Chiefs Chiefs sign Matt Cassel to multi-year contract - Page 10

journeyscarab · 07-14-2009, 11:23 AM

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By KENT BABB
The Kansas City Star

Kansas City has the player it sees as a potential franchise quarterback, and now the Chiefs have Matt Cassel locked into a long-term deal.

The Chiefs have signed Cassel to a multi-year contract, a source told The Star on Tuesday. Terms of the deal have not been released, although the team is expected to announce the deal today.

Kansas City acquired the 27-year-old Cassel in March when it traded this year’s second-round draft pick to New England. The Chiefs also acquired linebacker Mike Vrabel in that deal.

Cassel had signed a one-year, guaranteed contract earlier this year with New England – the Patriots tagged the quarterback their franchise player before the trade – that would have paid him upward of $15 million for the 2009 season.

Cassel, a seventh-round draft pick in 2005, took over in Week 1 last season for the injured Tom Brady after the former NFL MVP suffered a season-ending knee injury. Cassel started 15 games, and New England won 11 contests in 2008.

**Reaper16** · 07-14-2009, 02:27 PM

Everyone who is ticked off about this... I would probably murder you in cold blood if we ever met. You are seriously ****ing moronic if you think the proper course of action to handle this franchise's QB deficit was to trade a high 2nd rounder & forgo the chance to draft a QB prospect for a QB that the team was going to evaluate for an entire season to see if he would be worth keeping or not. Out-of-this-world stupid.

Pioli is way smarter than you guys. He traded for Cassel because he had every expectation from the get-go that Cassel would be the man for this franchise going forward.

Titty Meat · 07-14-2009, 02:27 PM

This is a good signing especially if the Chiefs want Cassel to be a leader.

**Shaid** · 07-14-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

That depends on the way you look at it.

Because there's another counter-argument that 1-year $15M is a great deal if you learn that he's not as good as you thought he was. Because you can cut your losses after one year.

We won't have any idea if 5-years $48M was a good deal until the end of the year. If Cassel flops, then he might be worth 5-years $20M by season's end and you got ripped off. If he excels, then he might be worth 5 years $70M and then all of a sudden, you got a steal.

We are essentially risking $13 million in guaranteed money by signing him now. Say he plays lights out this year, we either have to re-franchise him or let him go. Someone out there would be willing to pay Ben Rothlisberger type money for him if he proves he can play. I think the risk/reward here tips in our favor in a big way, especially when you consider that we have to spend the money anyways because of our current cap situation.

Sure-Oz · 07-14-2009, 02:32 PM

I expect a yuniesky betancourt multi year extension in the coming days.

Brock · 07-14-2009, 02:34 PM

There was no way they were going to go into next season with him as the franchise player.

wild1 · 07-14-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Everyone who is ticked off about this... I would probably murder you in cold blood if we ever met. You are seriously ****ing moronic if you think the proper course of action to handle this franchise's QB deficit was to trade a high 2nd rounder & forgo the chance to draft a QB prospect for a QB that the team was going to evaluate for an entire season to see if he would be worth keeping or not. Out-of-this-world stupid.

Pioli is way smarter than you guys. He traded for Cassel because he had every expectation from the get-go that Cassel would be the man for this franchise going forward.

Exactly.

The NFL executive of the decade knows him better than any executive in the league and decided we needed to lock this guy up long term. Good enough for me

Hog's Gone Fishin · 07-14-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Guy is ****ed.

Come back when you can actually type a full sentence that somewhat makes some sort of sense!

Sure-Oz · 07-14-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

There was no way they were going to go into next season with him as the franchise player.

Agreed, glad we got it done now. Hope he is a rock solid guy that can lead us.

JuicesFlowing · 07-14-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Everyone who is ticked off about this... I would probably murder you in cold blood if we ever met. You are seriously ****ing moronic if you think the proper course of action to handle this franchise's QB deficit was to trade a high 2nd rounder & forgo the chance to draft a QB prospect for a QB that the team was going to evaluate for an entire season to see if he would be worth keeping or not. Out-of-this-world stupid.

Pioli is way smarter than you guys. He traded for Cassel because he had every expectation from the get-go that Cassel would be the man for this franchise going forward.

I agree. Some people think Pioli is going regress into some kind of King Carlian dumbassery ... My favorite is the responses at Bob Gretz.com ... some think "Pioli and Haley put their jobs on the line" ... Amazing.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 07-14-2009, 02:41 PM

You do realize he was sacked 47 times last year. Our OL won't let that happen!

Titty Meat · 07-14-2009, 02:44 PM

So this means the Chiefs are working on Tyson Jacksons contract now

Pitt Gorilla · 07-14-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaid

I don't think this is too bad considering he was going to make 15 million this year no matter what happened.

Does 5 years, 48 million, with 13 million guaranteed sound like a good deal? That's basically what Pioli signed him for.

This is essentially what I was going to post. The franchise tag made the extension a little trickier than an UFA.

Pitt Gorilla · 07-14-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by booyaf2

Cassel is believed to be the only quarterback in NFL history to start an NFL game without starting a game in college. Cassel was a backup at USC.

Only in Kansas City ladies and gentlemen

I'm trying to figure out why that would matter.

**gblowfish** · 07-14-2009, 03:07 PM

Let's hope he earns it and doesn't get killed before we can build a line in front of him.

Chiefnj2 · 07-14-2009, 03:15 PM

By NFL rule, July 15 is the deadline to reach multi-year contracts with franchise players. After the 15th you can only sign them to 1 year contracts. There was some dispute as to whether the rule applied to Cassel since the Pats signed him first. In any event, it really isn't a surprise given the deadline.

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