Because he finished the year on IR the team must have him on film practicing before they can release him…IE. teams can’t release injured players.
I personally think that Broydie should be released but I don’t believe in releasing injured players so I guess Broydie will be with us forever since he is always injured.

Croyle does have a tremendous arm, but has always been too thin and fragile. What if Pioli is keeping him around for the next year or so, try to beef him up some and get him healthy and rested (being third string shouldn’t get him in many games) until maybe next year where he may try and show off bigger, healthier Croyle in pre-season so that he may have some trade value, or if Thigpen has any trade value, Croyle could be retained and Thiggy traded. Either one (assuming Croyle puts on weight and gets healthy and less fragile) would be a solid back-up to Cassel, and if Pioli can get something for one of them from a QB starved team, I’m sure he would go for it. Just a thought.

Nothing. He may be the best third stringer in the league.

I like what you said big_Scott, but that just seems too good to actually happen. Plus, IMO Pioli wants his own guys in there, ones that haven’t subconsciously picked up bad habits already. Croyle’s psyche is shot, he will never again be comfortable taking snaps on Sunday. Sad, but true. Although I’ve seen crazier things happen. Wait……no I haven’t.

He looked like he was going to be a pretty good QB …………until he got hurt! The dude has a great arm and i had high hopes for last season! Who knows what he could do behind a good o-line, but then again……what could Tyler do? IMO we should keep Bones over Croyle use Bone as your 2nd string QB and Brodie 3rd string! SIMPLY because i dont see Brodie catching any TD passes! They should just wrap Brodie in bubble wrap and make him sit in the locker room to be safe!

…with a hot wife.

The guy does not take his job seriously!
2007 Three weeks before a training camp where he knows that the QB job is his Broydie went off and got married. He was not training, weight lifting to build muscle he was planning a wedding which even for an NFL QB has to be stressful and time consuming.
Do you think Manning or Brady got married 3weeks before training camp?
2008 Croyle comes to camp weighing the same amount as the previous year when he was hurt. Broydie has at his finger tips nutritionist, strength coaches and Dr. who can all help him put on 10-15LBs in an off season but he let another off season go by and did not address his small frame.
That small frame has kept him out of countless games in his football career and will end it very soon.

I had high hopes for Croyle… What little he played, wasn’t terrible.

I felt like Herm was a dumbass for starting Huard instead of Croyle. Put the guy out there and find out if he is the man of the future. If he got beat to death that year we could have drafted someone else instead of keeping on hoping. When he got injured the second time last year I figured that was the end of his career. If he can make it back onto the roster and be a backup I’ll have to give him kudos at this point. I think he has a lot of talent, but you have to be healthy enough to play.

Let’s say Cassel gets hurt, and by no means do I want something like that to happen, it would be nice to have 2 QBs with different skill sets as options. One could call Thiggy and Croyle co-#2-back up QBs, this would give us flexability at any given time. Say the opposing D is really pressuring the QB and someone who has the mobility of Thiggs would be your guy. If the opposing secondary is giving up passing yards like the government hands out bills to the banks, then I would venture to say that Croyals ability to stay in the pocket and deliver a ball would be a nice option to have. All of this said, I personally think Thigg-daddy is an underrated passer and given ANY opertunity would make the best of it.

Pioli hasn’t given Cassel a big contract is because he doesn’t want to look stupid when Brodie beats Cassel and Thigpen out. Who ever wins the job is going to get the big money. These coaches see something or they wouldn’t be talking about open competition. I think Brodie has one more chance and I believe he can do it.

if all he has to do is hold a clipboard. He might miss a game or two with a paper cut but that is all.

Thigpen and Cassel are both tough. Thigpen was #1 rushing amongst QBs, and Cassel wasn’t far behind. They are very similar in their durability and playing styles. More importantly, both are gamers. Cassel had the benefit of more options than Thigpen last year, and marginally better blocking. But both did a lot of scrambling, and can probably be successful running the KC offense, even with only marginal improvements on the o-line. Both can SURVIVE behind questionable o-line play, and that’s where the Chiefs are and where they’ll remain until and unless the o-line shows us something they haven’t for the past few years.

With a solid pocket and a stronger running game, Croyle’s arm MIGHT vault him ahead of both Thigpen AND Cassel. So if the team DOES turn things around up front, the kid might be special. But odds are that he won’t get much of a chance this year, and if he does, he’s likely to be hurt yet again. Don’t see a huge rush to get rid of him, but I’d definitely put him behind Thigpen and Cassel. Both have paid some dues behind struggling o-lines and come out in one piece at the end of the season.

That’s one of the things I LIKED about Thigpen getting a shot last year. He proved that when things were tough, he was among the toughest. Kid has heart and plays to win, even though the deck was stacked against him.

I liked Huard, too. I think he was probably better than the opportunities he received. He could STILL emerge, much the way Rich Gannon did, on a team that’s well-constructed and loses their #1.

I hate all the credit QBs get for the stalwart efforts of their teammates, but I always feel bad for good QBs on struggling teams.