Backup QB's are more important than ever due to the new concussion rules that are in place.

True; hadn't considered the mandatory baseline stuff.

And as we have a QB that has had a concussion or two, that's all the more critical.

Daniel was a little more than I'd like to have spent, but ultimately I'm kinda like Lucy in that insurance commercial where she's bitching about the fact that everything doesn't cost 5 cents.

"Chase Daniel should cost 5 cents..."

"EVERYTHING CAN'T COST 5 CENTS!"

{pout}

Chase Daniel is going to earn his money.

Alex Smith is injury prone as ****.

It's one thing to spend that kind of money on a veteran like Kerry Collins.

It's another thing to spend that kind of money on a guy who has never started a game in the NFL.

Alternative phrasing:

"It's one thing to spend that kind of money on an old guy you know has no ceiling. It's another thing to spend that kind of money on a younger guy with some upside."

I'd take Chase Daniel over Kerry Collins every time, and I'm not even a huge Daniel fan.

If Kerry Collins is your QB, your season is over. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. If Chase Daniel is your QB...well your season is probably still over, but it might not be. He actually has some upside to him that might allow you to be pleasantly surprised.

There's nothing but downside to Kerry Collins. With Chase Daniel, you might go from bad to worse (which is fairly irrelevant), but you could also get a nice QB or perhaps a decent trade chip for your efforts.

It's not risky at all when you convert him to RT the easy less chance of a bust route.

unless you are jason smith!!!

But there is truth there.

Um, not really he missed almost 2 years with a serious shoulder injury which was way worse than it needed to be because Nolan made him play with it when he needed surgery, other than that he had another minor shoulder tweak which caused Singletary to let Troy Smith start for a few games until everyone realized he wasn't very good and then he had the concussion where he lost his job to Kaepernick. Other than the major shoulder injury he's been pretty durable.

Has he ever played 2 full 16 game seasons in a row?

He's played a full season twice. He's injury prone....reerun.

As much as drafting Geno to backup Alex Smith would have been brilliant, another great move would be to trade the #1 pick to another team whom you feel will be real bad next year, for their 1st round pick this year, their 1st next year and more. This way, if Alex Smith flops this coming season, you hopefully have their high pick and the Chiefs 1st round pick to move up and take one of those supposedly elite QB prospects next year.

Well if you put it like that, it makes perfect sense.

"major shoulder injury"

plays QB...


big gulps huh? welp, see ya later!

If the Chiefs swap with Buffalo, they'd get a Top Ten pick in return next season.

Buffalo is an awful franchise.