Thigpen

Sunday was the day of Tyler Thigpen. Not Carl Peterson, not Herm Edwards. If anything, Tyler Thigpen played to win and the other two set things up for failure.

Thigpen threw the ball all over the field with conviction. He made our questionable receiving corps look good while hitting 7 receivers, he made our questionable o-line look good by surveying the field and making quick decisions so as to not hold the ball too long. He made Chan Gailey look like a genius. He made himself look like the quarterback of the future, even if only for a day.

First off, let me say that in all walks of life, being good at something makes those that it directly affects look better. Good coaching makes subpar talent look better than it is, which is not happening right now with the Chiefs. Good QB's make receivers and lines look better than they are, which Thigpen did. Good receivers catch inaccurate balls, and make subpar QB's look better. Good blockers make RB's look better, good pass rush makes a secondary look better, and the list goes on and on.

Tyler Thigpen made the offense look REALLY good yesterday, and until there were 5 1/2 minutes to play, Chan Gaily made the offense look REALLY good as well. The college spread can work in the NFL. The field MUST be spread out in all of football. The teams that do it (Patriots, Colts, Chargers, Rams (previously), Cowboys, Giants, etc.) are always there in the end. You have to open up the field to be able to run.

This week, the Chiefs are looking to sign Daunte Culpepper, who at this point in his career is incapable of providing what Thigpen did yesterday. He's no leader, he's injury prone, his no longer mobile, and he's expensive. He also doesn't know the system, so he might start 4 games for us this season even if we give up on Thigpen.

Why not spend the rest of the season working the spread offense with Thigpen at the helm? It allows us to evaluate receivers and lineman, it allows us to evaluate a potential offensive system, it also helps us evaluate the defense because it's the only way we can move the ball and give them a breather in between series.

The answer is in those who should be gone. Peterson doesn't have the guts to not sign Culpepper and possibly face blackouts, and he doesn't have the guts to go against Herm and see to it that this game continues for the rest of the season unless Thigpen gets hurt. It's sad that those who should exemplify making those around them look better are the ones that make this franchise and those around them look worse through their own doing.