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VIDEO: Chiefs' Tyler Thigpen Hosts First QB Camp

The power of being a starting quarterback.  Last year at this time, Tyler Thigpen was the Kansas City Chiefs third string quarterback with certainly no guarantee of making the official 53 man roster out of training camp.  In fact, after a quick search of our archives, we never mentioned Thigpen.

Ever.

On October 22nd, 2008, Damon Huard was moved to IR, which caused us to start talking about Thigpen.  A lot.  Now, he's known in the football world, competing against the Chiefs $14 million man, acknowledging he might be fighting a losing fight all the while saying the right things and doing the rights things.

Like hosting a football camp in South Carolina for 7-18 year old quarterback and wide receivers (via NJChiefsFan in the FanShots yesterday).

Quotes and links on Tyler Thigpen are after the jump.

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"It wasn't something I had growing up.  To work with an NFL quarterback, college coaches, it's nice to give back to these kids - to give them something I didn't have growing up."

This is the line I hear so many football players say and it's just great to hear.  They want to give kids the opportunities and experiences they didn't have growing up.  Kudos to Tyler for recognizing this.  He says they'll be talking football but also life as well. He's not trying to be some hot shot either.

"I'm not trying to walk around here and talk down to them. I'm getting on their level and communicating with them, that way they can get the experience out of it and take something home from this."

Congratulations on your first of hopefully many football camps to come, Mr. Thigpen.

Video: Thigpen hosts football camp (WMBF)

Thigpen back to help young quarterbacks (News 13)

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+1, Great article

Y’know, Tyler Thigpen may not win the starting quarterback position battle, but he has won the starting position in my heart… sniff, I mean, uh…

Seriously though, this is what an NFL player should be. It’s sad that something like this is newsworthy, because this should be par for the course for ALL NFL players… these guys are looked up to, emulated, and seen as an inspiration not only for fat slobs like myself, but for kids and our next generation as well. It’s sad that that sacred trust is broken by stealing cars, shooting people, slapping women around, jaywalking, and cattle rustling, and that doing what 20 years ago would have gotten you an “Attaboy” is now newsworthy.

This is not to take anything from Tyler Thigpen. Far from it, it’s just sad. I hope if he does not win the QB battle (which Todd Haley assures us is still “open”) that he is at least the first backup and gets a decent deal, he has put up with a lot of adversity and gone above and beyond (being thrust into the starting job, almost winning 4 games before the unstoppable rebel force of bad coaching finally came crashing down) more times than I could count.

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by mugglemage on Jul 13, 2009 9:16 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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