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Hell, the fans threw him under the bus LAST year.
But, to answer your questions:
(1) how long will you give Croyle to prove himself? Half the season? All season?
Another 24 starts, which means all of this year, and half of next.
I know, someone will make a smartass remark that it will take him 5 years to start 24 more games due to his injury history. Ha.
30 starts seems to be the benchmark that most franchises try to use when it comes to the QB position.
2) what does he need to do to be brought back as the starting QB for the 2009 season?
Pretty much answered in #1 - nothing, IMO.
Give him his 30 starts, and go from there. His performance this year will have some say on if/when we draft a QB in 2009 or 2010. Even if he has an average, or even below average year in 2008, the Chiefs aren't going to start a rookie at the QB position in 2009. Croyle will get at least half of the year while the rook learns the playbook.
I'm not concerned with the win total, since there are another 21 guys that attribute to that as well. Had the defense held up their end of the bargain in a few games last year, he'd already have a couple of wins under his belt.
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