The DUMBEST QUARTERBACK DECISION in Kansas City Chiefs HISTORY | 1987 Chiefs

In a 1987 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Frank Gansz decided not to bench Bill Kenney, who was clearly injured and admitted as much, and play Todd Blackledge or Frank Seurer instead. When asked about why he opted to not do this, his reasoning was so backwards and so contradictory that it borders on one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a head coach say. This is the story behind this awful quarterback controversy

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Members of the 1987 Chiefs:
Matt Stevens
Kelly Goodburn
James Hamrick
Lewis Colbert
Nick Lowery
Bill Kenney
Frank Seurer
Doug Hudson
Alex Espinoza
Todd Blackledge
Deron Cherry
Ralph Stockemer
Sherman Cocroft
Kevin Wyatt
Greg Hill
JC Pearson
Jack Epps
Paul Palmer
Cornelius Dozier
Eric Smith
Albert Lewis
Mark Robinson
Kevin Ross
Larry Moriarty
Lloyd Burruss
Christian Okoye
Carlton Thomas
Stephen Griffin
Ken Lacy
Jitter Fields
Woodie Pippens
James Evans
Robert Parker
Herman Heard
Trent Bryant
Michael Clemons
Chris Smith
Garcia Lane
Jeff Colter
Teddy Nelson
James Harrell
Jack Del Rio
Rick Donnalley
Glenn Hyde
Gary Moten
Todd Howard
Tim Cofield
Louis Cooper
Dino Hackett
Bruce Holmes
Arland Thompson
Tom Baugh
Chris Lindstrom
Byron Ingram
Mark Adickes
Jim Pietrzak
Bill Maas
James Harvey
Kevin Adkins
Dan Doubiago
Art Still
James Black
Ray Woodard
Mark Nelson
Lee Getz
Dave Lutz
Brian Jozwiak
Pete Koch
Irv Eatman
John Alt
Steve Rogers
Rich Baldinger
Doug Hoppock
Stein Koss
Mark Keel
Rod Jones
Darrell Colbert
John Trahan
Stephone Paige
Richard Estell
Paul Coffman
Kenny Nash
Jonathan Hayes
Eric Brown
Dave Montagne
Walt Arnold
Riley Walton
Carlos Carson
Henry Marshall
Eric Hodges
Jeff Faulkner
Lloyd Mumphrey
Gary Baldinger
Bob Harris
Eric Holle
Bill Acker
Gary Spann
Ken McAlister
Randy Frazier
Aaron Pearson
Fred Jones
Angelo Snipes
Ken Johnson
Tony Holloway
John Walker
Leonard Griffin
Mike Bell
Lamar Hunt (owner)
Frank Gansz (head coach)

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[scottfarmer]

In my opinion the dumbest move at QB in Chiefs history happened before their Divisional Playoff Game against the Denver Broncos in 1997.

Elvis Grbac broke his collarbone at midseason so the Chiefs turned to Rich Gannon. Behind Gannon no one played better during the stretch run than the Chiefs. They ended up clinching the #1 seed and had a first round bye in the playoffs.

But Grbac was healthy by the playoffs and the Chiefs HC Marty Schottenheimer decided to go back to him. Bad move! The Chiefs ended up losing to the Broncos 14-10 and Denver went on to win the Super Bowl. I knew the winner of that game would represent the AFC in the Super Bowl and I do think that if they had stuck with Gannon they could have gotten to the Super Bowl and Marty Schottenheimer would be in the Hall of Fame.

[KWCline]

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[markbrian]

Bill Kenney was a good quarterback who might have turned the Chiefs around if not for his injuries.

[CTubeMan]

Fun Fact: Patrick Mahomes was the first quarterback drafted by the Chiefs to win a game as their starter since Todd Blackledge in that 1987 season.

You characterized Gansz’s assessment of Seurer as being simultaneously ready to play and not ready to play, Schrodinger’s QB?

[RicoBurghFan]

Gansz was a sham and a liar in every way. I know that longtime Chiefs fans are not only thrilled to have Mahomes at QB but also ecstatic to have a great coach like Andy Reid leading them.

[dangeiger]

Seurer was like Schrödinger’s cat, he was both ready to play and not ready to play

[deanhagerman]

Lifelong Chiefs fan from the 80's until today, this video hits home and makes me smile that Mahomes is the QB for the Chiefs

[roljamas]

As a Chiefs fan, starting Elvis Grbac in the 1997 playoffs over Rich Gannon when Gannon led them to the majority of their 13 regular season wins will always be more baffling.

[pronkb]

This doesn't really happen much anymore with push-button bullpens and short benches, but Billy Martin said he would sometimes warm guys up for decoy purposes, trying to get the opposing manager to make a move or not make a move. That...probably didn't apply here.

[donnyhunt]

This reminds me of something that Mack Brown did in 2010 when he refused to pull Garrett Gilbert out of.a game against K State despite having his backup warming up. He said that by the time Case McCoy was ready, Gilbert had the offense moving. They were behind 39-0 when he finally “got the offense moving”.

[mizzou]

As a kid growing up in the Kansas City area in the 1980s, I was looking forward to watching this video. But after the third ad break, I had to stop and hit the Back button and find something else. There is no reason there are this many ad breaks in a 15-minute video. I watched a 2-1/2 hour baseball game from 1997 on YouTube and it had a grand total of zero ad breaks.

[josephsarto]

When I saw the title, I thought this was gonna be Marty going with Elvis instead of rich in the 1997 divisional round

[karlphilipemanuelcook]

I love how heated you get over these things. This is A+ entertainment

[marcus]

No wonder the Chiefs sucked so much in the '80s and traded for Steve DeBerg the season after this one.

[Simbaforlife]

What’s crazier Jerry Rice going for 1200 yards at age 40 or the Patriots going 11-5 and missing the playoffs

[Rockhound]

Tod Blackledge. Another QB taken before Marino.

[nicoleknight]

The thumbnail reads "What was he THINKING?". Answer: He wasn't!

[mrmoose]

9:20 Unless you are the 1992 Denver Broncos and you switch your Quarterback on every other play. JaguarGator9 did make a video on this...

[coreyhicks]

You have done some awesome videos on how bad and horrible Frank Gansz was for the Chiefs in the late 80s. He was worse than John Macovich, Todd Haley and Romeo Crennel. You should also do videos on how bad Todd Haley and Romeo Crennel were for the Chiefs and you should also do videos on how bad and horrible Gus Bradley and Doug Marrone were for the Jaguars. I would love to see a video of how bad and horrible Curtis Painter was for the Colts back in 2011. Keep up with the great work on YouTube. Go Chiefs!