KANSAS CITY, MO--The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday that the club has placed QB Matt Cassel on injured reserve and promoted WR Jeremy Horne to the 53-man roster.
Cassel (6-4, 230) has played in 69 games (54 starts) with New England (2005-08) and Kansas City (2009-11). He has completed 1,042 of 1,767 passes for 11,699 yards with 76 touchdowns and 45 interceptions for an 82.5 passer rating. He has also rushed 193 times for 711 yards (3.7 avg.) with three scores. He originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round pick (230th overall) of New England in the 2005 NFL Draft from the University of Southern California.
Horne (6-2, 193) has played in six games with Kansas City from 2010-11. Horne originally joined the club as a rookie free agent from the University of Massachusetts in 2010.
