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One of the team’s young quarterbacks has a sizable edge over the other in the battle for the third quarterback position" FanpostsFanshotsCommunityAboutStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteSeries Dixon’s MailbagStagner ThingsSummer of SpagsLottery Tickets ’19Training Camp NotebookTailgatesLatest News Fanposts Most recentMost activeFanshots Community Community GuidelinesContactAbout StubHub ✕One Chiefs player has the clear lead to become the third quarterbackNew Darwin Thompson Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys ,68commentsOne of the team’s young quarterbacks has a sizable edge over the other in the battle for the third quarterback positionCDTThe Kansas City Chiefs will have a lot of tough decisions to make when it’s time to submit their final 53-man roster on August 31. One of those will be which of their young quarterbacks they want to keep.Obviously Patrick Mahomes is a lock at starting quarterback — and it’s clear Chad Henne will be his backup. That leaves Chase Litton and Kyle Shurmur to fight for the third quarterback position.After the first two preseason games, it’s pretty clear which of them has the edge.If you listen to coach Andy Reid and his staff, you would think the two quarterbacks have been equally impressive during their two showings this preseason. “I was very pleased with how they went out and performed,” said quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka after the preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals. “[Shurmur] came out and stayed aggressive. There were a few long balls when he came out, but I loved his mentality when he came out on the sideline. Chase, I think he came back with an early interception and a touchdown drive. I love their approach and the way that they competed, and I am looking forward to them continuing to do that.”While this seems to indicate that the competition is neck-and-neck, the numbers say otherwise.Litton — a 2018 undrafted free agent from Marshall — has completed 20 of his 30 pass attempts, passed for 209 total yards, thrown two touchdowns to one interception and has a passer rating of 95.0 after two preseason games.On the other hand, Shurmur — a rookie UDFA out of Vanderbilt — completed just 10 of his 24 passing attempts, passed for 106 yards Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys Stitched , thrown one touchdown (but no interceptions) and has a passer rating of only 69.1 in those two games.Backup QB ComparisonStatistically, Litton has a clear advantage. He has been more accurate, more efficient and has put more points on the board than Shurmur. The one interception he threw against the Bengals was pretty egregious — but except for that, he has been better in every way. Not only has he outperformed Shurmur thus far, but he is also on pace to surpass what he did during the preseason last year. In 2018, Litton completed 24 of 41 passes, threw for 299 yards, had one touchdown and passer rating of 89.4. Litton is outdoing his competition — and showing growth during the process. That’s the best thing a young player can do.Last season, the Chiefs kept just two quarterbacks on the active roster; Litton spent the season on the practice squad.We expect the Chiefs to do the same thing this year; it’s just a question of whether it will be Litton or Shurmur in that spot. And while Litton does appear to have the lead, that doesn’t mean Shurmur can’t make up ground in the next two exhibition games. If Litton shows more carelessness with the ball— or Shurmur makes a few amazing plays that show great potential — the gap between them could easily close. Frank Clark will be making big bucks next season in the NFL.Kareem Hunt gets a shot at redemption.That video of Jeffery Simmons will be forgiven.Ditto for Nick Bosa’s tweets.Chances are, someone will find a way to employ Tyreek Hill.With the NFL — and, really Discount Darwin Thompson Jersey , everything in life — it always comes down to the bottom line. The owners are simply working the numbers, deducing that whatever baggage the aforementioned rogues bring to a franchise’s reputation are more than offset by their stellar ability on the playing field.The Venn diagram goes something like this:More wins lead to more fans.More fans mean more dollars.More dollars make owners even richer.Rest assured, nothing’s going to change until those filling the seats and bolstering the TV ratings back up whatever disgust they may be feeling by actually abandoning their support of the NFL. And if you think that’s likely to happen, we’d love to hook you up with a Nigerian prince who’s holding millions of dollars in your name.A quick recap of the league’s infamous offseason (so far):— Looking to bolster a porous defense that cost them a chance to play in the Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs worked out a trade and a new $105.5 million contract for pass rusher Clark. Never mind that he was kicked off his college team at Michigan after a domestic violence arrest in 2014. Or that, while with the Seattle Seahawks, he went on Twitter to taunt a female reporter over her story about domestic violence in sports, offering her a job cleaning his fish tank after she washed out as a journalist.The Chiefs’ decision to trade for Clark drew additional scrutiny because …— Hunt, the NFL’s top rusher in 2017, was released by Kansas City late last season when a hideous video surfaced that showed him shoving a woman and then kicking her while she was defenseless on the floor of a hotel hallway. Of course, Hunt has since received a second chance from the Cleveland Browns, though he’ll be suspended for the first eight games of the 2019 season. Citing his Christian faith but no doubt eager to build on the promise of a seven-win season Super Bowl Darwin Thompson Jersey , general manager John Dorsey said, “I see a lot of men of character who commit egregious acts. But at the end of the day, they learn from those acts, moved forward and became better people.”Meanwhile, back in Kansas City …— A local TV station aired graphic audio this week in which Hill and his fiance, Crystal Espinal, angrily discuss how their 3-year-old son was injured. Espinal said hill was “punching” the boy in the chest and using a belt on him for discipline, while Hill issued an obscene threat against Espinal. Hill has maintained his innocence, but the Chiefs barred the speedy receiver from all team-related activities while the investigation is ongoing. It’s also worth noting that Hill was kicked off his college team at Oklahoma State for a domestic violence arrest.Moving on to the draft …— Simmons was picked 19th overall by the Tennessee Titans, who shrugged off a video from 2016 that showed him striking a woman during a brawl that also involved his sister and mother. Simmons has apologized for the incident and had no troubles during his three years at Mississippi State. “I’m not perfect,” he said. “I made the mistake. I own up to it. I wasn’t raised like that, to strike a woman.”Also on Day 1 of the draft …— Bosa went to the San Francisco 49ers with the No. 2 pick after conceding that his agents deleted tweets in support of President Trump and critical of Colin Kaepernick Darwin Thompson Jersey nfl draft , Beyonce and Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie. In a prescient response to his reasons for the social media scrubbing, Bosa said, “I had to. There is a chance I might end up in San Francisco.” There were also reports of Bosa liking multiple Instagram posts that featured racial and homophobic slurs. Eager to improve an anemic pass rush, the 49ers shrugged off any concerns about Bosa’s presence in the locker room or in a left-leaning city with a large gay population. “I was a little insensitive,” Bosa said. “I’m just ready to move forward from that, put it in the past, and bring the faithful some wins.”Ahh, wins.In the end, that generally makes everything OK.Sure, some 49ers fans were critical of Bosa’s selection, and it was impossible to ignore the significance of him joining Kaepernick’s former team. During the 2016 season, the quarterback began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in America Xavier Williams Jersey , a stance that effectively cost him his playing career. Doing the math, the owners decided his undeniable playing skills were outweighed by his extremely vocal critics, a group that included Bosa and stretched all the way to the White House.Let’s also remember the case of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, whose career rightfully ended over a gruesome video of him knocking out his fiance in an elevator. But, let’s face it, the unwillingness of any other team to offer up a second chance probably had more to do with him coming off an injury-plagued season in which he rushed for only 660 yards than a noble stance against domestic violence. As with Kaepernick, the numbers simply didn’t work in Rice’s favor.So, here’s the challenge for anyone out there who may be stewing over the NFL’s personnel decisions.If this really bothers you, find something else to do on Sundays this fall.A picnic. A movie. A bicycle ride. There are plenty of options.If you decide to stick with the NFL, there’s no chance of anything changing.That’s the bottom line.