Let me just start by saying that I hate the term "quarterback controversy." It is way over-used in the media and it just sounds lame. But it seems this week that we have ourselves quite the quandry with the Chiefs. Trent Green has now been cleared by the doctors to play, but Damon Huard has been playing extremely well. My opinion: Huard gets the nod and Green backs him up.
As a KC fan, we've been bit by this before. Grbac goes down for several weeks, Gannon comes in and leads the Chiefs into the playoffs, Grbac gets better and Marty gives him the nod, Grbac craps in his hat and the Chiefs go home early. This year has the classic signs of the Grbac-Gannon debacle. I think that you have to leave the hot hand in. Huard was ranked 2nd in the league behind Peyton Manning going into the Miami game. Yes, he looked bad in that game and no, they couldn't score any points against the anemic Fins. But I'm not ready to sit him for just one sub-par performance. Green will tippy-toe around and be extremely nervous (as I'm sure any of us would be) after being extremely concussed.
With the Chiefs sitting at 5-4 with six of the final seven games with AFC opponents, this is their playoffs. I just have to go back to the addage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." This offense ain't broke and starting a timid Green won't fix it.
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Not so fast my friend! Green should be the starter and here is why.
We've played a total of 4 good defenses all year, Pittsburgh, Denver, San Diego and Miami. The other 5 teams we've played had crappy defenses (Cincy, SF, Arizona, Seattle and St. Louis). With the exception of the game against San Diego, Huard has crapped the bed versus every single good defense we've played. And against SD, most of our points were set up by turnovers caused by our defense in the first half. He was terrible against San Diego. I don't want to hear any excuses about a beaten up O-Line either, because either QB is going to have to deal with it.
Sure Huard's numbers have been pretty good, but I don't think they tell the whole story. And I am AMAZED that everyone forgets we lost the Denver game because we couldn't move the ball. It was probably our best defensive effort in 5 years, and we still couldn't win the game. And how did Peyton Huard look against Pittsburgh? Terrible!
On to the Grbac/Gannon comparison, I disagree as well. Grbac and Gannon were pretty similar, at least at the time. After his stint in KC, Gannon went on to win an MVP in Oakland...he even made a Super Bowl appearance. Obviously Grbac was a turd after that, but look at their stats from that season. They were almost exactly the same. With Huard, the guy has been a career journeyman and Green has been a pro bowler. The Manning comparison you made is interesting, because you know who is second to Manning (statistically speaking) over the last 5 years in terms of passing yardage? Trent Green! I'll take 5 years worth of stats over 8 weeks of stats.
Green is the rightful starter.
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