Kansas City Chiefs 2016 roster: Thoughts and musings

I wrote a piece shortly after the Nick Foles signing stating that KC’s quarterback of the future wasn’t currently on their roster and I still believe that. Foles is a short term answer to the backup quarterback position and I don’t see him as having a high enough ceiling to be the heir apparent to Alex Smith.

Tyler Bray may have a higher upside than Foles but I think he is even less likely to ever be a full time NFL starter. I get that KC fans are desperate for a home grown star at quarterback and when they see an arm talent like Bray and see him make a couple of good throws in the preseason its easy to get excited.

The problem is that playing quarterback in the NFL is WAY more than throwing a good looking long ball. I believe Tyler Bray has light years to go when it comes to reading defenses and running Reid’s full West Coast offense against first string NFL defenses. Maybe he’ll prove me wrong, but I’m not going to hold my breath.

I still am hoping that the Chiefs draft a quarterback early (first or second round) of next year’s draft. That would give the draft pick a couple of years to develop under Smith before taking over. I’m not losing any sleep over the loss of Murray and Hogan. I would have liked them to get Hogan on the practice squad, but I never had a lot of hope that he was KC’s star quarterback of the future.

Now let’s look at the players the Chiefs claimed off of waivers.

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