Imagine the melt down on the board if this shakes out like this guy thinks.

[Archie Bunker]

Originally Posted by Taco John

I haven't been paying close attention to the KC fan opinion of Brodie Croyle. Apparently people have pretty much universally given up on him?

I wouldn't say universally. Croyle still has a good sized bandwagon; I'm just not on it. IMO he is too small and too fragile. The only glimmer of hope I saw was against Miami in the preseason and I saw nothing after that game to make me believe he is our future. Most young QB will flash that potential even on bad teams and never saw that with Croyle.

I could be wrong and I hope I am but I wouldn't pass on Ryan because Croyle is here that's for sure.

[Taco John]

Originally Posted by Archie Bunker

I wouldn't say universally. Croyle still has a good sized bandwagon; I'm just not on it. IMO he is too small and too fragile. The only glimmer of hope I saw was against Miami in the preseason and I saw nothing after that game to make me believe he is our future. Most young QB will flash that potential even on bad teams and never saw that with Croyle.

I could be wrong and I hope I am but I wouldn't pass on Ryan because Croyle is here that's for sure.

Personally, I didn't think it was a great idea to start Croyle this last year at all. I think he needed another full year of sideline development. I think you're going to see a better quarterback this year in the guy -- unless his confidence is shot from being put out there too early.

One thing I'd note: it wouldn't hurt you guys to put another young buck on the team. I sure wouldn't want to ride all my hopes on Croyle. And look at the San Diego situation. They went from having nothing to having two capable guys to choose from. That would be a good situation for KC to put themselves in. Competition did nothing but make Drew Brees a better quarterback. I very much favor a competitive situation over just "knighting" a guy and hoping it all works out. But the modern NFL makes that hard to do at the QB position.

[xbarretx]

Originally Posted by Taco John

Personally, I didn't think it was a great idea to start Croyle this last year at all. I think he needed another full year of sideline development. I think you're going to see a better quarterback this year in the guy -- unless his confidence is shot from being put out there too early.

One thing I'd note: it wouldn't hurt you guys to put another young buck on the team. I sure wouldn't want to ride all my hopes on Croyle. And look at the San Diego situation. They went from having nothing to having two capable guys to choose from. That would be a good situation for KC to put themselves in. Competition did nothing but make Drew Brees a better quarterback. I very much favor a competitive situation over just "knighting" a guy and hoping it all works out. But the modern NFL makes that hard to do at the QB position.

100% correct but... if you draft a guy as the 5th pick in the first you had better plan on sticking with him b/c hes going to come with a hefty price tag.

[Alphaman]

Originally Posted by Taco John

One thing I'd note: it wouldn't hurt you guys to put another young buck on the team. I sure wouldn't want to ride all my hopes on Croyle. And look at the San Diego situation. They went from having nothing to having two capable guys to choose from. That would be a good situation for KC to put themselves in. Competition did nothing but make Drew Brees a better quarterback. I very much favor a competitive situation over just "knighting" a guy and hoping it all works out. But the modern NFL makes that hard to do at the QB position.

That's a great point TJ and I think the Chiefs will take another QB in this draft. I don't think it will (or should be) at #5. Financially, doing so would be giving up on Croyle. As others have said, we jsut don't know enough to know if he's the guy or not yet.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Archie Bunker

I wouldn't say universally. Croyle still has a good sized bandwagon; I'm just not on it.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ie+Croyle+Club

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