Brodie Is The Next…

Joe Montana?  Tom Brady?  Who?  How about the next “Brodie Croyle“?  That’s right, I don’t want any of you homers out there in Chiefs land to get all giddy like a school girl and start running off at the mouth to your buddy who is a Raiders fan or your girlfriend who has a cousin that is a die-hard Donkeys fan about how great Brodie is and how awesome he is going to be.  No, please save it.  At least until, oh I don’t know, how about the regular season.

I have been and continue to be one of the biggest Brodie Croyle supporters ever since he got his first start late last year.  I’ve preached about how it was unfair to judge Brodie until he had a good offensive line in front of him and a healthy LJ lining up behind him.  The line has been overhauled, and LJ is once again healthy and by all accounts has a chip on his shoulder, this time because of some around the league questioning his ability to regain his former abilities.  How did Croyle look in his first preseason game?  Pretty darn good right?  Right.

You see, I do believe Brodie will be a good quarterback in this league, however, I am going to wait until he has a couple games under his belt before I place a crown upon his majesty’s head or throw him to the lions.  Brodie should be judged at the end of the season, not after the first preseason game, not at the “halfway” point, but at the end, no matter when that is. I have saved my ethusiasim for Brodie’s first game because I know the very next preseason game he could look like an awful quarterback.  Then what do I do?  Call for him to be benched?  Wonder a loud why the Chiefs didn’t pursue Chad Pennington harder?  No, I understand there are going to be bad games, I have to deal with that and so do you.

I will stick my neck out on the line by saying this;  Come the end of the year (barring a season ending injury to young Mr. Croyle early on in the year) Brodie will not be the weakest link on the Chiefs team.  I don’t know who or what position will be, but I have faith in Brodie.  No, I won’t call him the next [fill in the blank], hopefully I will be able to say that’s Brodie Croyle.

Other Things…

Chris Williams, first-round pick by the Bears and most likely would have been the starter at left tackle this season, had surgery on a herniated disk and his return is not known.  That would mean the first string LT playing in the preseason game against our beloved Chiefs would have most likely been the 2nd string LT if Williams was healthy.  I wrote all of that to write this: It sure is worrisome Tamba Hali didn’t eat this guy for dinner.  Isn’t it?

Chad Pennington was released after the fiasco known as Brett Favre was signed by the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets last week.  Many thought for sure Chad would land in Kansas City to be reunited with his former coach Herm Edwards.  I have to admit, I was a little surprised he didn’t. Aren’t you?  My guess is Parcells told him he would be given a fair shot to start…this year.  Maybe Herm told him he would have to wait a year behind Croyle and then depending on how Croyle did this season would get a chance to compete next year, and only then it would be a maybe.  If Croyle goes on to have a great year, Chad would have been screwed.

Here’s a good quote from Herm in regard to Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert.  Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside;

“You’re talking about two players in both our first-round draft picks, they’re a little bit different.
They’re pretty special as far as their ability to pick things up and understand the game of football.
That’s the saving grace with those two guys. Everything I’ve seen out of those two guys is everything we anticipated.”

Looking Ahead…

I am definitely looking forward to the return on Glenn Dorsey.  I not only want to see the man practice again, but I want to see what he can do in the next preseason game. Don’t you?

Obviously, I want to see if Brodie can keep it up.  One of the good things coming out of the Bears game in particularly the drive that ate up a lot of clock in the first quarter, Brodie didn’t throw it to Bowe much if at all. Sorry I can’t say for sure, the “re-air” of the game was on at midnight eastern on the NFL Network and that is waaaaaay past my bedtime anymore.  My point being the Chiefs drove the ball against a legit defense and Croyle wasn’t dependent on Bowe and Gonzalez getting open.  That is great news, I look forward to see if he can keep it rolling as the preseason moves forward.

I’m still not worried, but maybe a little concerned now that no one has stepped up and claimed the left defensive end spot.  Both ends actually are going to have to bring it for the next game or I might have to worry just a little. Tamba in particular seems to be having a rough go at it.