LNBS: Why were the Chiefs bad in the 1980s?

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

QB was definitely and issue, and who knows if Marino who have succeeded here under Mackovic, but I would like to have hoped so. However, Marino and rumors dropped him to 27 so it wasn't considered a bad pick at the time.

My true feeling on what snakebit this franchise in the 80's was the death of Joe Delaney. Rookie of the year and his death hit the team and fanbase like a truck. I was in high school and I remember crying when I heard the news. News moved slow then, and my Dad had on the nightly news, as he did every night, at 5:30 when it came on midway through the broadcast. I was devestated as was the franchise and it's fans. If you pair a good running back and game with Blackledge, it may have led to some momentum. It was squashed that day when Joe Delaney was a hero. God rest his soul.