Kansas City Chiefs’ Week Seven Loss Is on Matt Cassel’s Shoulders

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Published: October 27, 2009

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... Matt Cassel.

It has been hard to criticize Cassel, who came into the season under scrutiny for being the beneficiary of a strong team and facing unrealistic expectations.  

He has played behind arguably the worst pass protection in the NFL. Prior to Week Seven, he had shown great improvisational ability when the pocket collapsed and thrown a fair number of touchdowns while keeping the interceptions down.

Week Seven showed a very different story. In fact, a weakness of Cassel’s game was put on spotlight. A problem overshadowed by other difficulties of the team has gathered glaring attention.

Cassel is not a very accurate thrower. 

While anyone looking at the box score of the Chief’s matchup with the San Diego Chargers can point to Cassel’s three interceptions and understand the lopsided score in the losing effort there are several other specific exam...

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