Fast forward to the draft. Is there any way Detroit doesn’t take the best QB in the draft with Dan Orlovsky and Daunte Culpepper on their depth chart? Do we really want to risk another disaster at QB like Blackledge, while we watch the next Dan Marino get away from us again? I feel if the Chiefs want to avoid a Derek Anderson/Matt Cassel/J.P. Losman potential let-down situation – (signing a flavor of the week QB with little to no experience) we need to take a hard look at Donovan McNabb.
McNabb is apparently going to be chased out of Philly for no reason this year. I think he should be the first guy we look at this offseason. I never thought these words would be coming out in my column.
McNabb is having a great season despite a meltdown against Baltimore. He’s got 21 TDs: his best total since his 2nd year, and second only to his 2004 season with T.O. where he had 31. He’s right at his career average with a QB rating of 86%, and could possibly break his record for yardage in 2004 (3875) with two games to go sitting at 3511- unless Philly benches him, which is unlikely as they are fighting to get in the playoffs.
McNabb has managed to stay very afloat despite not having any impact WR’s since T.O. Rookie DeSean Jackson is the closest thing McNabb has had in some time that defenses had to be wary of. Meanwhile, he has had clowns like Reggie Brown, Hank Baskett, Jason Avant and 10 other guys who exactly lit up the stat sheet. If McNabb can throw for 1100+ yards to Kevin Curtis, a poor man’s Wes Welk-ah, imagine what he could do with Tony G, D-Bowe, and JaCha out of the backfield! What about Westbrook you might ask? Well he had an amazing 10.1 yds per catch in 2005, then had 771 yards in 07 but is considerably lower this season with 331. Point being – he didn’t get all those yards throwing to Westbrook out of the backfield.
There’s no reason why we can’t sign McNabb at 30+ mil under the cap, and go into next year with our roster looking like this: QB1 McNabb, QB2 Thigpen QB3 Croyle. This would allow us to grab the best defensive player available with our high draft pick and bring in a leader at QB. We could be dangerous with McNabb’s ability to throw to players out of the backfield like Jamaal Charles and still have a power running game in LJ and dangerous downfield options like Bowe and Gonzalez.
Look, this isn’t a testament against Thigpen, he looks like he could fill the void Rich Gannon left – we need to hang onto him. Facts are, Thigpen has only won one game despite some valiant efforts. McNabb is only 32, and isn’t showing much signs of slowing down besides literally with his scrambling perhaps; with a revamped line, he shouldn’t need to run. We don’t face fearsome pass rushers in our division which accounts for half our games. We do, however, face exotic pass defenses in Oakland and Denver, as well as some of the better corners and linebackers- which McNabb is perfectly suited to play against.
The question is, will we see a Farve-like jump by McNabb to the AFC? Or will a team like Chicago or Minnesota snatch him up to face familiar foes?
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I like McNabb, and would love it just to shove it in the faces of all the Philly fans around here while Kolb struggles.
McNabb does have a hole in his game though. His accuracy is horrible. Always has been. He always skips balls in front of receivers or overthrows them. The picks he throws are usually a result of a ball thrown too high that skips through the rcvrs hand into the arms of a defender. He doesn’t have any touch on his long balls. His wheels aren’t what they used to be, and he tends to get hurt a lot.
That said, if we don’t get a shot a Bradford, Donovan would look damn good in Red. He’s excellent in the short to medium routes, and even with one flat tire manages to evade the rush and make things happen. He is a bit thin skinned, but who wouldn’t be living in Philly.
It’s so hard to forecast right now. If Herm is the coach, then I say no way. But if we bring in another guy, all bets are off.
Donovan is nice, but a lot of the criticism this week of Carl Peterson is reflecting on how he never truly picked a QB in the draft for his 20 years. All he did was get older guys who can play for a couple of years. I don’t think Clark will want the new GM to go in this direction.
IF we signed McNabb, I think he should not be anointed as the starter. Let McNabb, Thigpen, and Croyle (if he stays) battle it out and may the best man win. If Donovan can do it, so be it. I still hate those stupid assed soup commercials, though. LOL!
Why not Mcnabb AND a draft pick and Thigpen.
McNabb!!!! I am going to puke. He is not the direction we are heading. No way; No How!
I got to be honest Crane, I had to laugh at this article.
McNabb? This sounds like a Carl Peterson move!!!! I thought KC was getting past attaining “aged quarterbacks” … ??? Please not McNabb. Thanks.
McNabb would have been worth exploring 3 or 4 years ago. My concern with this idea is we have a youth movement going on. Assuming McNabb’s game will peak over the next couple of years (and thats a stretch), our youth won’t be at the same point of development. By the time McNabb’s career is wrapping up, our youth movement would be peaking and then we are breaking in a new QB.
Nah, We have a couple of QB’s in flight. We’re gonna see a strong class of QB’s coming out in the next draft. Use that top pick for a solid QB and hand him a clipboard. In the meantime, have brodie and thigpin compete in a new system. Build that leadership from within.
What I want to see after the QB is some serious linebackers. DJ is doing fine, but we need to align to the youth as well as bring in some leadership.
I want to sustain our competitive advantage and become competitive again for several years not just one or two.
Why do we have to do one or the other, why not have an experience qb and one or two that we can develop.
I mean why not have Mcnabb or someone while we develop the new guys, why do we have to be a shitty team until the new guys develop, why not have a combo of free agents and rooks
I dont want McNabb…gets hurt too much…I wouldn’t throw a fit if they signed him but I wouldnt be THAT aggressive for him…He will probably be in Minny next year…I’d expect..
If he could be had on the cheap I wouldn’t mind so much. But with teams like Chicago and Minnesota most likely looking for their guy, cheap is not going to happen. I personally don’t want to see any more retread quarterbacks. Although a retread D-end might fit nicely.
Why would McNabb want to come to the Chiefs at this stage in his career when he might have Chicago and Minnesota possible? I agree, dave. Crane? make your case that Mcnabb should come to the Chiefs over those two teams.
Yah…along the lines of what Dakotadave said…
Lets save our pennies for Terell Suggs DE. A retread QB makes me queezy.
Anyways, I have a feeling that Bradford and all the other youngins might not come out this year for fear that they are drafted by the lions! That would scare me into staying in school for another year.
Throwing Stafford to the lions suits me just fine.
McNabb has only played in a West Coast offense over the last decade. If McNabb does hit the open-market this off season he’ll most likely sign in Tampa where Gruden’s offense shares much similarity with Philly’s. (Chicago, his hometown, or Minny are possibilities too as others have suggested. But, if Orton gets Chicago into the playoffs they’ll probably stand pat)
I don’t see McNabb being a Chief unless we hire a new coach that terms Gailey and installs an OC that runs the West Coast Offense.
Besides, 19 games missed due to injury in the last 5 seasons. That’s an average of 3.8 games missed per season. And, he’s only played all 16 games three seasons out of the last ten pending the final two games of this season, which included a benching for poor performance a couple of weeks ago. Our line next year will be worse than Philly’s this year.
Pig Pen / Gailey ‘09
Yes we can.
Liked this post clear up to the name Croyle. Let’s face it, Brokie’s name will only appear on the depth chart at Home Depot, never in an NFL context again. Whomever drafted the petite flower should be fired.
you know, I think the front office still has Steve DeBerg on speed dial if we need a veteran backup
“He’s right at his career average with a QB rating of 86%.”
Quarterback rating is not a percentage calculation. It is a point-based formula where 158.3 represents the best possible score. Therefore, if you want to use a percentage like you did, his grade would be 54%. His current year-to-date rating is 86.7, which is only good enough for 14th in the NFL.
Is this a joke? It has to be because there is no way it’s serious.
Why in the world would we even keep Croyle? Keeping croyle in the rotation is a waste of space…He simply cannot stay healthy..Their is no reason to keep someone who cannot be healthy…
I think thigpen remains our guys and we use our first two picks of the draft on a DE of LB…I’m fine with Herm being let go of course
sandya: With Carl leaving, everything is up in the air.
DeBerg must be pushing sixty years old by now, but I’ll bet he can still run a good play action fake.