This is another in a season-long series on the Kansas City Chiefs search for a franchise quarterback. It appears weekly on Thursdays throughout the 2015 season. One of the great self-soothes of professional sports franchises is the endless talk from management of “change,” or of the need to “go in a new direction” at the end of a catastrophic or, at least disappointing season, or series of seasons. The final game of the 1982 Chiefs season drew only 11,902 fans. Observed cornerback Gary Green after the team’s season-ending finale, an upset win over the Jets: “We really didn’t have much to lose today, except maybe some players and coaches.
Chapter Eight: Back to the Future
