't ****ing listening. Well, now we forced the issue and look what happened! No more ****ing Cassel. Ain't that grand?

**Lzen** · 10-23-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

The Merril Hoge/Ron Jaworski cluster**** on ESPN after the Winston fiasco just shows how wrapped up the media is in this stupid notion that Cassel is a nice guy. Jaworski said something like, "Matt Cassel is a guy who helped to rebuild an entire city of Chiefs fans in Joplin after those awful tornados, and this is how the fans treat him? This is not the Kansas City I knew when I played there"

If he's so valuable to the people of Joplin, then he should ****ing get a job with Habitat for Humanity. That might actually be something he's GOOD at doing. Instead he's our starting QB.

THAT was 100% sickening to ME as a fan when Jaws said that. Is he actually suggesting that an athlete who likely feels obliged to help people out because the rest of the team is doing it (let's be honest, during the lockout he wasn't exactly doing anything else) is a great guy? He could have gotten vocal and spearheaded the whole rescue Joplin thing, but that wasn't him. That was all Todd Haley. Cassel just followed.

So how do we express our intense disappointment, Jaws? It came down to that. We don't want a ****ing carpenter as our starting QB. We've been saying that for years, and management wasn't ****ing listening. Well, now we forced the issue and look what happened! No more ****ing Cassel. Ain't that grand?

Preach on, brotha!

FAX · 10-23-2012, 09:42 PM

We shouldn't demean Cassel's efforts to assist the people of Joplin. That was a good thing.

But the fact of the matter is that Cassel's charitable efforts are in no way related to his play on the field. They are two separate things. There is zero correlation between the two. And, if Jaws had his facts correct, he would have known that the cheers were horribly overblown and misrepresented by Winston's moronic grandstanding.

I'm very disappointed in Jaws, to be honest. I thought he was a man of integrity, but it turns out he's just another ratings whore like most of them. Sad.

FAX

**petegz28** · 10-23-2012, 09:44 PM

Cassel is a good guy. He tries hard, he practices hard, he plays hard. He just sucks as a QB but I have never doubted his heart or effort. He never should have been a starting QB and it isn't his fault that he was. I will knock Cassel's talent but I won't knock his effort in trying to become something he isn't and will never be.

**RealSNR** · 10-23-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Cassel is a good guy. He tries hard, he practices hard, he plays hard. He just sucks as a QB but I have never doubted his heart or effort. He never should have been a starting QB and it isn't his fault that he was. I will knock Cassel's talent but I won't knock his effort in trying to become something he isn't and will never be.

NO HE'S ****ING NOT

I've said all along that the guy is a giant dick and a jerk, but nobody believed me. He's got the face of America, and his improbable storybook rise to NFL starting QB could practically be a Disney movie. People want to like him, so they say things like, "I don't think he's a good QB, but he's a selfless team leader who works hard. Perfect teammate. The right kind of guy you want as your starting QB."

A good guy who sucks would say the right things. He'd endear and entrench himself into the hearts of the fans. Think Boomer Grigsby. Fans ****ing loved that guy even though he sucked saggy octogenarian titties. He played into the underdog role like a champ. Cassel waltzed into KC and was like, "Oh, I'm the starting QB? Uh, yeah. That's cuz I'm awesome! Maybe if enough of my greatness rubs off on my teammates, we'll improve and win some games."

**Easy 6** · 10-23-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FAX

We shouldn't demean Cassel's efforts to assist the people of Joplin. That was a good thing.

But the fact of the matter is that Cassel's charitable efforts are in no way related to his play on the field. They are two separate things. There is zero correlation between the two. And, if Jaws had his facts correct, he would have known that the cheers were horribly overblown and misrepresented by Winston's moronic grandstanding.

I'm very disappointed in Jaws, to be honest. I thought he was a man of integrity, but it turns out he's just another ratings whore like most of them. Sad.

FAX

This.

Every word of it.

**BossChief** · 10-23-2012, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

The Merril Hoge/Ron Jaworski cluster**** on ESPN after the Winston fiasco just shows how wrapped up the media is in this stupid notion that Cassel is a nice guy. Jaworski said something like, "Matt Cassel is a guy who helped to rebuild an entire city of Chiefs fans in Joplin after those awful tornados, and this is how the fans treat him? This is not the Kansas City I knew when I played there"

If he's so valuable to the people of Joplin, then he should ****ing get a job with Habitat for Humanity. That might actually be something he's GOOD at doing. Instead he's our starting QB.

THAT was 100% sickening to ME as a fan when Jaws said that. Is he actually suggesting that an athlete who likely feels obliged to help people out because the rest of the team is doing it (let's be honest, during the lockout he wasn't exactly doing anything else) is a great guy? He could have gotten vocal and spearheaded the whole rescue Joplin thing, but that wasn't him. That was all Todd Haley. Cassel just followed.

So how do we express our intense disappointment, Jaws? It came down to that. We don't want a ****ing carpenter as our starting QB. We've been saying that for years, and management wasn't ****ing listening. Well, now we forced the issue and look what happened! No more ****ing Cassel. Ain't that grand?

Cassel and Baldwin say whats up

**KcMizzou** · 10-23-2012, 10:15 PM

I'd buy Cassel a beer. Seems like a good dude. I know a lot of guys like that. None of which I want as a starting QB on any team I care about.

**RealSNR** · 10-23-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

I'd buy Cassel a beer. Seems like a good dude. I know a lot of guys like that. None of which I want as a starting QB on any team I care about.

I'd let Cassel buy ME a beer.

Then I'd tell him to ****ing get lost.

Sorter · 10-23-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

I saw it. Can't help to be a little hostile after losing your NFL starting job. Still doesn't trumph his effort for blocking his running back 30 yards down the field to help his team. TWICE!

He doesn't come close to blocking like Trent.

Hammock Parties · 10-23-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

If he's so valuable to the people of Joplin, then he should ****ing get a job with Habitat for Humanity.

07-28-2012, 06:14 PM
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $2023447	Really hard not to like Matt Cassel. I can't help it. He is everything I like in a quarterback other than his inability to be consistently really, really good. Kind of a **ed up thing to say. But he's such a good representative for this team. He blocks when run plays swing around, and blocks really, really enthusiastically for a QB. He sticks up for all his teammates, and has never thrown them under a bus. He's got occasional throws when his protection is strong that do genuinely look like brilliant darts into the chest of a receiver. He's not a drama queen, doesn't crave attention. Gives his time up for charity, married to a camera shy college sweetheart who as it turns out is the leggiest brunette this side of the Atlantic. He's really fiery, even having that awesome exchange of words with Haley last year. He'll get in a fight, even a physical fight for the guys in red. He s around with his teammates on the sidelines and knows the playbook like a motherer. Sure, he's got the beta-male thing going on, but he's not flawless. And we all know it: if Matt Cassel was even a pretty good Pro Bowl talent, he'd be your favorite Chief. At 4:50, and at 5:14, two examples of Cassel putting his body out there for a teammate, in this case Jamaal Charles. Seriously, folks. He's done nothing wrong but work his ass off for this team, do everything it takes to win, and be physically limited in what he can do. He was one of the reasons Baldwin was able to turn it around decently last year. Cassel and Baldwin were BFFs in the preseason, and when the whole locker room could have turned on Baldwin after the Thomas Jones debacle, I'm willing to bet the first thing Cassel did in Baldwin's first practice back was throw him the ball. Cassel might have been the life saver around Baldwin's locker room rep. I can understand being frustrated with Cassel. I know you all are too. But there is no reason to do anything but just hope the guy gets better. Stop rooting for injury. Stop calling him an asshole. Because he's a really **ing good dude, and a decent quarterback. He's been good to this franchise in a lot of ways, and if he was better on the field you guys wouldn't be able to stop sucking him off. We're all hoping Stanzi gets a shot this year, and I've been consistently mocking QBs to the Chiefs in round 1 next year. But get your head on straight. Root for Matt Cassel.
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10-23-2012, 09:42 PM	#382
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	We shouldn't demean Cassel's efforts to assist the people of Joplin. That was a good thing. But the fact of the matter is that Cassel's charitable efforts are in no way related to his play on the field. They are two separate things. There is zero correlation between the two. And, if Jaws had his facts correct, he would have known that the cheers were horribly overblown and misrepresented by Winston's moronic grandstanding. I'm very disappointed in Jaws, to be honest. I thought he was a man of integrity, but it turns out he's just another ratings whore like most of them. Sad. FAX
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10-23-2012, 09:44 PM	#383
petegz28 Supporter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Olathe, Ks Casino cash: $-1215873	Cassel is a good guy. He tries hard, he practices hard, he plays hard. He just sucks as a QB but I have never doubted his heart or effort. He never should have been a starting QB and it isn't his fault that he was. I will knock Cassel's talent but I won't knock his effort in trying to become something he isn't and will never be.
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10-23-2012, 10:15 PM	#387
KcMizzou Supporter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Parkville MO Casino cash: $10005170	I'd buy Cassel a beer. Seems like a good dude. I know a lot of guys like that. None of which I want as a starting QB on any team I care about.
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