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Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach Romeo Crennel has said he’s comfortable with Matt Cassell at quarterback, given Cassell’s key role on the 2010 AFC West championship team. That’s logical enough. But no one would consider Kansas City to be set at quarterback. Today we’ll look at whether there are realistic options in the draft for getting an heir apparent if 2012 doesn’t go well for Cassell. For the sake of this post, we’ll rule out any possibility of trading up to the #2 spot to take Robert Griffin III. There’s a sharp drop-off after the Andrew Luck/RG3 duo, meaning Kansas City would be almost certainly in position to select one in the first round and probably in the second. You can read about Nick Foles, the Arizona quarterback currently graded in a spot where he would be a possibility for the Chiefs in the second round. Here are four more possibilities… Ryan Tannehill (QB, Texas A&M): The Aggie quarterback has the potential to be the most overvalued pick in the draft, espe...
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