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Week 8, for obvious reasons, is the crossroads for a lot of teams to make quarterback decisions.

Unfortunately, so is quarterback Matt Cassel. It has been hard to criticize Cassel, who came into the season under scrutiny for being the beneficiary of a strong team and facing unrealistic expectations.

KC _ Dwayne Bowe 7 pass from Cassel ; 10 plays, 65 yards, 5:12 drive time, 9:48 remaining.

October 26, 2009, 12:09 AM / Page is a healthy scratch Coach Todd Haley said safety Jarrad Page was healthy enough to play Sunday but was inactive instead.

Chiefs vs Chargers - Game Day Blog Kansas City, MO San Diego answered Kansas City's first score of the day in dramatic fashion as QB Philip Rivers connected with RB Darren Sproles for a 58-yard TD.

KC _ FG Ryan Succop 39; 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:46 drive time, 5:34 remaining. The Chiefs got the ball for their first possession of the period at their 5. Cassel passed 16 yards to Bobby Wade on the first play.

Rushing offenseGrade: C+While it still lacked consistency, the ground game was more effective than its been all season.Passing offenseGrade: C+The five sacks are troubling, but the old Dwayne Bowe made his first appearance of the season.CoachingGrade: B-Todd Haley gets marked down for his refusal to kick a field goal early in the game.

For all but 2 minutes of last week's overtime loss to Dallas, it was just another day for Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel.

Apparently frustrated with a lack of progress from the wide receivers, coach Todd Haley made another staff change this week, replacing position coach Dedric Ward with Richie Anderson.

There are two basic fundamentals in football. These two points of emphasis are preached throughout gridiron games and practices from the pee wee ranks, right on up to the professional level.

A team that's lost 28 of 30 games takes encouragement from every little nook, cranny and crawlspace where anything positive might be found.

The Cowboys had a season-high 13 penalties for 90 yards. "I'm surprised they're that small," owner and general manager Jerry Jones said.

It's a safe assumption that when the Chiefs sent Tony Gonzalez to Atlanta, they didn't expect a tight end to lead their passing game yet again.

Remember the 1989 Cowboys? All the pain and suffering in the stands? All the losses on the field? There's an encore performance in Kansas City this fall.

When Haley was receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys in 2004-05 and Romo was a relatively unknown young player trying to find his way, the two formed a friendship that also seemed to fuel one another's competitive spirit.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Bobby Wade dives for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of last Sunday's 34-14 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

If the Chiefs could dream it, they were willing to try it Sunday. And at least on offense, few of those things - creativity, surprise, waiting on miracles and old-fashioned power - seemed to have a chance.

Steve Smith racked up 134 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 11 receptions, and the New York Giants beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-16, in Week 4 action.

Chiefs back in training-camp modeChiefs coach Todd Haley said Wednesday that players have been reintroduced to an old disciplinary tactic that became a common form of punishment during training camp: If a player jumps offside or commits a false start, hell be ordered to run.Haley said the idea is to relay to players that penalties cannot be ...

Last update: September 28, 2009 - 9:20 AM As someone who has watched the Vikings for roughly a quarter of a century, we have grown accustomed, mostly, to asking ourselves the other version of what-if questions.