This is another in a series of season-long columns on the Kansas City Chiefs search for a franchise quarterback. It will appear weekly on Thursdays throughout the 2015 season.
PAST CHAPTERS
Introduction: The Quest for a "Franchise Quarterback"
Chapter One: Len Dawson was KC's First "Developed" Quarterback
Chapter Two: Pete Beathard is an Early Prize
Chapter Three: Is Mike Livingston a Franchise QB?
Chapter Four: The Chiefs Address a "Need"
When draft day arrived in the spring of 1979, Lamar Hunt and his president and general manager had come to the realization that, despite their best hopes, if the decision was to be left up to their head coach, Marv Levy, and his personnel director, Les Miller, it would be a defensive player taken with the team’s first pick.