As for possible FA qbs. Here are the stats of the young ones:
Here are the stats of those FA qbs
http://www.nfl.com/players/mattcassel/profile?id=CAS541133
http://www.nfl.com/players/j.p.losman/profile?id=LOS588329
http://www.nfl.com/players/alexsmith/profile?id=SMI031126
http://www.nfl.com/players/patrickramsey/profile?id=RAM596976
http://www.nfl.com/players/kyleboller/profile?id=BOL517890
http://www.nfl.com/players/rexgrossman/profile?id=GRO597298

Only cassel has a decent completion percentage. Thats really important because in the type of offense that Herm would ideally have, the QB wont throw much…and likely when he does throw he will be asked to make a 1st down. Thus the completion percentage must be high.

The Chiefs have ignored this problem for too many years and now the cupboard is bare. I do agree with Herm that they need to develop their own guy.

Sorry if he is a relative or something, just don’t think we gain much by swapping backups. We have plenty on the roster already.

ILChiefsFan: Agreed, Thigpen will be a long-term evaluation if he is to get fair treatment. We’ve seen the good and the bad from him so far, hopefully he continues on the up trend.

@findthedr
I wasn’t surprised at all with Thigpen’s play. If anything, I was surprised that he got there that soon.
But he showed signs of this ability since before he was drafted, right? Or else he wouldn’t have been drafted out of Coastal Carolina, the Vikes wouldn’t have tried to sneak him onto the practice squad, we wouldn’t have snatched him off of waivers and refused to let him go, and we wouldn’t have kept him after he went on IR.

So both Herm and Gonzo can be telling the truth. Herm (and me, and a few other people) saw this sort of performance would come some day when you look at Thigpen’s Never-Say-Die attitude in sparking scoring drives even after starting so badly against both the Raiders and Falcons. But Gonzo was correct in that no one knew when the light would go on and Thigpen would start using his talents effectively rather than erratically.

And last Losman situation was similar to Breeze and Rivers in San Diego about time Breeze career started to show some promise ownership was ready for the Rivers to take over. Kind of like whats happen to Losman in Buffalo with Trent Edwards. Anyone who knows football seen the Bills progressing 2yrs ago in after that 7 and 9 season with Losman at the helm. So get your fact str8 my friend before you make a foolish statment like that. Gray is jus as good as Losman yeah right lol..

Agree completely on the Bucs.

The Jets have so-so pass coverage and rely on getting QB pressure to stop you from throwing (23rd in passing yards allowed per game/5 ints/24 sacks).

The Bucs are happy to let you throw it on them because they’re confident their cover guys will shut you down (7th in passing yards allowed/12 ints/15 sacks).

The Chiefs can’t be afraid to throw on them, but let’s not freak out if Thigpen has a bad game on Sunday.

We will draft a QB in the next draft so we should really just ride who we have until next season. I think Thigpen has been elevated to “star” status a bit prematurely, but we just as well let him play a few games in a row to see how he does. The Bucs will bring a much better D than the Jets showed. Afraid that perch on Mount Olympia may result in a long fall for poor Thigpen. He will have to have much better OL and RB play to repeat his performance.

I completely agree with you. If the Chiefs don’t want to be “rebuilding” forever, we need to get the O line taken care of before the first kickoff next year. If that is through the draft, or a free agent pick up(not too old please) I don’t care. We need to get better blockers/protectors for whoever the QB may be.

I think that Thiggy(I’m trying to get it to stick) will get the same opportunity that Croyle got this year. Let’s go with Tyler next year and see what develops.

I must say, the loss of Charles is going to really hurt this team, he looked good to say the least. And, credit the scout team, Bradley is a definite number 2…

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3668988
Culpepper negotiating contract with Lions after morning workout

It then goes on to say that it was “the last straw for the Chiefs as they have now completely moved on.”

So what Glazer said is that Culpepper called off the Tuesday meeting, and what the Chiefs said is good luck negotiating with other teams, we’re pulling he plug on any potential get together and moving on.

I think the whole “who canceled the meeting” argument is just semantics. Culpepper canceled the Tuesday meeting, and the Chiefs pulled the plug on any potential get together altogether.

Not to fear though, I played golf with Billy Joe Tolliver a couple of years ago and still have his number…

I think every one was suprised by Thigpens play, except Herm Edwards who takes credit for anything good and blames everyone else for anything wrong.
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from the Chiefs website under comments from the game for Tony Gonzalez:

Tyler played outstanding. He played better than I thought he was going to play. I know he surprised everybody. I don’t care what anybody said, if they thought he was going to go out there and play the way he did then they’re lying.

Herm Edwards on Tyler Thigpen–
On whether he saw Thigpen’s performance coming…
Yeah. I saw it coming

You beat me to the punch on that comment, I also thought it was odd culpepper says that he (culpepper) canceled the visit to explore “better” opportunities. I think it was that we decided we did not want him and he was maybe a little embarassed that the 1-6 chiefs were no longer interested.

I am extremely glad we didnt sign him! Thought it would have been a major step back in the “rebuilding plan” If Thigpen isnt what he showed against the jets then I like Quinn Gray to come in and hold down the fort until we can find a younger QB option to grow in the system.

I sure like it tho when Bob sometimes steps just outside the lines and tells it like he see’s it.

Keep up the good work Bob!

I respect your oppinion and feel I always get the truth from you when it comes to Chiefs info, but I believe there’s something you’re not letting out of the bag on this, i.e. Culpepper wanting too much $ and Carl balked. This is the first article I’ve read here where it appears you have put your Chiefs employee hat on and are pumping up Thigpin like we didn’t already know who he was. There’s no way the Chiefs saw enough of Thigpin (5 quarters of quality football) to feel they have their man, if so then I’m truly dissapointed in our managemnent and their lack of ability to field a quality QB lineup. In no way am I dissapointed we didn’t get Culpepper, from his most recent comebacks he looked to be finished.

Respectfully,

P Baird

Mlive reports the Detroit Lions will host veteran free agent QB Daunte Culpepper today. It’s not usual for free agents to visit teams on Tuesday, the day that clubs continue to maintain their “short list” in case of injury to other players. Last week, the Lions brought in free agent QB Tim Rattay for a workout. What makes the Culpepper situation more interesting is that Culpepper was scheduled to visit the Kansas City Chiefs today, presumably to sign a contract, but he cancelled that visit, saying that he had a better offer from another club. Culpepper did not identify that team.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8728262/Sources:-Culpepper-drops-visit-with-Chiefs?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162ATT=5