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Sorry to dash any hopes you might have but you should be interested in the truth. I am not a Thigpen hater, although I don't like him because he sucks so bad, and a lot of Chiefs fans thought he was the quarterback of the future, and he probably would have been had Herm Edwards stuck around.
He has bottom of the barrel accuracy for an NFL quarterback. About the only guy worse is JaMarcus Russell. The Chiefs created a spread-type offense predicated on short throws last year, and Thigpen still only completed 54 percent of his passes.
He had tunnel vision on Tony Gonzalez, too. Without Tony he's really going to stink and that was what happened this preseason. He was awful. He threw an interception while he was falling down. He threw a punt to a receiver that gained 40 yards. He threw a pick six.
He's really mobile and has a decent arm, although his deep ball dies like a wounded duck after 40 yards. But his inaccuracy, and his lack of height, cripple him as any sort of potential franchise quarterback.
Also, I really don't like his attitude. This offseason he was on KC radio saying how the Chiefs shouldn't draft a quarterback and he had earned the right to be the starter this year, etc, etc. He has a touch of arrogance about him that I really don't like.
I think he's a decent backup quarterback but even Brodie Croyle beat him out for that job this preseason. In fact, it wasn't even close.
Long story short, Chad Henne is your best bet. At least he can throw accurately (or at least I'm guessing).
Hope you didn't give up too much for Thiggy.
He has bottom of the barrel accuracy for an NFL quarterback. About the only guy worse is JaMarcus Russell. The Chiefs created a spread-type offense predicated on short throws last year, and Thigpen still only completed 54 percent of his passes.
He had tunnel vision on Tony Gonzalez, too. Without Tony he's really going to stink and that was what happened this preseason. He was awful. He threw an interception while he was falling down. He threw a punt to a receiver that gained 40 yards. He threw a pick six.
He's really mobile and has a decent arm, although his deep ball dies like a wounded duck after 40 yards. But his inaccuracy, and his lack of height, cripple him as any sort of potential franchise quarterback.
Also, I really don't like his attitude. This offseason he was on KC radio saying how the Chiefs shouldn't draft a quarterback and he had earned the right to be the starter this year, etc, etc. He has a touch of arrogance about him that I really don't like.
I think he's a decent backup quarterback but even Brodie Croyle beat him out for that job this preseason. In fact, it wasn't even close.
Long story short, Chad Henne is your best bet. At least he can throw accurately (or at least I'm guessing).
Hope you didn't give up too much for Thiggy.
