Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle Talks About Wanting To Be A Starter

by Joel Thorman on Jun 25, 2010 5:01 PM CDT in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Season

Brodie Croyle is a co-owner of a new sports complex in Alabama and stopped to talk with the media on his first visit to the complex.

Croyle went to school at Alabama so after the requisite "What will this year's Alabama team be like?" questions they moved onto the Chiefs.

Here's what Croyle had to say:

On the Chiefs offseason:

Everything went good. I think we're going to be a lot better. We've excited about the season. We've given ourselves a chance. That's all we can do.

On his shoulder:

Everything's good. All in one piece. I'm looking forward to a healthy season.

On where the Chiefs will be better in 2010:

Just all around. The coaches and the front office have a bunch of guys in that are going to help us fill in key positions. And the guys we have are getting better.

On the changes to the Chiefs in the offseason:

We have a couple offensive lineman that are going to start for us and then Thomas Jones, obviously. There's a lot that's going to help us.

On being a backup to Matt Cassel:

This is the second year so he kind of has a good feel for me and Matt since we're the only two coming back of the guys that he had. You like to feel good about where you're going in but at the same time, it's the NFL and you alwyas have to compete for your job, no matter what it is.

On wanting to be a starter:

You're never content being a backup. Once you've played, and started, you always have that drive. If you lose that drive, you'er porbably not in the game anywhere. Obviously, I want to start, but Im in a good postition there.

On Herm saying he'll be a starter in the NFL again:

I have to. That's obviously what I believe. I appreciate Herm saying that. Obviously, he was the one that gave me my shot. I just gotta keep playing . You don't know when your next chance will come again and when it does, you gotta be ready to go.

On his injuries:

They're always frustrating, without a doubt. They happen for a reason, and we don't know what it is but down the road I'll overcome them then go from there.

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backups are only one play away from being thrown onto the field. Matt Cassel sure learned that when he took over for an injured Tom Brady. Brodie Croyle also learned that the multiple times he was taken off the field. Croyle sure has the talent to start again somewhere in the NFL…he just needs his body to hold up and allow him to, but in the mean time, he offers KC an intelligent, strong-armed and accurate backup QB.

The studs from the 2010 draft class will be: DT Ndamukong Suh, S Eric Berry, RB C.J. Spiller, RB Jahvid Best, WR Arrelious Benn, WR Golden Tate, WR Mardy Gilyard, OT Charles Brown, CB Kyle Wilson and S Chad Jones

by kc_radrh8r on Jun 25, 2010 5:10 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs

well said, sir!

"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
Whitlock Rocks!
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!

by upamtn on Jun 25, 2010 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Where is the "For now" statement mentioned in the fanshot???

We will have two rookies on our squad sharing Rookie of the Year honors.

by Chiefs_swagger on Jun 25, 2010 5:14 PM CDT reply actions

Without those two words I see this as nothing new

I guess when that BJ guy twittered it he wanted to spark something pre-4th of July…..

I do like how he singled out Thomas Jones. That’s a sign alone to me.

We will have two rookies on our squad sharing Rookie of the Year honors.

by Chiefs_swagger on Jun 25, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Also

That cannot be the best picture we have of Brodie. LOL, falling on his back, uncentered even.

We will have two rookies on our squad sharing Rookie of the Year honors.

by Chiefs_swagger on Jun 25, 2010 5:22 PM CDT reply actions

We have more

But just trying to switch it up. That’s as low as the photo goes.

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by Joel Thorman on Jun 25, 2010 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Was it a completion?

It looks as if the ball has left his hand. If so, you could caption the photo like ‘Amazing completion by Brodie Croyle with two donkeys hee-hawing close by.’ This would definitely change the photos rank from bottom to top.

We will have two rookies on our squad sharing Rookie of the Year honors.

by Chiefs_swagger on Jun 25, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions

yaaa thats pretty bad but

That sums up croyals career layin on his back running for his life.

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Jun 25, 2010 8:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

yaaa thats pretty bad but

That sums up croyals career layin on his back running for his life.

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Jun 25, 2010 8:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Is this that Weigman and Lilja are the NEW starters

couple offensive lineman that are going to start for us

Rule 49. " Think and talk positive football off the field." Hank Stram

by Steve_Chiefs on Jun 25, 2010 5:35 PM CDT reply actions

Or, with an outside chance, Asamoah

The poster formerly known as "ktr17x"

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."

"In democratic America, Flowers and Berry pick YOU"

by Aperture on Jun 25, 2010 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions

How ironic...he wants to be a starter...

That is all he’s ever been…if only he could be a finisher…

Predictions:

1) Fans will feel just scads better from mid-to-end of the 2010 season.
2) During the 2021 season, Ryan Succop will become the Chiefs’ all-time leading scorer with 1469 points.

by Dove40 on Jun 25, 2010 6:52 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs

Perfect comment dove and I mean that

I think that is stand alone the best description of him I have ever heard

by krayfish on Jun 25, 2010 7:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

and who played start to finish of the Ravens game last year?

thank you, the defense rests

yeah kray, I do like Brodie Croyle

by upamtn on Jun 25, 2010 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

and you couldn't finish

we had a chance to win, and he couldn’t pull it off

by kcgiant06 on Jun 26, 2010 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions

sorry brodie couldn't finish

by kcgiant06 on Jun 26, 2010 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions

On his wife's chest:

It’s great. It makes for a really comfy pillow every night and most of the guys on the team are really jealous and say she’s got a better rack than any of the imports. Coach Haley has yelled at me a couple of times saying that they’ve made me soft and that’s why I get some injuries, but he’s kinda toned down on that ever since Coach Weis arrived because apparently Coach Weis gets a little defensive when people start talking about large breasts and we can’t have our Offensive Coordinator getting sheepish, ya know?

...And as the roar of 80,000 red-clad great plains warriors fills the hallowed halls of Arrowhead, it will strike fear into the hearts of lesser men. For on that field, individual men toil for something greater than individual honors. They toil as brothers-in-arms, as 53 spirits striving towards a single purpose and driven by a single goal: The glory that comes with vanquishing your foes. They will achieve their birthright, they will be champions.

by Sudden on Jun 25, 2010 7:28 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs

+14

by upamtn on Jun 25, 2010 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

creepy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNm2rFzdvW8&feature=related

by LHO on Jun 25, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I second those remarks.

And I’m sure (in his head) Brodie does too. Well played!

"You've only got 10 fingers to stick in the dike. Is there a breaking point that pushes you over the edge?...Where's the limit?"

-Marty Schottenheimer

by go_saleaumua on Jun 26, 2010 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions

hahahaha nice

Go Chiefs!!!!

by ravenhawk on Jun 25, 2010 7:35 PM CDT reply actions

Not content to be a back-up?

Of course he’s not. Who is?

If you don’t have the desire to start…then you have no business playing the game at all.

10 + wins in 2010. Chiefs SHOCK the NFL!!! Mark it down.

by Scott B. on Jun 25, 2010 8:32 PM CDT reply actions

yeah, that's what he said

by upamtn on Jun 25, 2010 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Brodie = China Doll ... pretty but easily broken

He’s got the arm, mobility and keeps a cool head but he’s yet to prove he can stay healthy. He’s was injury prone in college and he’s been injury prone in the NFL. I think he’s the perfect back-up QB. Justs plays part-time and he doesn’t scare you when he’s in the game. I think the conditioning can help but I don’t think it solves the problem. I bet there’s some teams around the league that would like to give him a shot at QB but I don’t think the Chief’s are interested unless they get a sweet deal. Unless our O-line improves this year we might need more than 2 QB’s. lol

by RatsoReily on Jun 25, 2010 10:37 PM CDT reply actions

does anyone remember

last year when croyle was thrown in the game how he threw the ball backwards and ran out of bounds without the ball? he did this cause he is afraid of being injured again . im sorry but if an nfl player is afraid of being hit then he doesnt belong in the game. imo croyle should not be a starter for any team and i hope that haley has a different solid option other than croyle .

by chiefsgonzo88 on Jun 25, 2010 10:38 PM CDT reply actions

odd, but I seem to recall Croyle playing the entire game against (arguably) the best defense in the league (Ravens)

… with a totally new offense and a gawdawful OLine with a blocking scheeme that NOBODY understood, WRs who had no clue where to go or when, and a RB who refused to block …

AND

he came out of the game uninjured …

NOW

vastly improved OLine, people who know the blocks to make, improved WRs (and TE) and RBs who actually block for the QB … gotta tellya, that’s grounds for success … and if Cassel doesn’t get it done, Croyle can and will

by upamtn on Jun 25, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

P e r f e c t c o m m e n t!

Brodie is the man. I like Cassel just fine but, I actually feel more confident sometimes when Brodie is in the game. Only thing that gets me is sometimes he lacks some “touch”. Like when he throws a 7 yarder 200 mph and it results in a drop. He does have a rocket arm, but needs to learn when to use the velocity and when to lay off. I don’t think Brodie is really any more prone to injury than Cassel, just bad luck. With the team we have built now, I can see Brodie becoming the SB MVP if Cassel goes down. Brodie got screwed. He was asked to build a house, and to do it, was given an empty tool box.

"The towels were so thick there....I could hardly close my suitcase." ~Yogi Berra~

Jerrell Powe for Chiefs NT in 1st round of the 2011 NFL draft: From Ole Miss; Height: 6-2; Weight: 330; Projected 40 Time: 5.35; Projected Round (2011): 1-2; The top nose tackle in the 2011 NFL Draft, Jerrell Powe collected 12 Tackles for Loss and two sacks in 2009, earning All-SEC Second Team honors.

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by TheK-man on Jun 25, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

"Super Bowl MVP Brodie Croyle"....well, that might be a bit fortuitous.

"The towels were so thick there....I could hardly close my suitcase." ~Yogi Berra~

"I am a Physicist and a Cosmologist and although I cannot move, and must speak through a computer, in my mind............... I am free". ~Stephen Hawking~

by TheK-man on Jun 25, 2010 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions

K-Dude, great analogy there

He was asked to build a house, and to do it, was given an empty tool box

not only that, he was given no supplies to build with … makes it tough to accomplish anything, but I suppose some people can’t understand complexities of the game like that

by upamtn on Jun 26, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

he put up the highest qb rating of the year for the chiefs in that game too

cassel never could trump it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNm2rFzdvW8&feature=related

by LHO on Jun 25, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

well he could, let's hope he starts doing it.

"The towels were so thick there....I could hardly close my suitcase." ~Yogi Berra~

"I am a Physicist and a Cosmologist and although I cannot move, and must speak through a computer, in my mind............... I am free". ~Stephen Hawking~

by TheK-man on Jun 26, 2010 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

how many career wins does Croyle have?

just a simple question that may just answer why no coach in the NFL currently wants Croyle as their starting QB. His injuries are just the corn floating in the crap that has been Brodie’s NFL career.

We see strong armed, fairly accurate QBs all the time in this league, hyped as the next great NFL QB. Jay Cutler has these attributes, so why was he a 1st round pick and Brodie Croyle went in the 3rd round? There are intangibles that go with the tangibles that make a QB successful, and it’s clear that at least one team thought Cutler had it, and EVERY team didn’t think Croyle had it.

He’s a career backup, and will never amount to a starter, and if he does for this team, then either Cassel is injured, or Pioli, Haley, and Weis were fired

by FalconMF27 on Jun 26, 2010 7:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Falcon, the other possibility you didn't mention is that Cassel doesn't cut it

let’s face it, Cassel was given the keys to the Family Station Wagon last year and damned near wrecked it on more than one occasion …

this year he has the keys to the brand new Ferrari … if he can handle it, then great, I’m all for it … if he doesn’t produce NOW there’s no reason think that HE is anything but a “career backup” and I’d just as soon give Croyle a chance with a REAL offense around him, something he’s NEVER had here … the times Croyle has started he’s been surrounded by the worst OLine, RBs, WRs, TEs, new blocking schemes that NOBODY understood, situations that Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, John Elway and Joe Montana in their prime wouldn’t be able to overcome

mind you, I’m not comparing Croyle to any of those guys, but the fact is he’s had less than nothing to work with since he got here … run him out there NOW with the talent we have and you’d see a winning QB for the team

it really IS just that simple

by upamtn on Jun 26, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Simple?

So you are saying that Cassel may or may not be able to be successful with our current upgraded offense, yet Croyle would be a “winning QB for the team”, without a doubt in your mind?

I hate to break it to you, upamtn, but there is NOTHING simple about how successful you think Croyle would be compared to your doubts about Cassel.

Clearly, Cassel was in a much better situation in ‘08 in NE than he was in ’09 here in KC. Cassel has proven he can win games with some talent around him. Croyle may not have had that same opportunity to prove that he could as well, but when you can’t stay on the field for whatever reason (injuries, Damon Huard, etc.), then those opportunities just aren’t going to be there for you. Cassel was behind that same O-line that Brodie couldn’t stay healthy behind and out of sheer ability to not be injured ALL the time, Cassel deserves the “keys to the Ferrari” while Croyle wouldn’t even be able to find the ignition :-)

by FalconMF27 on Jun 26, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions