This year's Pro Bowl will feature a new addition to the roster: Matt Cassel.
It's being reported that Tom Brady will not be making the trip to Honolulu this year for the Pro Bowl due to a stress fracture in his right foot.
The alternate to the Pro Bowl was Matt Cassel.
So, much like how Cassel got his start in the NFL, with an injury to Brady, he gets his first trip to the Pro Bowl. As Josh Looney from kcchiefs.com put it on his twitter: "it's only fitting."
I made an argument for Cassel when the Pro Bowl roster was announced. However, Cassel then followed it up with two awful performances against Oakland in the last regular season game of the season and against Baltimore in our home playoff game.
But even with those performances, Cassel had a good season, finishing with 3,116 passing yards, 27 touchdowns to 7 interceptions (the largest margin in franchise history) and a 93.0 passer rating in the regular season.
So, let's not remember the bad Cassel; let's remember the one that lead us to the playoffs and became a Pro Bowl quarterback. Let's remember this until next season starts.
Chiefs came along way this year, but I don't think Cassel is the answer at QB. Grbac could have done the same thing with this team and Gannon could have been voted in with this team and won a playoff game.
ReplyDeleteYou make an excellent point. But do you think the Chiefs should draft a quarterback this year?
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