What's with the Thigpen fixation?

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

If the Chiefs quarterback was putting up Manning numbers, you'd be calling for his head. Hell, Thigpen threw for 18 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions this season, had a 4.2% touchdown rate, a 3.1% interception rate, averaged 6.2 yards per attempt, had a rating of 74.7 and people here want to run him out of town on a rail.

I don't like him for two reasons, off the top of my head. His completion percentage and his height. I'd probably throw in his mechanics as a third.

I don't think he's going to be more than a backup at this level, over the long term. I thought that before this season, and I still think it. I just don't see a whole lot of upside there. I would like to keep him around , just in case he does turn out to be more, and I think he could be a servicable backup long-term, but I wouldn't want to pin the future of the franchise on him. Just too big a gamble for me.