Big bucks for Chiefs QB Matt Cassel
Matt Cassel has just 15 NFL starts on his resume, but he has parlayed that into a whopping new contract with the Chiefs.
The $63 million deal will pay him a shade over $40 mil in the first three years of the contract, which runs through 2014.
Not bad for a former seventh-round pick, who had the good fortune to play well in the injury-related absence of Tom Brady. The Patriots' star quarterback went down in the first half of the first game of the season - against the Chiefs, no less - with a knee injury that required reconstructive surgery.
Cassel took over and guided the Patriots to an 11-5 record, He threw for 3,693 yards and 21 touchdowns.
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