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Here's the bottom line:
The Chiefs at 0-3 soundly beat a 3-0 team. I don't care if Denver's defense is "suspect", they were 3-0 and beat San Diego, Oakland and New Orleans.
The Chiefs beat the Broncos in every phase of the game. Defense, Special Teams and Offense. The Chiefs had more than 10 rookies contributing and many second year players as well (Taylor, Tank, Turk). This is HUGE. And they did it behind Damon Huard.
I don't think anyone here thinks Huard is a great QB. Hell, I don't think anyone here thinks Huard is a good QB. But he's relatively healthy and seems to have the respect of the huddle. Croyle can't stay healthy, doesn't seem to have the same effect on the huddle and just doesn't appear to be a starting QB in the NFL at this point in his career.
The Chiefs need to take a QB in the first round of the 2009 draft. Period. I don't care if they trade up, trade back, whatever. They NEED a first round talented QB. They should absolutely keep Croyle. He may be a late bloomer (Trent Green, Brad Johnson, Kurt Warner, etc.) and he's under contract. There's no reason why he shouldn't stick around and continue to develop.
But if Huard is playing well in 2008 and the Chiefs are winning or are staying very close, there's no reason to throw Croyle back into the fire. He's been unable to stay healthy and continuity is far more important to a young team. And this IS a young team.
Just imagine what it will be like NEXT year when all of these rookies that have played so well have one season under their belts, the current 2nd year players are in their third year and there's a new batch of rookies pushing to start.
Hate Herm, hate Huard, hate the coaches, etc. There's NO denying that this franchise is absolutely headed in the right direction.
Sunday's game against Denver proved it. If even for just a week.
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