Quincy Black Doesn’t Care Who Chiefs QB Is
October 11th, 2012
Now Joe has already made the point that the Bucs may have been better off facing embattled Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel than backup, pretty boy, journeyman Brady Quinn Sunday at the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.
Cassel today was ruled out for Sunday due to a concussion he suffered against the Baltimore Crows. As a result, Quinn will start for the Chiefs (though Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel did float the crazy, hard-to-believe premise that third-stringer Ricky Stanzi may start. Yeah, and Rachel Watson will be hanging on Joe’s arm all weekend, too).
The reason why Joe is of the mind that the Bucs were better off facing Cassel is because he is an immobile statue, and a turnover machine like no other.
The Chiefs have coughed up 19 turnovers in five games — 19! Nearly two-thirds of those turnovers (13) came thanks to Cassel. He’s thrown nine picks and put the ball on the ground four times.
In case you are counting at home, that’s nearly three turnovers a game by the Chiefs quarterback.
Cassel has played Santa Claus so often this season, the Salvation Army wants to hire Cassel to stand in front of stores after Thanksgiving and annoy people by ringing a bell.
Even though Quinn hasn’t exactly established himself as a legitimate NFL quarterback, he can’t possibly be expected to give away the football more than Cassel.
But Quincy Black doesn’t see it that way. The Bucs strongside linebacker believes there isn’t much of a difference between Cassel and Quinn. He talked to Joe yesterday about which quarterback the Bucs would prefer to face.
JoeBucsFan: Matt Cassel has been a turnover machine this season. He gives up three a game. It looks like he won’t play this Sunday. Is this one of the rare times that you’d rather face the starter than a backup?
Quincy Black: We are preparing for the Kansas City Chiefs, whoever is behind center. They are an explosive offense and we have to be prepared for that. As for whoever is under center, they are both NFL quarterbacks and it is an NFL team you are facing. And you are trying to get a win every week.
Joe: Preparing for two quarterbacks, or three, how does that mess you up as a defense, or does that mess you up?
Black: We prepare for the looks they like to do and you try to work off of that. You base everything off of that, not so much who is behind center. Each [quarterback] has his own strengths and weaknesses and we will work towards that but at the same time, it is the NFL and these are NFL quarterbacks.
Joe: Brady Quinn hasn’t played much in the past couple of years, so is it a guessing game to prepare for his strengths and weaknesses?
Black: The thing is, he is an NFL quarterback. It’s not like they brought him off the street. It’s his second year with them I think, right? He knows the system. He will get the respect from us he deserves.
As Joe stated with Black, Sunday may be one of those weird times when a backup could be more dangerous than the starter. As Black inferred, the Chiefs have dangerous offensive weapons with Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe, among others. If Quinn can be a little more accurate than Cassel, this could be a helluva problem for the Bucs.
October 11th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Go ahead and mark one in the W column for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for Sunday’s win against KC.
Goooo Schiano led Bucs!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
^^^^ REALLY??? Let’s face it, you’re no longer a Buc fan. You’re a Schiano fan…
You could care less if the Bucs go down in flames as long as Schiano escapes unharmed. Wow, there is REAL POWER in the Knute Rockne haircut…
October 11th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
… And for the record, the cheer should be “GO BUCS!”
October 11th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
PewterC,
Schiano coaches, he doesn’t hit, catch, tackle, blitz, throw and so on. Players make plays and make their coach look like an idiot or a genius. It is a very thin line you walk on in the NFL. They all get paid to play the game we love to watch. Some players prepare and execute the game plan better than others and that is what consistently leads to wins. I’m not in love with Schiano but I respect his approach. The coach will make mistakes but we have not been outhussled since he got here. I would rather have someone who demanded the most from his players and who also took the blame (like Schiano) than a cheerleader like players best friend coach who lacks essential discipline. I played for both types of coaches and the discipline works much better than the best friend. Give our new coach a season or two before you rip him to shreds. If you want to make fun of haircuts, look at the players with their hair longer than most women, that is worth laughing at bro. Go Bucs!
October 11th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
MEM: Brady, what is your response to Buc’s LB Black saying he’s not concerned about you as QB this week?
Quinn: I don’t believe Black plays LB, he’s a back up safety.
MEM: Quincy Black is a starting LB for the Bucs.
Quinn: His name is Ahmad, he is a backup safety from Florida.
MEM: No, there is a Quincy Black, starting OLB for the Bucs.
Quinn: We have studied the Buc defense exhaustingly and there has been no mention of a Quincy Black.
MEM: He exists, I guaranty it!
Quinn: Well, we’ll see.
October 11th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Of course Black doesn’t care it’s not like he is going to make any difference regardless who the QB is.
October 11th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
@ MEM lmfao
October 11th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Rob Says: “The coach will make mistakes but we have not been outhussled since he got here. ”
No, we haven’t been out-hustled, we’ve been shamefully OUT-COACHED…
The players (the ones not wearing emotional shackles from the tyrant) have to work twice as hard to overcome the anemic and archaic strategy ordered by the reincarnation of Knute…
You might as well get used to the tyranny and losses because it’s THE KNUTE WORLD ORDER!!!
October 11th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
@PewterC
You are the man, I love the Knute World Order and you set it up perfectly with the preceding haircut posts. ROTFLMAO
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