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10-06-2008, 10:41 AM
Professional career
Blackledge was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played for five seasons (1983-1987) before ending his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1988-1989). Blackledge's NFL career was decidedly less successful than his college experience, a fact magnified by the impressive quarterback class in the 1983 NFL Draft, including legendary signal-callers such as John Elway, Dan Marino and Jim Kelly. Blackledge is widely regarded as the Chiefs' biggest draft bust along with Trezelle Jenkins. It was the failure of Blackledge that expedited the demotion of Chiefs President Jack Steadman, to be replaced by Carl Peterson, first as General Manager, then President and Supreme Ruler.
Blackledge was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played for five seasons (1983-1987) before ending his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1988-1989). Blackledge's NFL career was decidedly less successful than his college experience, a fact magnified by the impressive quarterback class in the 1983 NFL Draft, including legendary signal-callers such as John Elway, Dan Marino and Jim Kelly. Blackledge is widely regarded as the Chiefs' biggest draft bust along with Trezelle Jenkins. It was the failure of Blackledge that expedited the demotion of Chiefs President Jack Steadman, to be replaced by Carl Peterson, first as General Manager, then President and Supreme Ruler.