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dirty dog · 12-08-2010, 04:50 PM

Cassel has his appendix removed today, looks like Brodie may get his shot against the Chargers.

vitokc · 12-08-2010, 05:30 PM

Should be ok if they can get the running game going and let the play action keep them off balance. Easier said than done on the road. The O-line is playing much better than when Croyle and then Thigpen were running for their lives a couple of years ago. In the NFL give any qb some time, and they can do some damage.

Muffrider · 12-08-2010, 05:39 PM

He had laparoscopy (scope) rather than laparotomy (open abdominal surgery). They're cautiously optimistic that he'll be able to play on Sunday. Scope or not, I doubt it.

Kaboom · 12-08-2010, 06:09 PM

He's supposed to have a 50/50 shot to start. If Brodie can avoid getting injured (which is highly possible with him), the team should still have a decent shot. Makes that loss to Oakland by the Chargers all the more important.

MsElena · 12-08-2010, 06:10 PM

If he plays, he's a better man than anyone I know.

Sarge · 12-08-2010, 08:47 PM

If Brodie has to start, let's just hope they keep him in isolation until the game. Don't want anybody sneezing on him and dislocating his shoulder again.

Gryphon · 12-08-2010, 10:08 PM

No way will Cassel play four days after an appendectomy, laparascopic or not. Croyle looked pretty good in preseason and he did get through the Baltimore game last year intact. But August I never thought I would be saying this: Cassel being out significantly reduces the Chiefs' chances of winning.

RandB fan · 12-08-2010, 10:46 PM

I'd rather have Brodie's wife start... she at least can execute the play action as the other team would be staring at her tits and she has dealt with Kenny Thomas Toyota so she understands the "end around"

dirty dog · 12-09-2010, 03:35 AM

I was watching the NFL network and they interviewed several doctors who all stated that if he is good with the pain their is not reaon he should not be able to start. So he looks like it may be him starting. Either way, we all kind of wrote this game off anyway so its not a deal breaker if we lose.

BigMikeinKC · 12-09-2010, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MsElena

If he plays, he's a better man than anyone I know.

Ouch, that hurt. So what's your plan on making it up to me.

MsElena · 12-09-2010, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigMikeinKC

Ouch, that hurt. So what's your plan on making it up to me.

Awww, I'm sorry Mike. You name it, if its within reason.....its yours.

Guest052813-01 · 12-09-2010, 07:53 AM

I had predicted before the season began that the Chiefs would finish 10-6 and that one of those losses would be to San Diego at Qualcomm. The Chiefs have a good chance of winning their last three games (St. Louis, Tennessee and Oakland), so a single loss may not impact their chances of winning the division. If this would keep Cassel out more than one week, that might impact their chances.

catnipdipper · 12-09-2010, 08:25 AM

I have watched how the Chiefs have managed injuries this season.

If you are not exactly right and risk reinjury then you don't play. They are long term focused and I say let him heal. If they had that little confidence in Brodie then why didn't they upgrade before now.

Brodie will do ok.

JS42 · 12-09-2010, 08:52 AM

I seriously doubt Cassel plays, if he does, that guy is a freaking stud. I really like Brodie, good guy with a cannon arm, but so damn fragile. A few things I wanted to share from a Chiefs board.

First one is rather unnerving. This comes from Chargers LB Stephen Cooper:
link:http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...medium=twitter
"If he does suit up,” said Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper of Cassel, “we are going to try to put him back on the bench if we have to.”
Cooper was asked if that meant he’d take a shot at Cassel’s abdominal region.
Whatever presents itself,” said Cooper. “We are just trying to make sure we get him down, make sure we try to get the ball, and try to get some turnovers. So, if the opportunity does present itself, we are going to try to hit him as hard as we can and see what happens from there.”
This is the same guy who I believe predicted a Chargers win in game one. What a turdball.

Funny (or I thought it was):

"Brodie at half time sunday..."

Muffrider · 12-09-2010, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JS42

First one is rather unnerving. This comes from Chargers LB Stephen Cooper:
link:http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...medium=twitter
"If he does suit up,” said Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper of Cassel, “we are going to try to put him back on the bench if we have to.”
Cooper was asked if that meant he’d take a shot at Cassel’s abdominal region.
Whatever presents itself,” said Cooper. “We are just trying to make sure we get him down, make sure we try to get the ball, and try to get some turnovers. So, if the opportunity does present itself, we are going to try to hit him as hard as we can and see what happens from there.”

They're trying to do a mindfuck on Cassel if he starts. I don't think there's any way he will. Too much chance of tearing open his fresh incisions, and then he WOULD be out for the season. Play the backup, that's what he's there for. With some protection from the front line, and with our running game, he might just pull it off. If not, it was a longshot anyway.