Whether Cassel plays or not, the Chiefs will try to throw everything they can into the offensive game plan, but that's probably going to put more pressure on their players and coaching staff than it will on the Ravens. Haley, who was the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl runner-up Arizona Cardinals, probably has a few tricks up his sleeve, but he would need to pull Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin out of his magic bag to balance the book on this game.
Meanwhile, the Ravens open the season with only a couple of major question marks. They go forward without popular and highly successful Rex Ryan running the defense, and they still cannot be comfortable with their wide receiver situation.
Whatever defensive uncertainty came with the change in coordinators seemed to evaporate when the Ravens shut out the Washington Redskins in the preseason opener. The depth at wide receiver remains an open issue, but the Ravens were satisfied with the preseason performance of Kelley Washington and Demetrius Williams, and pleasantly surprised at the apparently healthy re-emergence of tight end Todd Heap.
