Would drafting a QB in the first round renew your excitement for the Chiefs?

[BossChief]

I think it's the ONLY thing that can reel me back in as a fan and get me interested, again.

Discuss

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by TEX

I don't care that it wont fix the team. What it will do is represent a change in thinking that has been in existence for 30+ seasons. THAT in of itself is a major fix.

And the crop is good and the time is now, and mother**** them right in the ass if they stand pat this year.

ENOUGH.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

NFL as a whole is losing my interest, the Chiefs also. I will watch when convenient but will not go out of my way to do so anymore. A new QB would have been great a few years ago.

Im in this camp as well. Deal is, the NFL is not a good enough product to keep me watching when my team sucks. That never used to be the case. The game has changed and not for the better IMO. Hell, I dont even know what constitutes a catch anymore - neither do the refs...

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

And the crop is good and the time is now, and mother**** them right in the ass if they stand pat this year.

ENOUGH.

Well said sir!

[Chiefs4TheWin]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

And the crop is good and the time is now, and mother**** them right in the ass if they stand pat this year.

ENOUGH.

I don't like the crop, then again I haven't liked any crop in a while. QB play is down around the board. Even the up and coming ones are mediocre.

I still say we take the chance. Even with "in my opinion" a terrible crop.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

There is literally no QB on this roster worth investing the time in, in order to hand over the reigns.

It is what it is.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Chiefs4TheWin

I don't like the crop, then again I haven't liked any crop in a while. QB play is down around the board. Even the up and coming ones are mediocre.

I still say we take the chance. Even with "in my opinion" a terrible crop.

Should we wait on a "sure thing" like Luck/RGIII?

Uh huh.

4 or more available this year.

Pull that goddamned trigger.

[KCTitus]

I distinctly remember when Carl drafted Todd Blackledge in the '83 draft, it was very exciting. The entire offseason was scintillating and then he stepped on the field and attempted to play football.

So yeah, it would be more excitement from April....errr...now May until September. Who knows maybe the next QB KC drafts at #1 might actually know how to play football.

If that happens next year, I figure that's the last QB in the first round in my lifetime.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by KCTitus

I distinctly remember when Carl drafted Todd Blackledge in the '83 draft, it was very exciting. The entire offseason was scintillating and then he stepped on the field and attempted to play football.

So yeah, it would be more excitement from April....errr...now May until September. Who knows maybe the next QB KC drafts at #1 might actually know how to play football.

If that happens next year, I figure that's the last QB in the first round in my lifetime.

Then your memory, sir, is shit.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

Then your memory, sir, is shit.

Yeah, wasn't Peterson hired in 1988??

How the hell did he draft Blackledge in 1983??

Did he find the Time Musheen??

[KCTitus]

You two, come on over and hop up on ol' KCTitus' lap here and let me tell you a story about the history of this here place called Chiefsplanet...

Nearly one score ago, when this place was initially founded, we had folks akin to you all...young, fired up, knew better than anyone else including the front office and coaches...yep, we were thick with 'em. Funny thing was anything and everything the team did was wrong. That's right, this franchise couldnt pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel...

It was then I started to notice something...something bout these fellas I started calling 'Genious'. Oh yes, I began to study these fellas because we all want to be right all the time, so I learned their language and the first thing I recognized was that regardless of what happens, what decision is made, what action is taken it is always the wrong decision. Yes, sir...I even developed a bit of a dictionary about it, called it The Lexicon. Be happy to share with you boys, if'n yer interested.

During that time we had a GM named Carl Peterson and he was the focus of everything that was wrong with KC and he was pure evil according to the Genious - you know, he just wanted to be good enough to fill the stands and not actually win...stuff like that. So, I used to poke fun at these fellas by saying that Carl drafted Blackledge. It was kind of my way of poking fun at them...it's the one bait that will pull a Genious out of the woodwork.

So, I'll leave you two with this bit of sage advice from a grizzled old 'Planet vet...

Be careful what you wish for...you might just get it.

[KC_Lee]

I've lived in Nashville for 11 years now. And in my time hear I have watch the Titans draft & start three times the number of QBs that KC has. Sure they did not pan out but at least they try, at least they see a position of need and try to address it via the draft instead of JAG after JAG after broke dick JAG.

The was the Chiefs have addressed the QB position for over 30 years has yielded ONE playoff win. And how many "win now" rebuilds have we seen? Where does that leave after about 4 - 5 years? Broken down teams that have to start over with another JAG.

NO MORE!!!

Address the QB position via a 1st round pick. Let him grow. Watch as this fan base gets more and more fired up! See the merchandise revenue pile up higher and higher.

The BonoGrbacHuardCasselPalko method of addressing the QB position has run it course. It is high time to change directions and finally address the QB via the draft in the 1st round. Is there risk? Sure, but every draft pick is a risk.

Should we go LT?? Well you run the risk of drafting the next T. Jenkins.
Perhaps DL is the way to go? You run the risk of getting the next T. Jax or R. Sims.

But if you never try how will you ever know>

[TEX]

Originally Posted by KCTitus

I distinctly remember when Carl drafted Todd Blackledge in the '83 draft, it was very exciting. The entire offseason was scintillating and then he stepped on the field and attempted to play football.

So yeah, it would be more excitement from April....errr...now May until September. Who knows maybe the next QB KC drafts at #1 might actually know how to play football.

If that happens next year, I figure that's the last QB in the first round in my lifetime.

I remember it well too, though King Carl wasn't involved, (you might be playing around with that) but that's not important as your point was to reference the fan "excitement" that came along with the pick. I wanted to draft Dan Marino, but was very excited that the Chiefs drafted one of what was seen as an outstanding QB class. Didn't take too long to realize that the one we got was the only one of the bunch that could not play...

Vintage Because Chiefs

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by TEX

I remember the excitement too, though King Carl wasn't involved. I wanted to draft Dan Marino, but was very excited that the Chiefs drafted one of what was seen as an outstanding QB class. Didn't take too long to realize that the one we got was the only one of the bunch that could not play...

Vintage Because Chiefs

And KC passed on Marino because of pot use rumors. Swing and a miss.

[KCTitus]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

I've lived in Nashville for 11 years now. And in my time hear I have watch the Titans draft & start three times the number of QBs that KC has. Sure they did not pan out but at least they try...

You defeated the rest of your argument there...

Seriously, it's my opinion that finding a great QB is more luck than anything else. Hell, even Pioli managed to 'pick' Brady, but would you want Pioli back to KC to pick a QB in any round? Heh...I think that ship has sailed.

I laugh when I read people that hate on the front office/coaching staff, yet whine about picking a QB. Well, ok, yes...but do they not realize *who* will be doing the picking? That same group they despise.

It's incongruent logic.

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by KCTitus

You defeated the rest of your argument there...

Seriously, it's my opinion that finding a great QB is more luck than anything else. Hell, even Pioli managed to 'pick' Brady, but would you want Pioli back to KC to pick a QB in any round? Heh...I think that ship has sailed.

I laugh when I read people that hate on the front office/coaching staff, yet whine about picking a QB. Well, ok, yes...but do they not realize *who* will be doing the picking? That same group they despise.

It's incongruent logic.

So you're argument is never try. Got it.

Enjoy the next broken down / has been / never was JAG next season as KC's starting QB.