Arrowhead Adventures: Play Croyle!

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A long way we have come since my post of October 8, 2010. I asked for your favorite current player, and offered my choice as Matt Cassel.  And I got blasted!

Eight weeks later, well my choice is probably more widely accepted.
Why did I pick Matt?

One Major Reason. As I sat through  game after game of Brodie being carried off the field on a stretcher, I told myself nothing could change until we found a durable QB. Sure Brodie has an arm like a rocket launcher. The problem is its connected to a brain that is still linked to college ball.

He tries to force passes that would be completions in college games. He hangs on to the ball to long, hoping for that perfect opening that usually came at Alabama. And finally, either he doesn’t know how to take a sack, or his body just isn’t built to take it. When I heard Matt was coming to KC from the East , well I thought we finally had secured the glue we needed to hold this team together.

So here we go into one of the most important games the Chiefs have faced in a long long time. A December game that means something. And Matt has his appendix removed four days before the kick off. And my life as a Chiefs fan suddenly has adventure I didn’t see coming.

As they say, “when everything is gone, anything goes”, and I think the situation fits Sundays game like a glove.

Its a game I thought we could win as my girlfriend and I left the Monday night game walking on air, nothing but possibilities ahead. It was a game I thought I could win when I bought two tickets in the upper level at Chargers stadium, and started checking out airfare to LA.

But its a game I no longer had confidence in when our butts were kicked in Oakland and Denver. When San Diego started kicking NFL butt,  I listed them for sale, and they quickly sold.

So the chances I felt we had to be San Diego dropped even more when my buddy called and told me Matt was in the hospital with appendicitis. But it wasn’t dread I felt, but excitement as I hung up the phone.  Croyle might get his chance after all.

So at this point I hope we go with Croyle. Lets give him a chance to show us what he can do with a little time to make some decisions. If he shines, well we have a great backup quarterback. And as Matt found out in New England, you never know when you might need him. And

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Tyler will be starting the second half for KC, could say he will be getting a chance to pull a Matt Cassel, Brodie will be watching the second half from his hospital bed. Go Tyler

Well I just stumbled on to this web site and figured I would share my insight. To tell you the truth I was scared when we signed Cassel, because he was good with NE (and they were stacked), and KC was'nt. Though he did good with NE he still had not proved he was a starting QB in the NFL, and I thought KC jumped the gun. I was wrong Cassel has proven a lot this year. The thing that most impresses me about Cassel is his desire to play (or hart). Croyle may have more skill than Cassel, but Cassel has more hart. When I saw Cassel running down the field with Charles and blocking, I thought to my self hey you don't see that everyday. Now that Cassel is out for sure this week it falls on Croyle. Croyle has more natural talent than Cassel (he started in College) and will he will do a good job in replacing him. Will we win? I don't know even with Cassel it was going to be a hard game to win (I am a Chiefs fan and I love football, but this game scares me more than the rest and to be truthful I thouught it was luck in week 1 but a W is a W). People are talking about that if Croyle goes out and play like Brady do we start him instead on Cassel. I say no, because Cassel has just enough skill and a lot of hart and when you have hart and love the game then so will everyone else (it is like a disease everyone will feed off you bad or good). I don't see Croyle doing that. I don't see him running down the field blocking for Charles or jumping up and down like a school boy on every TD pass. So I think that is why we are winning because Cassel brings that and everyone feeds off it, and plays better.

Welcome to Arrowhead Addict and thanks for commenting. Hope to see you around here more often.

I'm going to look as Brodie Croyle starting for the Chiefs the same way or similiar as I would look at a rock-n-roll band with a newly hired rhythm guitarist. First off ,he'll have to get the feel for what's going on. Secondly, anxiety will definitely come into play. Just showing up at the show and having everything working right the first time is a challenge in itself. But once the beautiful sounds start flowing through the air the thing to do is to maintain performance composure and confidence until the last note is played. If the new guitar player played exceptional or even better than the lead player, then that man can count on being a future major component of the situation given. Here I'm talking about music but in Croyle's situation this is sort of the same deal that can be applied to N.F.L. football.

Right on Danny!

I'll bet Matt Cassel has a bad gut feeling about Sunday's game.

I hope Brodie has a great game, it will be very interesting to read the posts here. If he does well there won't or shouldn't be any controversy. Cassel is still the man, but hey Brodie could earn some needed respect. The guy has a live arm, and able to make throws Cassel can't. Come on, lets start looking at the upside here.

That would be sweet cal. I think what I need with croyle is closure

Whats going to be amazing is the game Croyle is going to have with his chance to lead this team,remember Matt wasn't even known until he had his chance

I wish that Matt was playing but since that is not happening I'm getting really excited to see what Brodie can do with a good team and a bunch of play makers around him. At this point I've resigned myself to the fact that we can lose this game and still win out be winning the last 3 games. Which I believe we're going to do. So with nothing to lose Sunday let's see Croyle open up. Throw some TD's, throw some interceptions, I don't care, just make it competitive and make it fun. Can you imagine the razzing we could give the Bolts fans if we beat them with Croyle? Now that would be awesome!

Im with ya Alan!

Think you might be right on this one.I just have a gut feeling this is the chance he has been waiting for.And besides that this is a team sport not one on one,,GO CHIEFS!!!!

Tyler will be starting the second half for KC, could say he will be getting a chance to pull a Matt Cassel, Brodie will be watching the second half from his hospital bed.

Go Tyler

Well I just stumbled on to this web site and figured I would share my insight. To tell you the truth I was scared when we signed Cassel, because he was good with NE (and they were stacked), and KC was'nt. Though he did good with NE he still had not proved he was a starting QB in the NFL, and I thought KC jumped the gun. I was wrong Cassel has proven a lot this year. The thing that most impresses me about Cassel is his desire to play (or hart). Croyle may have more skill than Cassel, but Cassel has more hart. When I saw Cassel running down the field with Charles and blocking, I thought to my self hey you don't see that everyday. Now that Cassel is out for sure this week it falls on Croyle. Croyle has more natural talent than Cassel (he started in College) and will he will do a good job in replacing him. Will we win? I don't know even with Cassel it was going to be a hard game to win (I am a Chiefs fan and I love football, but this game scares me more than the rest and to be truthful I thouught it was luck in week 1 but a W is a W). People are talking about that if Croyle goes out and play like Brady do we start him instead on Cassel. I say no, because Cassel has just enough skill and a lot of hart and when you have hart and love the game then so will everyone else (it is like a disease everyone will feed off you bad or good). I don't see Croyle doing that. I don't see him running down the field blocking for Charles or jumping up and down like a school boy on every TD pass. So I think that is why we are winning because Cassel brings that and everyone feeds off it, and plays better.

Welcome to Arrowhead Addict and thanks for commenting. Hope to see you around here more often.

I'm going to look as Brodie Croyle starting for the Chiefs the same way or similiar as I would look at a rock-n-roll band with a newly hired rhythm guitarist. First off ,he'll have to get the feel for what's going on. Secondly, anxiety will definitely come into play. Just showing up at the show and having everything working right the first time is a challenge in itself. But once the beautiful sounds start flowing through the air the thing to do is to maintain performance composure and confidence until the last note is played. If the new guitar player played exceptional or even better than the lead player, then that man can count on being a future major component of the situation given. Here I'm talking about music but in Croyle's situation this is sort of the same deal that can be applied to N.F.L. football.

Right on Danny!

I'll bet Matt Cassel has a bad gut feeling about Sunday's game.

I hope Brodie has a great game, it will be very interesting to read the posts here.
If he does well there won't or shouldn't be any controversy. Cassel is still the man, but hey Brodie could earn some needed respect. The guy has a live arm, and able to make throws Cassel can't. Come on, lets start looking at the upside here.

That would be sweet cal. I think what I need with croyle is closure

Whats going to be amazing is the game Croyle is going to have with his chance to lead this team,remember Matt wasn't even known until he had his chance

I wish that Matt was playing but since that is not happening I'm getting really excited to see what Brodie can do with a good team and a bunch of play makers around him. At this point I've resigned myself to the fact that we can lose this game and still win out be winning the last 3 games. Which I believe we're going to do.

So with nothing to lose Sunday let's see Croyle open up. Throw some TD's, throw some interceptions, I don't care, just make it competitive and make it fun. Can you imagine the razzing we could give the Bolts fans if we beat them with Croyle? Now that would be awesome!

Im with ya Alan!

Think you might be right on this one.I just have a gut feeling this is the chance he has been waiting for.And besides that this is a team sport not one on one,,GO CHIEFS!!!!