From: whitefor@crchh21.BNR.CA (David Whiteford)
Subject: Re: Chiefs QB
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:05:32 GMT
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Reply-To: whitefor@x400gate.bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Richardson, TX
Keywords: QB


In article <spork.726815865@camelot>, spork@camelot.bradley.edu (Richard
Izzo) writes:
|> In <1is8n5INNk87@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> marshal@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Timothy
Pat Marshall) writes:
|> 
|> > I was wondering how any other Chief's fans felt.  Is Dave Krieg
|> >the QB to lead the Chiefs to a SB?  Several people have told me that
|> >he just needs a little more time  and he will be leading us to the
|> >promised land.  I have my doubts.  I think the Chiefs might be getting
|> >old, as a team.  They need a good proven veteran QB to lead them.
|> >How about Joe Montana?  I believe Krieg will always be inconsistant.
|> >Any other views on the matter?
|> 
|> 	Kreig is your basic "temporary problem solver" for the Chiefs, but
|> blaming the Chiefs woes solely on Krieg is inadequate.  The offense simply
|> didn't put up the numbers they put up in '91, especially the running game.
|> The Chiefs have a very good talent is Harvey Williams, but I think Word was
|> a flash in the pan, and Okoye seems to have lost much of his confidence.
|> He has a bit mor talent than as a first-and-goal-on-the-one-yard-line
player.

I agree the Kreig is definitely not the long term solution for the Chiefs, he
was not expected to be.  I think their passing problems can partially       
be attributed to all of the young wide receivers they tried this year.
I think they miss a good veteran receiver like Stephon Paige more than they
want to admit.  If you add on the fact that Kreig always has and always will
be inconsistant, that explains this year.

As far as the running game goes, I think this year prooves that Harvey
Williams should be the number one back for KC.  He is has more talent than
Okoye and Word put together.  I think he will have to be the leader of this
team, if it is ever going to have a chance at getting out of the first
round of the playoffs.

|> 
|> 	As for defense, is was excellent, despite the loss of Albert Lewis
|> for a time.  Deron Cherry's retirement was a psychological loss more than 
|> anything else, but it still lingers.  However, Dale Carter, if he gets a
|> better grip on the ball, is a future defensive and special teams star.  The
|> defense is still excellent, but as the Chiefs, the Chargers, and the Eagles
|> can tell you, large, dominant defenses don't get you to the Super Bowl.  

You can probably add the Saints to this list.  However, I didn't feel like
the Chiefs were nearly as dominting this year as last.

|> 
|> 	Krieg is a good quarterback.  That's about it.  Just like DeBerg
|> was a good quarterback.  Just like Kenney was a good quarterback.  However,
|> none of them are or were QBs to take us to the Super Bowl.  We really
haven't
|> had a truly promising quarterback since Kenney in the early '80s.  We need 
|> to start with the draft and quit picking up thirtysomething quarterbacks
|> who we know damned well won't get us past the first round of the playoffs,
|> and that includes Joe Montana.  Montana is a true great, possibly the 
|> greatest in football.  He'll take us to the playoffs easily.  That's about
|> it.  
 
I think you might be pushing it with Bill Kenney being a good QB, but there
is no doubt KC needs some fresh blood.  But being the Chiefs, they will 
probably pick up someone like Boomer instead of trying to trade for a
high draft pick.

|> 
|> 	With the quarterback troubles, we need a rookie.  Since we're not 
|> likely to pick up a high-number QB from the draft, we should trade for a
|> high spot in the draft, perhaps trading Word off to Atlanta or the Rams
|> for a higher spot in the draft.  Anything.  But we need youth at QB.  If
|> the Chiefs can't do that, trade for second-stringer who hasn't been in 
|> the league for more than seven or eight years, like Andre Ware, Steve Bono,
|> Reich, or Gelbaugh.  Anything but oldsters who may be good but only repeat
|> the problems a year or two down the road.

Keep in mind, that a high draft pick does not always mean he will be a
great QB.  (Ware, Stouffer, Maguire ...)  In fact, this years hot youngster
Bret Farve was a 2nd round pick.  Maybe Matt Blundin will turn out just
as well.

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