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Originally Posted by rydogg58
As a Chiefs fan, I like this decision.
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We should.
A high variance passer makes it more likely that LAC can catch lightening in a bottle and beat us - any given Sunday and all that.
But over a large sample size, it also means there are going to be games he pisses away.
When you're the big swinging dick you WANT to see your competition settle for something that isn't high variance. Because the Chiefs are better than them so - duh. But when you're the Chargers, you can't just say "eh **** it; who cares if we win 5?" They can't afford that mindset, not with an expanded post-season field and a top defense. They have to continue to play for the post-season and trading some ceiling for some floor makes a lot of sense for them over a full season.
We're in a different chair (the Chiefs are the obvious alpha here) so we view this all very differently than Anthony Lynn has to.
He has to work with what he has and it would be irresponsible for him to say "if we can't win 11 games and steal the division - **** everything, lets just throw the rookie out there and see what happens..."
He owes a more thorough review than that to every other player on his squad.
Anthony Lynn isn't trying to catch US, fellas. Get out of that mindset. He's trying to catch the Raiders. He can do that with Tyrod Taylor being Buffalo Tyrod Tylor. But if Herbert goes out there and makes more mistakes like he made on Sunday, that's gonna be really damn difficult.