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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
I'm sorry, but this is just fundamentally wrong. First of all, there are NO FA QBs worth pursuing.
Secondly, what do you notice about the Patriots, Colts, and Giants? All have home-grown QBs.
What worthwhile QB had the Colts developed in 40 years before Peyton Manning?
The Giants hadn't drafted a worthwhile QB in 25 years before Eli.
The Patriots had Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady, but missed horribly on a number of other QBs.
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From the way people seem to think around here, franchice QBs grow on trees. KC has an interesting record with drafting "Franchise" QBs.
I took a look at KC's drafted QBs since their inception in Dallas on profootballrefference.com. They have drafted a total of 29 QBs, 9 of which were drafted in rounds 1-3. Let's take a look...
Eddie Wilson, 3rd round '62 - 1 start (resulted in a tie) 0-0-1
Pete Beathard, 1st round '64 (2nd overall pick) - 1-1
Mike Livingston, 2nd round '68 - 31-43-1
Steve Fuller, 1st round '74 (23rd overall pick) - 13-18
Todd Blackledge, 1st round '83 (7th overall pick) - 13-11
Brodie Croyle, 3rd round '06 - 0-8
Add in... David Jaynes (3rd '74), Mike Elkins (2nd '89), and Matt Blundin (2nd '92) who never got a start.
Yeah, KC has a stellar record of drafting QBs. Our "Franchise" QB prospects have a combined record of 58-81-2. Oddly enough, the ONLY QB we drafted and started with a winning record is the one QB I've heard called the biggest failure in KC draft history - Todd Blackledge.
Like I said, our track record of signing FAs and trading for QB has been more successull to this point than drafting a QB. Even Kreig, Bono, and GrBac have been better for us than those we tried to draft, that should say a lot about KC's ability to draft/develop a QB. And the three best QBs to ever chunk the ball for KC IMO came via trades, Dawson, Montana, and Green.
Would I like to see KC draft the next Manning or Brady - ABSOLUTELY! But rational thinking tells me that if we ONLY look for potential QBs in the draft, we're really limiting our chances at finding a succesful QB.