Green should lose job to performance not injury
Trent Green will start this Sunday against Oakland.His first start since week 1.
In week 1 of the NFL season, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green took a vicious hit in a Chiefs loss to the Cincinatti Bengals as he began his slide on a quarterback scramble just a half-second late. Enter backup Damon Huard. All Huard has done as the Kansas City starter is go 5-3, post an 11-1 toucdown to interception ratio and become the fifth highest rated passer in the NFL.
This week, Green was cleared by team doctors to practice and play. On Wednesday, Chiefs' head coach Herm Edwards announced that Green would start this Sunday against the Raiders. Edwards had said weeks earlier that Green would start when he was healthy, believing that a quarterback shouldn't lose his starting job to injury.
Well maybe a quarterback shouldn't lose his job to an injury, but he should lose it to performance. It's highly unlikely that Green would've played better than Huard over the last eight weeks even if he hadn't been injured. So why change back now. Why gamble that a guy can play as good as the guy that's been in there when the guy that's been in there is already playing at such a high level?
Huard, as well as the rest of the Chiefs' offense, didn't play well against Miami last week. This perhaps gives Edwards the excuse he needs to throw Green back out there.
I couldn't disagree more with Edwards decision. For the best example of why sticking with the hot backup over the now-healthy starter, one just needs look at the New England Patriots. Would Bill Belichick have three Super Bowl rings if he thought the same way Edwards does?
I doubt it.
This week, Green was cleared by team doctors to practice and play. On Wednesday, Chiefs' head coach Herm Edwards announced that Green would start this Sunday against the Raiders. Edwards had said weeks earlier that Green would start when he was healthy, believing that a quarterback shouldn't lose his starting job to injury.
Well maybe a quarterback shouldn't lose his job to an injury, but he should lose it to performance. It's highly unlikely that Green would've played better than Huard over the last eight weeks even if he hadn't been injured. So why change back now. Why gamble that a guy can play as good as the guy that's been in there when the guy that's been in there is already playing at such a high level?
Huard, as well as the rest of the Chiefs' offense, didn't play well against Miami last week. This perhaps gives Edwards the excuse he needs to throw Green back out there.
I couldn't disagree more with Edwards decision. For the best example of why sticking with the hot backup over the now-healthy starter, one just needs look at the New England Patriots. Would Bill Belichick have three Super Bowl rings if he thought the same way Edwards does?
I doubt it.
posted by Grey Stenhouse @ 7:01 PM
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