Case for Garcia

Do not get me wrong I don't want Garcia as the starter but I believe Jeff Garcia being brought to KC will probably allow us to go somewhere other than Mark Sanchez with the #3 overall pick. 

Garcia can be signed at a cheapo price, plus he's an unrestricted free agent so no compensation for him. There's going to be a new regime in Tampa so all bets are that they let him go. Plus I have heard that very discreetly the Bucs' are looking to pick up Josh Freeman in the first round of the upcoming draft so Garcia is as good as gone. There aren't many teams out there that are going to rave for Garcia's services so if KC goes after him they'll be on a short list.

Young quarterbacks generally tend to soar when a veteran QB is there to show them the ropes. Steve Young was on the roster in Jeff Garcia's rookie year and Garcia ended up passing for nearly 2600 yards, 11 TD's, 11 INT's, 231 rushing yards, and 2 rushing touchdowns. Not too shabby considering he filled in for an injured Steve Young and shared time with Steve Stenstrom. He came back strong the following year with a 4,278 passing yard (31 TD 10 INT), 414 rushing yard (4 TD) campaign. At 6'1" Garcia is definitely a small guy at QB seeing as the league desires QB's that are generally 6'5" or taller. Thigpen stands at the same height but weighs in 50 pounds heavier.

Here's a list of QB's that are still in the league that benefited from having veteran QB's around in the early years (QB pairs where younger QB was drafted in round 2 or later)

Eli Manning/ Kurt Warner

Phillip Rivers/Doug Flutie, Drew Brees

Chad Pennington/ Vinnie Testeverde

Tony Romo(RFA)/Vinny Testeverde

Matt Hasselbeck(6)/ Brett Favre

Carson Palmer/ John Kitna

Jay Cutler/ Jake Plummer

Drew Brees(2)/ Doug Flutie

Tom Brady(6)/ Drew Bledsoe

It's funny as you go over the young to vet comparisons the young quarterbacks eventually formed a style very similar to that of the veterans that occupied the roster at the time. Thigpen is very similar to Garcia in that they must both rely heavily on mobility to make up for the lack of size. I say we go Thigpen, Garcia, and Graham Harell(4th round selection) or Quinn Gray as our QB situation in 2009. If we fail miserably then the QB class next year is going to be very impressive. Don't get me wrong I don't want to throw away a season but why not improve the chances of getting a killer ROI on Thigpen before we go all crazy and draft a signal caller we don't necessarily need?