Matt Cassel to the Chiefs

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by elgreazy1

But why? If he plays great, you now owe him an additional $5+mil a year due to his demand. That's the difference between a couple average guys or one major player on the roster. The contract only has big money in the first 3 years, after that, he's next to nothing if cut. That's 3 years of having a decent starter or at worst, great backup QB. I think Pioli knows what he's doing.

Not saying he doesn't know what he's doing, just not what I would do. IF he plays great, yeah... what if he plays horribly? There's a better chance of that and I don't see many safeguards for it. Not even saying he's horrible. He could be Rob Johnson or Scott Mitchell... but he could even be Matt Schaub. Now that we know more about Matt Schaub I wouldn't give him that much money either without benchmarks to protect for time missed due to injury.

At this point I don't see much reason to expect so much more from Cassell than Thigpen to lock him into a big time contract.