Too many times, we’ve seen scouts and team officials, including the Chiefs, falling in love with arm strength while winking at the top skills required.

It’s like coaches getting all wet over 40 times for WRs and overlooking the hands of stone that go with that 4.3 burner. Maybe Bob can address how to properly test and evaluate the two most important skill sets for QBs somewhere down the line?

I’d be most interested in reading about that.

Thank goodness I’m using firefox with adblock plus.

tmessina,
all those teams you spoke of have rebuilt by various means, but none have done it by rastically going young like the chiefs have…and yes i know gb is the same team age.

Sorry my point was not clear. The chiefs cannot rebuild with two different plan. It cannot be done that way. I do not want to see 2 to 4 years of rebuilding with only the management of the chiefs “hoping” to get their act together and if they fail to bad for us.

I am convinced, the most important factors in evaluating 1st day qbs are completion percentage and length of playing time. Brodie Croyle’s college career completion percentage is almost exactly the same as his career nfl completion percentage…56%

Thats not good enough, and there is really no indication that will improve even if he gets the protection he needs.

Now go back through and look at the QBs who have had alot of playing time and who’s career completion percentage is over 60%…that is who we should consider drafting.

I’m not sure there is any merit to what you say, and frankly I’m not sure exactly what you were saying completely…but if I was Herm and was concerned about my own job security, I would be pushing for a 2-4 year excuse of a plan too. Not his fault if we keep losing..everyone is young…that would buy him a few more years.

The reality is, that’s completely ridiculous that he wouldn’t want any vets at all. Ridiculous… see what Green Bay is doing, see what Atlanta is doing, see what freakin’ Miami is doing. They are building, getting better, and getting younger. There is no reason to completely gut your entire roster and turn the thing into an expansion team…again, just ridiculous.

Many media commenting on ESPN/NFL reporter Smith who said he has inside sources that management is divided at Arrowhead, Group 1 (oh lets id as a name, say carl) and Group 2 (maybe use herm). Both agree a rebuild was overdue and both feel the LJ deal was a bad one, not the idea or player but the deal. “carl” wants rebuild to include selected veterans and try to win during the rebuild. “herm” wants to gut the entire program, turn into an expansion team for next 2 to 4 years, lose consistantly, and then hopefully win.

The NFL is big business. The only way for a real business to be successful is to have ONE plan and everyone works that direction. This just goes to show how far the chiefs have strayed. Two plans equals failure, it cannot succeed.

I do not know how this will play out. But for me and me alone, I will not settle for 2 to 4 YEARS of consistant losing. That is asking to much. That is why I doubt the herm group is not the way to go. If they win, we need to get rid of Tony, Waters, Surtain, and if anybody will take him LJ.

I remain not totally satisfied with the situation.