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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Don't forget that Trent Green was like 30 years old when he got to KC too, whereas Cassel is still relatively young and pretty inexperienced. Trent Green was god awful his first year as the Chiefs QB and that was with players like Holmes, Gonzalez, Roaf, Shields on his offence. Jason Whitlock hated him too. Than again Whitlock would hate himself if he was Chiefs QB, he's a ######. Cassel has nothing even close to that to work with, and is starting with a lot less experience at the position. The Chiefs paid him too much, but I'd give him the rest of this year and next year.
I'd start building the rest of that offence first and look to get my next QB in a couple years when the team might be ready to win a few games. Carl and Herm absolutely ruined the team, and it's a 2-3 year project to fix it unfortunately. They're miles behind everyone in the Division in terms of talent, and sadly the Raiders may finally be getting a bit smarter about how they deploy their underachievers.
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Green set a Chiefs record with 24 interceptions his first year in KC if memory serves. At the time Vermeil blamed a lot of that on the receivers not understanding the offense. Green knew the offense already from his time with Vermeil in St. Louis. In that system the QB throws to spots in the field. The receivers job was to meet the ball at the right spot at the right time. The following season when everyone had a year in that system under their belts the results were dramatically better. A big knock from the media and other critics about that team was the fact that they didn't have a superstar receiver. Which was hogwash since that offense was the top in the league for three years and Green consistently threw for over 4,000 yards every season. The problem with that team was a cream puff defense.
Green was 30 maybe even 31 his first season in KC. Cassel is 28 maybe only 27. That isn't a big difference in age. Green had a lot more to work with, but also possessed the physical tools to be successful in the NFL. A strong arm, accuracy, the ability to find the right receiver. If that team ever got in a third and long situation I was never worried, they seemed to get the first down every time.
As for Whitlock. I enjoy his column from a humor standpoint and like the fact that he isn't scared to give his opinion, however misguided it may be. But I sure wouldn't take what he says seriously, especially about talent at the QB positing. This is a guy who lobbied for the Chiefs to sign Geoffe George repeatedly. When it comes to Whitlock's take on Cassel the only thing I would agree with is that Pioli seems to be delusional when it comes to his believe that Matt is a franchise QB.