The Bears' fear of him made Thomas Jones look unretired

It is hard to get worse than 3 turnovers in 3 plays, but really since that point he has played pretty solid football. Not spectacular, but solid.

And our defense is playing lights out since then too. It may not be a coincidence. I belive this team was closer to quiting on Cassel than they are to quiting on Palko. Both sides of the ball.

Here are some stats for a QB's first 11 games.
155 for 293 52.9 comp per 1749 yards 9 td's 18 int 159.0 yards per game 55.7 rating 19 sacks

Elway? He really stank.

Is this fixable?

Nah - same era though.

He is better than Cassel at certain aspects but he can't throw the ****ing ball at all. Even compared to Cassel.

In my highly undervalued opinion, I think you're right there, Mr. Coogs.

A change at quarterback can mean as much to a team as it does to a fanbase. I firmly believe that every player on the Chiefs was reaching the end of their rope for Cassel. I'll bet that if you took an anonymous poll of the players, they'd vote him off the team entirely ... or, at least as a starter.

It seems to me it would be very difficult to get up for the game week after week when you know in your heart that your quarterback is a certified, gold-star doofus.

Professional sports teams function at a high level depending on a variety of factors. There's money. There's pride. There's competitive nature. There's purple drank. There's self-preservation. There's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the grease paint. There's all that stuff.

Win or lose, you're going to get paid, but I think a lot of these guys would just as soon win and anything a staff can do to make them believe they have a chance is a net positive. A change at quarterback is one of those things.

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I was not able to see the game but I am curious about something. I noticed that Palko looked like a different QB on the last two drives last week. He was active before the snap and seemed to be much more in charge, moving people around before the snap and pointing out defenders. Was he like that at all this week?

Pretty much. From the standpoint of breaking the huddle, evaluating the defensive look, and making moose ears, he seemed in control.

Then things would go downhill for a few seconds.

You could tell, though, that he was extremely well prepared.

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Actually watching Palko in action today I was making this comment to the wife, that he seems to have an understanding of the game and some talent in directing formation changes, reading the D, etc. He's just so woefully unarmed in the physical talent department that it's painful to watch him sometimes. It's like his mind is willing but the almighty just has not put the arm strength, accuracy into his body. Palko is just the type of player that might make a very good coach someday.

Tell me we don't have a thread featuring a guy who almost seems to be worshiping Tyler Palko. One decent game out of three has yet to convince me that he has done any better than Matt Cassell this season.

I'll give Palko 1 thing. He doesn't take sacks on hail mary's.

His arm isn't his best feature but he did chuck the rock 55+ yards today. I know most of us throw 70+ but 55 isn't really a completely weak arm. He just has some mechanics to work out. Don't misunderstand. Still not a Palko fan but he's not as awful as some of you would like to think. He is what he is - a journeyman career backup from 3 leagues. That's not going to get you far but he is what we have for now and I happen to enjoy watching him scamper away from pressure. Haven't really seen that in 3 years.