Post-Game Reflections: Chiefs @ Bears

This is a different situation. It's similar to the Ravens, who basically have three young guys, because Kyle Boeller is still young. If you're not going to win now, and the guy isn't going to be your long-term QB, and you don't have a long-term QB, at least finalized yet...what good is it to keep him around? Especially at his price tag. And guys like Leftwich and Simms have leadership ability. Damon just doesn't make sense--we got rid of all the other vets except for basically Chiefs HoFers (Tony, Will and Donnie), so why does Huard get to stick around? Pat Surtain is still here because we'd lose so much money if we cut him, and he can mentor the young guys.

I don't realistically think that either. But it solidifies my point, eh? You keep a veteran backup around for when your starter goes down, and you need an experienced hand guiding your ship. To go with 3 guys that all have less than 3-4 years of experience, is pretty whack. You talked about leadership and Brodie maybe not having it; how is the team going to be led by a 2nd/3rd string rookie/2nd year man? There's a reason veteran QB's are the consensus backups in the league.

I think that's kinda the point of the whole expression :)

Ew, why would you eat crow? I mean I don't even think crow is really considered an edible bird.

I am looking at it objectively. What's not objective is thinking we have a realistic chance to win seven of our first ten. I honestly don't think the playoffs are a realistic possibility, so I don't see any practical reason to keep Damon around. If we win seven out of 10 I'll eat some serious crow and admit it.

Adam, you're not looking at it objectively. Obviously we aren't looking to make Huard our starter as we rebuild. What are veteran backups used for? For when the starter gets injured and cannot play. If Brodie is on a hot streak, and we win 7 out of our first 10 games, who would you rather have under center, to try and make the playoffs... Damon Huard, or unproven/unknown/young man X? I'll take Damon, thank you very much. And to be honest, the old dog still has a few tricks up his sleeve. Did you see his ducking of the clothes-line that was coming his way, right after he was rattled by a tough, loss of big yardage sack? It reminded me of Remember the Titans, where Sunshine owned the opposing team with his Tai Chi (or whatever it was, I can't remember now.) Admit it, it was sweet. And then not only did he avoid the sack, he completed a nice pass to Cottam. It was a good play, and it was ALL Damon Huard, that DE wasn't TOUCHED by any of our blockers. He's a compitent backup, that's what we pay him for. I'm happy with him there. Even if he is a geezer with statue-esque legs.

Like I said, I wasn't sure whether or not he got sacked. But like CMZ said, better a sack than an INT. He also complete 75% of his passes and tossed a TD. And they were good passes too, not ones where the receiver was bailing him out. I'm totally cool with Huard being our backup.

i guarantee huard got sacked last night remember he tucked and ducked? come on sbc you had to see that

Zach made a great point yesterday when he asked me if Leftwich, Pennington or Simms could take the Chiefs to a Super Bowl in the future. I said, take maybe, lead possibly, and carry no. I'd put Brodie in the same boat. Huard wouldn't do any of the three, nor would he be around. If our true goal is to make the Super Bowl three years from now, then Damon Huard is a ginormous waste of resources. All that matters this year is that we compete and develop our future core.

It's not his job to be our starter man... it's his job to keep us from going completely to shit if the starter goes down. The QB is not going to be the reason this team wins week in and week out - at least not this year. At least Huard is good enough to keep defenses honest so they cant pull that 8 in a box crap on our RB's.

It's pretty clear from watching Chan Gaileys offense last night that the Chiefs were not REALLY a 12 loss team in terms of talent last year. Now that we've got him calling the plays, Huard will be plenty good enough if Brodie goes down.

The only reason Thigpen is second on the depth chart right now is so they can get him maximum playing time in the preseason games/practices. They know what they have in Huard, and they dont need to develope Huard like they do Thiggy.

I liked Printers too, but I think he worried Herm with his inclination to scramble and that's why he's gone. At least Herm kept Sippio!

He takes more sacks than Kurt Warner used to when he worked at that freakin' grocery store. All I'm saying is, that he doesn't give us that good of a chance to win, and our rebuilding plan doesn't move forward when he's under center. At 35, he's maybe got two or three years left. I don't hate him either, I just hate watching him and think he's a waste of money and time. He's a good guy--it's not personal.

And Casey Printers was pretty good as a third-stringer last preseason.

You just hate Huard Adam. But you need to give credit where credit is due - he looked a hell of lot better in the game than he has in practice, and let's not forget the job he did when Trent went down.

He's proven time and again we can depend on him to manage the game and not make the big mistake. Does he take sacks? Yes. Better a sack than an interception. At least a sack lets us put the other guys on the hook to field and return a Colquitt knuckleball.

I basically agree with you about Thigpen, though I do think he seemed to grow into it last night the longer he was out there. I think we need to give him some more game time reps before we throw him out. After all, when is the last time you saw the Chiefs 3rd string QB drive the team to the winning TD? I cannot EVER remember seeing that before.

Huard was 6/8 for 77 yards and a TD. I don't even think he got sacked but I could be wrong. His throws were right on the money, even in the face of a LOT of pressure.

It was a pretty crappy pass.

My thing on Huard and Thiggy is that neither had a drop of success until they were in the two-minute O, and the defenses seemed to be almost in vanilla prevent defenses. Sorry, but neither guy impressed me. Thigpen just looked atrocious to me, and Huard looked scared as always. Hold a clipboard for that long and you'll never get used to getting hit.

Lest there's any confusion, the catch by Price that I'm referring to was in the last 2 minutes of the first half. It was a pretty crappy pass that he hauled in. I like him a lot.

That first possession was amazing. I loved the way Price snagged that TD catch. He's a playa. For me, Huard exceeded expectations - definitely a keeper. Aside from TD run, I thought LJ looked really bad - he played like he wasn't angry and really seemed to lack vision. He also didn't block worth a shit.

Seriously guys, we just beat what is probably the best defense we'll face this entire preseason. How can we not feel good about that?

Seriously though Croyle looked like a straight up pro tonight. So much more polished than last year.

Tony G didn't catch a pass, and nobody is asking what happened to him. Darling didn't get targeted and didn't play much. The fact that he started and didn't play much tells you that the team thinks highly of him.

Huard is just awful if he doesn't have a five-Mississippi count. Seriously. If I see one more scared tuck I will break something. He's also 35.

I don't think saying that a guy didn't look too shabby is anointing him either :)

By the way what happened to Darling..I know he started but Franklin really impressed me..I'm really pulling for him to step up and start for this team..I seriously can't wait to see this offense in motion in the regular season because I think its gonna surprise some people.

"Damon Huard and Tyler Thigpen both would have been awful if it wasn’t for their TD drives."

I 100% dissagree with that comment..The guy looked great..He had nooo blocking on that first possession and actually got a couple completions out when he wasn't being sacked..That next drive he was incredible..

Give the guy a break..We need him..No he isn't manning or brady but the guy is consistent and we saw what he is capable of in 2006 with an average line..Last year we had the worst line in NFL so you can't fault him for his performance..Seriously some of you are way to hard on the guy..Give him some protection and he will utilize our offensive weapons. Huard showed that he doesn't give a shit about training camp because he knows how to play the game..Do I think he should start, nope but I think we are too quick to forget that we we're calling for him to start against INDY in the playoffs 2006.

Very impressed with our rookies and maurice price..I think Albert and Dorsey will help a lot when their back..This team just looks better than last years team that probably would have finished with 7 wins if not for LJ's injury.

- Damon Huard didn't look awful at all. Damn good, actually. 6/8 for 77 yards and a TD. Not too shabby, even it was against 2nd stringers.

- The one play Mike Cox made was nice, but I want to see him perform on a more consistent basis before anointing him. And I'd actually rather see him blocking successfully than anything.

- Thigpen sucks.

- Larry Johnson looked good, but more importantly, the first string O-line (aside from Adrian Jones) impressed me. They opened holes and protected the QB well most of the time. It was a nice thing to see after last year's O-line.

- I'm worried about our defense, which is something I didn't think I'd be saying. The offense really showed them up, which is scary. Brandon Flowers seemed overwhelmed and the linebackers (aside from DJ) just seemed kinda lost. As far as the safeties are concerned, Pollard was fine -- not spectacular. Page needs to wrap the ball-carrier up, not try to lay a big hit on him. The fact that we won has more to do with Bears offense being so inept, not our defense being good.