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KC will be fine if the O line can protect Cassel. Remember, he was able to win consistently in NE, so it's not all him. Nothing's impossible and the Chiefs definitely upgraded that D. Good luck to you, and nice W over the Chargers.

Cassel is okay, I'm not going to lie and say he's great. However, they could do much worse so I think they should just stay put with him for now.

The O-line is better than what it was. Its not great by any means, but its pretty close to being average now. The Chiefs have established a running game and teams are stacking 8 or 9 players in the box in an attempt to force Cassel to beat them. Its working, but I still can't put all of the blame on Matt Cassel. The team receivers led the league in drops last season and things haven't seemed to improve much. Dwayne Bowe had two bounce off his hands on the opener and Chris Chambers even had one thump off of his finger tips. Those three passes would have gone for around 70 yards and it would have forced the defense to respect the pass more, thus opening up the running game. The Chiefs have been getting by... for now. Something tells me that Matt Cassel's future is tied to the hands of a Dwayne Bowe and he has been terribly inconsistent. I personally believe that we will have a better idea of how good Cassel really is, if we can package Bowe in a trade for someone that can actually catch the ball.

I`m starting to give up hope with Cassel, but it is hard to know if he will make a decent QB with all the dropped passes.
Last year the lead the league with about 50 or so, and have started out this year the same way.

Howdy Jimmy!

vick is the answer

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Originally posted 01:29 PM ET  09.22 by ajflow

vick is the answer

No thank you!

KC Guy...The problem the Chief face is that Cassel is the product of a system and by definition a system QB. He was able to produce in that system, but struggles when there is few tools around him. Cassel is not talented enough to lift a team and carry them. The missing piece in the KC puzzle is a first tier QB (happens to be the missing piece on a lot of teams). They continue to win, they will play themselves out of position to draft Ryan Mallett or Jake Locker. Are you doomed this season with Cassel? Yes...but having thoughts of playing past the last game of the season is delusional if you are the Chiefs. Next year or the following year will be when the Chiefs are hard to beat. I would enjoy the success this team has had so far and not get carried away with thoughts of the post season.

Although Cassel is not without his faults the amount of dropped passes has to be factored in, Cassel is not losing games however the offense as a whole has to step up in order to take the next step in progression.