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Quarterback Rank: #28
Overall: #183
Cassel injured his hand in Week 10 and eventually needed season-ending surgery to fix the injury. He should be just fine for 2012, which is the positive. After a career season in 2010, Cassel had his struggles last season. He had 10 touchdowns to nine interceptions had five of nine games with less than 200-passing yards. He did have a few big games, though, throwing for 257 yards and four touchdowns against the Colts in Week 6. Cassel has thrown for 3,000-plus yards and at least 20 touchdowns two of the last four seasons. He has yet to complete at least 60 percent of his passes in three seasons with the Chiefs. His accuracy issues have been a concern for the Chiefs. Cassel doesn't have a great arm and doesn't do a great job of pushing the ball downfield, but normally makes pretty good decisions and seems to know the offense. He plays in a run-first offense, but will get his chances from week to week in a pass-friendly NFL.
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Not an exciting fantasy option. Cassel has done next to nothing without Charlie Weis at his side, which is the case again this season, so don't expect a big turnaround. He might get you around 3,000 yards and 20 touchdowns but could be on a short leash in a make or break season for his career. He carries a little more risk than your normal No. 2 fantasy quarterback. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said he is very comfortable with the team's quarterback tandem of Matt Cassel and Brady Quinn. 'I think we have a very good and very competitive quarterback situation. I really do. And it is what it is. You know what I mean? That's the situation we have. And I'm very comfortable with it,' Pioli said. The Chiefs talked about creating better quarterback competition during the start of the offseason, but they just signed Quinn to the mix. They let QB Kyle Orton depart as a free-agent on a three-year, $10.5 million deal that Pioli described as 'very, very generous' and they were not in the Peyton Manning derby despite owner Clark Hunt saying to the world the team wanted Manning on board. |
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| The Kansas City Chiefs seemed like they wanted to add competition for QB Matt Cassel this offseason, but the signing of Brady Quinn is unlikely to provide that. Quinn has not played a regular season game during the past two seasons. He does, however, have history with head coach Romeo Crennel from their time together in Cleveland in 2007. Quinn does give the team some stability as a backup quarterback, an area the team has struggled at in recent seasons. |
| Fantasy Impact: Cassel will be the starter in 2012. This is likely a make or break year for him, though. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel (hand) has resumed throwing, and he has been throwing well. 'He was throwing right as the season ended,' general manager Scott Pioli said Friday, Feb. 24. 'I don't know if he's 100 percent because I haven't seen him, but he's throwing well.' |
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| Although the Kansas City Chiefs are looking for QB Matt Cassel to compete for the starting quarterback job in 2012, they want Cassel to be their guy and they think he will be the guy. New offensive coordinator Brian Daboll has worked with Cassel in the past and he is a believer in Cassel. |
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| For Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel, the addition of Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator means he will have his sixth different offensive coordinator in the last five seasons. |
| Fantasy Impact: This doesn't help his growth as a quarterback. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Brian Daboll has worked with QB Matt Cassel when both were with the New England Patriots. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli emphasized Thursday, Feb. 2, the need to bring in competition for QB Matt Cassel at starting quarterback. 'What happens in free agency remains to be seen,' Crennel said. 'I know competition makes everybody better, and we'll just have to see what kind of competition we're going to have at the quarterback position.' Pioli added the team could re-sign impending free-agent QB Kyle Orton. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel and his wife helped alert a woman her house was on fire, and she escaped without injury or incident. Cassel's wife saw smoke and flames coming from the neighbor's chimney, and Cassel ran to this neighbor's house, pounded on the front door and started to circle the house until he saw the woman who lives there come outside. |
| Fantasy Impact: Good for Cassel. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel (hand) expects to be healthy for the start of next season after breaking his right hand this year. 'I don't believe so,' said Cassel, who had missed only two games his first two seasons with the Chiefs. 'It's healed up quite nicely so far. I've got all the range of motion back and all of those things.' The team hasn't given an indication that they will re-sign QB Kyle Orton to compete with Cassel in training camp. |
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| Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel said he isn't just assuming that he'll return as the starter in 2012, and that he's ready to compete to earn the starting job. 'There's competition every year,' Cassel said. 'If you play this position, there's always competition. You're competing against yourself, you're competing against somebody else. Whoever they bring in, you always compete and you always have to go out and try to get better.' |
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Hot -- Moving Up in the Player Rankings.
Cold -- Moving Down in the Player Rankings.
Injury Concern.
Sleeper.