Did Herm Edwards make the right decision in naming Brodie Croyle as the Chiefs starting quarterback?
Yes. It’s time for the Brodie Croyle era to begin because the Damon Huard era essentially had run its course in Kansas City. Croyle has a stronger arm and more mobility and if he’d been more consistent during the preseason, Huard never would have started in the first place. Croyle knows this. Huard knows this. And every other player in the Chiefs’ locker room certainly understands this well. The problem, of course, is that the Chiefs aren’t toiling at the bottom of the AFC West. At 4-5, they are one game out of first place and they’re trailing the same San Diego Chargers they beat by 14 points on the road earlier this year. That means Croyle has to resist his natural instinct to rifle risky passes into tight coverage. It’s one thing to have a gunslinger’s mentality. It’s a whole different issue when that mentality leads to turnovers, especially for an offense that has plenty of trouble scoring points in the first place. The good news here is that the Chiefs finally will see how tough C
