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08-09-2001, 01:05 PM | #2 |
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This entire post almost tears me in two.
I'd like to see a veteran as a backup just due to experience, yet would like to see a younger guy get a chance to prove himself. But I've got a bad feeling that neither one is really all that great being a #2 QB, especially if Bubby can't get the damned snap correct (although this has been a problem in camp, I hear. Kinda odd ... ) [quote]and the defense in general handled the five receivers handily.[/quote] I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. It's good in that our secondary may be stronger than we thought. It's bad in that is shows how thin we are at WR. MM ~~Filled with mixed emotions.
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08-09-2001, 01:59 PM | #3 |
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I just hope that whoever wins the #2 job (Collins) is the only one of the two we keep. Give the #3 job to Helming.
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If Green gets hurt, I dont think the Chiefs can win a game with the sorry group of back ups they have.
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08-09-2001, 02:45 PM | #5 |
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For once, a post of yours that I completely agree with. :eek: Although none of us know exactly what Collins is capapble of, I think we've all got a good feeling that there is a reason he was behind Moon last year. Of course, I said before we got Green that we should save some $$ and draft picks and just start Collins, sink or swim. Now that Bubby is outperforming Collins (or so the word is), I'm glad no one listens to me. I've got a funny feeling that either Collins or Brister will be gone before the season starts ... isn't there an Arena League QB that Vermeil likes out there? ;) MM ~~Finding common ground.
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08-09-2001, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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I wouldn't say Brister is outperforming Collins...so far Vermeil has praised Collins several times...I hope they cut Bubby...
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08-09-2001, 03:40 PM | #7 |
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The whole Collins thing has me scratching my head. He was at one time considered an up and coming QB. Was said to have all the physical tools necessary to be a legitimate NFL QB. I was pleased with the pick up 3 or 4 years ago? The Chiefs signed him to a 3 or 5 year contract last year. But in all the time he has been here he has never even made it to 2nd string. What gives? Shouldn't he have developed by now?
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Who knows? Grbac was "developing" until the day he left KC.
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08-09-2001, 03:46 PM | #9 |
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Yes, he SHOULD be developed by now. However, when you consider who should have been responsible for developing him, it's easy to understand how he fell through the cracks...
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Name me more than 4 or 5 teams that could win with the sorry group of backups (or starters...) that they have.
[b]Arizona:[/b] Jake Plummer goes down and it's Doug Brown, Chris Greisen or Sean Keenan. [b]Atlanta:[/b] Chandler goes down and maybe Mike Vick comes in (like him or not, he's not ready...), but chances are you see Eric Zeier or Doug Johnson [b]Baltimore:[/b] Elvis leaves the building, and in comes Chris Redmon (zilch experience) or B-more's poor man's Warren Moon, Randall Cunningham. [b]Buffalo:[/b] Rob Johnson is backed up by Alex Van Pelt and Pete Gonzalez. [b]Carolina:[/b] Doesn't even have a proven starter in the Jeff Lewis, Chris Weinke, Dameyune Craig rotation. [b]Chicago:[/b] A couple of average, at best, guys in Miller and Matthews, with McNown thrown in. [b]Cincinnati:[/b] Take your pick: John Kitna, Akili Smith, Scott Mitchell or Scott Covington. Ouch. [b]Cleveland:[/b] Tim Couch, Kelly Holcomb, Ty Detmer and Spurgon Wynn. Well, Couch might not suck. [b]Dallas:[/b] Tony Banks, Anthony Wright, Quincy Carter, and Clint Stoener... [b]Denver:[/b] Ahh, finally a decent group, the best IMHO with Brian Griese, Gus Frerotte and Steve Beuerlein. Too bad they're the exception and not the rule. [b]Detroit:[/b] Charlie Batch, "Captain Comeback" himself and Cory Sauter. Yawn. [b]Green Bay:[/b] Sooo, Brett Favre goes down, say hello to Doug Pederson, Billy Joe Tolliver or maybe Henry Burris. Anyone see any wins from that bunch? I sure don't... Anyway, you get my point. A dozen teams, and what, one, maybe two half-decent backups in the whole bunch? Welcome to the modern NFL ladies, where a good quarterback is a privilege, not a right. We're lucky to maybe have a decent starter, because frankly there are 8 or 10 teams out there who don't even have that. I understand wanting to have the best squad we can have, but be realistic - when there's only 15-20 really solid quarterbacks in the entire NFL, what are the odds that we're going to have 2 of them on the roster, especially when you consider the fact that we're still paying EG 3 million dollars while he's starting for the Ravens (wouldn't [i]that[/i] be nice to spend on some players - nice move Carl...) Nearly every team is 1 hit away from disaster, we're not alone in that. It's sad -- very sad -- but true. Last edited by keg in kc; 08-09-2001 at 07:52 PM.. |
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Hell of a time to be developing a young QB huh!
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08-09-2001, 07:56 PM | #12 |
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We should all say a prayer for Green, his knee and all his other body parts every night as long as we've got these two reerunS backing him up. Our two worst off season moves were (a) keeping Collins and (b) signing Brister. We should have tried to get Dilfer as a back-up when he was available and them let the other two idiots fight it out for the doomsday spot.
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08-09-2001, 07:56 PM | #13 |
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I'm alone in this otter, but I'm *happy* we didn't draft a QB this year. That may have been the most pathetic bunch of no-talent, braindead pieces of crap I've ever seen in a draft. I could name maybe two or three quarterbacks worth even thinking about drafting, and they were all taken way, way, way too high.
If we don't draft one next year, though, I'm gonna be real p!ssed. There's (probably...) going to be some real doozies coming out, and to miss a shot at one, at drafting a legitimate franchise-calibre QBotF, would be a mammoth mistake, IMHO... Rounds 1 and 2 should be a RBotF (unless someone really steps up this season) and a QBotF. Get a solid WR or two through FA, draft or trade, and bolster the defense where it needs it through FA and draft. We're not that far away IMHO. Kyle's plan for 2002... Last edited by keg in kc; 08-09-2001 at 08:07 PM.. |
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'zod, Dilfer ain't any better than Collins (as bad as that may be...). The guy can't hit the broad side of a barn with an M-1 tank from 6 feet away. Baltimore won despite that loser, and picking him up to run an offense where things like "accuracy" and "reading defenses" are important might have been impetus enough to get me to pack my bags and forget football for good.
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I still don't even know why we signed Bubby...that just mistyfies me.....
Collins looked better than average the season he came to arrowhead and almost led the hapless Bills to a comeback. He looked poised, accurate, and averall like he had potential as at least a solid no 2 guy.... Let him get going in the preseason and I think he'll win the 2 job easy. Release Bubby and sign the best Arena league/nfl Europe/XFL reject still available at no 3. I don't care what team you are, if you're down to the no 3 qb you've got enough problems that you DON'T HAVE A CHANCE IN HELL of winning anyway... At least takeing a long shot is better than standing pat with a below average geezer....:mad:
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