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Quarterback Brady Quinn Gets Another Shot IRISH IN THE PROS BY WES MORGAN T appearance in an NFL game since the 2009 sea- son, when he played his final contest as a mem- ber of the Cleveland Browns. Quinn, who didn't see a snap while with the Denver Broncos from 2010-11, got the nod versus the Buccaneers and completed 22 of 38 passes for 180 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in the de- feat. Despite the poor per- bye week with a 1-5 re- cord and a controversy at quarterback. Starter Matt Cassel (nine in- terceptions and five touchdowns) struggled through the team's first five games and missed the sixth with a con- cussion. Notre Dame product Brady Quinn, however, didn't exactly unseat the starter with his performance in a 38-10 loss to Tampa Bay Oct. 14. It was Quinn's first he Kansas City Chiefs headed into their In his first action since 2009, when he was with the Cleveland Browns, Quinn completed 22 of 38 throws for 180 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in a 38-10 loss at Tampa Bay Oct. 14. PHOTO COURTESY CLEVELAND BROWNS I'm rotating the quar- terbacks. They will get equal reps," Cren- nel told the Washing- ton Post. "Both of them will get work and then we'll evaluate it, and then next week we'll get ready for game week formance by Quinn, Chiefs head coach Ro- meo Crennel, who said Cassel was cleared for contact Oct. 16, has made the position an open competition mov- ing forward. "What I told them is and then we'll make a decision and go from there." Cassel came to Kansas City in 2009 after filling in for an injured Tom Brady in New England. He made the Pro Bowl in 2010, but has been anything but consistent ever since. On top of his nine picks, Cassel has fumbled five times. "This is my sixth year in a league, but I haven't played in or started many games," Quinn told the Kansas City Star.