***Official Chiefs Crowd QB Discussion Thread***

[Chiefster]

By popular demand:

The purpose of this thread is to facilitate all discussion involving the Quarter Back position and those who fill said position in order to reduce the amount of threads created solely for this purpose.

Thank you.

-Chiefster

[pbatrucker]

Five teams claiming Bills QB Edwards? - Scoop Du Jour - NFL* - Yahoo! Sports

looks like the chiefs are interested in Trent Edwards

I read on AP that Edwards would go to t
he 49er's if they put in a claim.

[Hayvern]

I read on AP that Edwards would go to t
he 49er's if they put in a claim.

Apparently, the waiver gets reset today, September 28th, so now with our current record, we will be one of the last teams that get a shot at released ball players.

[pbatrucker]

He was claimed by the Jags.

[wildcat]

If the rumor that we tried to put a claim on Edwards doesn't light a fire under Cassel, I don't know what will.

[yashi]

Good, I'd rather just draft a QB anyway if we need to. Trent Edwards is hardly the answer.

[wildcat]

Good, I'd rather just draft a QB anyway if we need to. Trent Edwards is hardly the answer.

Here's the problem though...We will not be drafting in the top 10 next year and, if we continue to play the way we have been, we may not be drafting in the top 20. That makes drafting a franchise QB a lot tougher.

[yashi]

Here's the problem though...We will not be drafting in the top 10 next year and, if we continue to play the way we have been, we may not be drafting in the top 20. That makes drafting a franchise QB a lot tougher.

Maybe, but there are a lot of great quarterbacks drafted in the mid or late first round. Aaron Rodgers was picked 24th overall. Drew Brees was the 1st pick of the 2nd round, Big Ben 11th, Cutler 11th. Heck, look how far Clausen fell last year, and he was the 2nd QB taken.

QBs are a crapshoot in the draft, so I'm OK with not getting first dibs.

[N TX Dave]

Here's the problem though...We will not be drafting in the top 10 next year and, if we continue to play the way we have been, we may not be drafting in the top 20. That makes drafting a franchise QB a lot tougher.

And where was Brady picked and by whom?

[wildcat]

And where was Brady picked and by whom?

I said it would be a lot tougher, not impossible. See if you can find some statistics for the success rate of QBs drafted in the first 10 picks vs those drafted in the 6th round like Brady.

I agree that the Chiefs should attempt to draft and develop a QB. I was just pointing out that it's not going to be easy and it might take some time. In the meantime, we need to make sure that we have somebody decent playing QB whether it's Cassel, Croyle, Edwards, or somebody else.

[Hayvern]

I said it would be a lot tougher, not impossible. See if you can find some statistics for the success rate of QBs drafted in the first 10 picks vs those drafted in the 6th round like Brady.

I agree that the Chiefs should attempt to draft and develop a QB. I was just pointing out that it's not going to be easy and it might take some time. In the meantime, we need to make sure that we have somebody decent playing QB whether it's Cassel, Croyle, Edwards, or somebody else.

Well let's take a look at some of the better QBs in history

Joe Montana, taken in the third round, 82nd overall
Brett Favre, taken in the second round, 33rd overall
Kurt Warner, was not even drafted in the NFL he played Arena Football first.
Steve Young, played in the USFL first and was not drafted in teh NFL
Dan Marino went 27th in the draft
Trent Green 8th round, 222nd pick

Then you have the infamous

Matt Lienart
Jamarcus Russell
Vince Young

I know I am missing many others as well, but those come to mind.

Being taken early in the draft does not guarantee success, no more than being taken late means you cannot be a success. I tell you that if Matt Cassel can become a Trent Green or a Kurt Warner, then I will be a happy camper.