CASSEL IS A CHIEF
Wow.
Less than a week ago, I opined at SportingNews.com that the Chiefs and the Patriots wouldn't be able to work out a trade for quarterback Matt Cassel because each side would be overly concerned about the perception that the other got the better side of the bargain.
So much for that.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the deal is done -- Cassel has been traded from the Patriots to the Chiefs.
The terms are not yet known.
It's easy to assume that the Chiefs gave up the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, but the Pats aren't the kind of team that would want to pay the kind of huge-money contract that the third overall slot commands.
That said, the Patriots could try to trade down from No. 3, continuing their practice of stockpiling draft picks and getting them at lower slots and thus cheaper contracts.
The move also means that the Patriots are confident that starter Tom Brady will be available for 2009. Or that 2008 third-rounder Kevin O'Connell (or O'Donnell, can't ever get it straight and too lazy to look it up) is ready to go in the event that Brady can't.
Once the trade goes through, the Pats will immediately clear $14.65 million from their 2009 cap space. Per Schefter, the trade is occurring without a new deal, which means that the Chiefs will have Cassel under contract for only one year at $14.65 million until a new deal is reached.
In many cases of this nature, the team trading a franchise player works out a new contract with a lower cap number before trading his rights. But since the Chiefs have more than enough room to carry Cassel's eight-figure one-year pay, there's no need to extend the deal before the trade goes through.
It also remains to be seen whether the Chiefs have protected themselves against Cassel declining to sign a long-term deal with trade terms that tie the final compensation to whether the Chiefs extend his contract.
Then again, Cassel and G.M. Scott Pioli likely will forge an acceptable middle ground; Pioli found Cassel in the seventh round of the 2005 draft, and Cassel returned the favor by making Pioli look like even more of a genius when Cassel finally was called upon to play.
But the best news is that I've already locked up a prominent presence in Gregg Easterbrook's "Bad Predictions Review" for 2009 with this one: "So, in reality, Cassel has a better chance of becoming the starter at USC than he does in Kansas City."
[Editor's note: Eating humble pie is a lot easier to do after going forty hours with only three 20-minute Kramer catnaps as all hell was breaking loose at PFT headquarters.]
Less than a week ago, I opined at SportingNews.com that the Chiefs and the Patriots wouldn't be able to work out a trade for quarterback Matt Cassel because each side would be overly concerned about the perception that the other got the better side of the bargain.
So much for that.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the deal is done -- Cassel has been traded from the Patriots to the Chiefs.
The terms are not yet known.
It's easy to assume that the Chiefs gave up the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, but the Pats aren't the kind of team that would want to pay the kind of huge-money contract that the third overall slot commands.
That said, the Patriots could try to trade down from No. 3, continuing their practice of stockpiling draft picks and getting them at lower slots and thus cheaper contracts.
The move also means that the Patriots are confident that starter Tom Brady will be available for 2009. Or that 2008 third-rounder Kevin O'Connell (or O'Donnell, can't ever get it straight and too lazy to look it up) is ready to go in the event that Brady can't.
Once the trade goes through, the Pats will immediately clear $14.65 million from their 2009 cap space. Per Schefter, the trade is occurring without a new deal, which means that the Chiefs will have Cassel under contract for only one year at $14.65 million until a new deal is reached.
In many cases of this nature, the team trading a franchise player works out a new contract with a lower cap number before trading his rights. But since the Chiefs have more than enough room to carry Cassel's eight-figure one-year pay, there's no need to extend the deal before the trade goes through.
It also remains to be seen whether the Chiefs have protected themselves against Cassel declining to sign a long-term deal with trade terms that tie the final compensation to whether the Chiefs extend his contract.
Then again, Cassel and G.M. Scott Pioli likely will forge an acceptable middle ground; Pioli found Cassel in the seventh round of the 2005 draft, and Cassel returned the favor by making Pioli look like even more of a genius when Cassel finally was called upon to play.
But the best news is that I've already locked up a prominent presence in Gregg Easterbrook's "Bad Predictions Review" for 2009 with this one: "So, in reality, Cassel has a better chance of becoming the starter at USC than he does in Kansas City."
[Editor's note: Eating humble pie is a lot easier to do after going forty hours with only three 20-minute Kramer catnaps as all hell was breaking loose at PFT headquarters.]
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I would be curious to see what the pats got in return...
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KC's second rounder (33?).
I think they did just to spite you, Florio. Thank GOD my Donkies hired McD. At least he is familiar with Cassel's strengths/weaknesses. Shanahan would not have known what to do.
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...and a conditional 2010 pick based upon Cassell's play.
Oops. I mean "It." THEY DID IT. Golly.
That Tiffany Simmons looks like a hottie! You should see if you can pick her up for PFT in Free Agency.... trade the hamster.
...and a conditional 2010 pick based upon Cassell's play.
Looks like Brady's rehab really is going well - the Pats would not make this move unless they were confident in Brady..
Wow. Probably a good time for Brady to get his head out of Gisele's ass.
The Chiefs are quickly becoming the Kansas City Patriots.
I called this trade when Pioli was hired by the Chiefs. I like being right. Pats will get the 3rd overall and get Curry to help rebuild their linebacker core with Mayo.
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I hear their getting the second rounder this year and a conditional next year.
Cassel and Vrabel for the number 3 overall this year, a third rounder, and a conditional second next year. The Pats are not trading Cassel for only a conditional pick next year...
Eric--good for you! So proud that you announced this to nobody and not a single person heard. Dag--you are a JEENUS.
LONG LIVE THE PATRIOTS...WE'LL TAKE THEIR 2ND ROUND PICK AND SELECT CONNOR BARWIN AND ANOTHER INSIDE LB TO MATCH UP WITH MAYO SO BRUSCHI'S ARSE CAN HAVE A SEAT!!!!
Something tells me this story is not done. There is another element to this trade, possibly a trade for the draft picks the Pats have just acquired for Peppers.
along with vrabel, this frees up 18 million in cap space. did i mention wilfork, seymour and mankins all become free agents next year?
and no, they arent interested in the 3rd overall pick or julius peppers; both are far too expensive
Wow - Matt Cassel for the #3 overall pick. The dolphins should have traded me instead of letting me become a FA, I could have been worth atlease 2 first rounders; i won 7 straight when Marino went down - I was great (oh never mind the 5 pathetic years in Detroit after the fact)
Dear KC - enjoy 5 more years of mediocrity!
WOW this new site sucks so bad im never going to use it again.
Told ya!
Isn't there something about extending a contract beyond the signed Franchise tender causing a team to not be able to use the Franchise tender on another player for the duration of the contract? If the Chiefs extend Cassel, could this be the Pats screwing the Chiefs?
I sometimes get confused with the rules of Franchise and Transition tenders. Of course, maybe this all will change with the lockout after next season. :angry face:
>>FLORIO YOUR AL SELLOUT said:
FLORIO YOU REALLY SOLD OUT THIS SITE EH? THIS site SUCKS!!<<
If you weren't so lazy you would have read the thread that told you this was a temporary fix until PFT could get their servers working. Moron.
As for the Pats, big chance giving Cassell away - unless Belichek knows something Pioli doesn't? Still they pick up draft pick(s) and get $14Mill back on the cap space, so not so bad. Better hope Brady can still play.
Pathetic, Florio...you sold out. Absolutely freaking unreal.
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Something tells me this story is not done. There is another element to this trade, possibly a trade for the draft picks the Pats have just acquired for Peppers.http://www.brian-atwood.com