One elephant in the room is that Henne is 37 and likely has just a few seasons, at most, left in the NFL. The Chiefs do not have that with Buechele. Henne may not be an elite player but he is predictable in terms of what type of performance he will give when called into action. He’s young but that doesn’t mean that he’ll ever grow into a dependable quarterback. Despite the potential, Buechele is also much more unproven than the 15-year veteran and potential does not mean that he is a better player today.īuechele had a solid outing in Chicago but did not play well enough to threaten Henne for the QB2 job. In my opinion, at this point, Buechele does have a higher ceiling as an overall player than Henne and he also has a lot more room to grow. They gave the majority of snaps to Shane Buechele because he is only 24 and has more potential to showcase. This year, the Chiefs felt no reason to play Henne in the preseason because they know what he brings to the team and they are comfortable with what they believe he is. Which one will come out on top and will both make the final roster?
Shane Buechele and Chad Henne are in a competition to be Patrick Mahomes’ backup.
Henne was also a reliable option to play in a pinch due to his time with the Dolphins and Jaguars, where he started over 50 games between 20. Of course, that is silly today but almost no one knew four years ago how great Mahomes would truly be and how fast he would climb to the top of the NFL’s Quarterback Mountain. The Chiefs initially brought him in 2018 to mentor the then-young Mahomes and he was also not a threat in any way to outplay him in the preseason, thus not creating a potential debate about whether Mahomes was really the guy. He is entering his 15th season in the NFL, including his fifth in Kansas City, so there’s no secret about what type of player he is. If it were a traditional competition, why wouldn’t Henne have played more on Saturday? The simplest explanation is that the Chiefs already know what they have in Henne.
Particularly relating to Buechele, it could also mean that the Chiefs don’t view the QB2 slot as set in stone as some would believe. What do Buechele and Crum playing the majority of the game actually mean, particularly when it even meant sitting backup Chad Henne? It could mean a lot of things, like the Chiefs have already decided Henne is a stone-cold lock to make the team and doesn’t want to unnecessarily expose him to a potential injury.
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Each of the two veterans was pulled after a single series and young guns Shane Buechele and Dustin Crum led the way from the second quarter on. After the Kansas City Chiefs preseason loss to the Chicago Bears, one of the more underrated storylines to come out of the game was the fact that Chad Henne played the same amount of series as Patrick Mahomes.
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