Matthew Brennan "Matt" Cassel (born May 17, 1982, Northridge, California) is the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC.He became the Patriots' starting quarterback in Week 1 of the 2008 season after then reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury. According to ESPN research, he is the only known quarterback in NFL history to start an NFL game at quarterback without ever starting at quarterback in college. In February 2009, the Patriots used their franchise tag on Cassel, extending him a one-year contract worth over $14 million, the largest one-year contract for an offensive player in NFL history. Later that offseason, the Patriots made a trade which sent Cassel to the Chiefs, who signed him to a 6 year, $62.7 million contract in July 2009.
More photos » Nick Wass - AP The news that Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel underwent an appendectomy on Wednesday probably means he's not going to be ...
In a move that possibly suggests that the Chiefs are concerned about the health of one of their two quarterbacks, Matt Cassel and Brodie Croyle, ...
Kansas City quarterback Matt Cassel missed Wednesday's practice and his availability for this weekend's AFC West showdown at San Diego wasn't immediately ...
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel missed practice on Wednesday with what will be called an "illness" on the official injury report submitted to the league.
No offiical injury designation until Friday, but Chiefs believe there's a 50 percent chance of Matt Cassel playing. Tough guy, Cassel. "Don't get nervous. Norv is in charge." creanium.net · Bolts from the Blue. by creanium on Dec 8, ...
If you've been playing Matt Cassel in fantasy football then you've been pretty lucky over the last month.