Shea Patterson Signs with the Kansas City Chiefs
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Michigan QB Shea Patterson is signing with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a>, source said.</p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1256988230798520321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Ooops. Screwed that one up...
Just google it I guess
The REAL story here is that he'll be in a battle with former Ole Miss and XFL QB Jordan Ta'amu, who signed with the Chiefs prior to the draft, AGAIN.
*Chad Henne's in the mix also.
Impressive that Henne is still in the league. People joke about Brock Osweiler and Sam Bradford making stupid money as career back ups, but Henne has quietly made about 30 mil despite only being a starter for 3 or 4 years of his 11 year career. Get paid and keep your health
30 million to just show up to practice, stand on a sideline 16-19 days a year and a hold a clipboard? Man what did I do wrong with my life?
Todd Collins was a backup for like 20 years. I thought he was better in college than Grbac, Greise, Brady, Henne, etc. but he was the Qb for a good portion of my college/A2 time so I’m biased.
Seriously , you thought Collins was better than those guys ? I'm flummoxed.
Don't forget that he's watching football games while doinh that.
Backup QB is also great prep to be a TV analyst or get into coaching afterwards.
You still have all your wits about you as you haven't been knocked to hell and you've been studying football for at all levels for 20+ years.
Reminds me of the 1985 hit from Dire Straits: Money for Nothing...
...and the cleats for free
and a super bowl ring
what percentage of the people on this list were even alive when that song was big, and saw the cutting edge music video, demanding their 'MTV'?
does MTV even exist anymore? i know, i could google it...
I was at Michigan the year of MTV’s debut.
Also, the ND quarterback with the Emu haircut (Jimmie something) held an NFL clipboard for a decade. Easy easy money...
I suspect that unlike most MGoBloggers, I was alive 65 years ago and old enough to remember Bill Haley and His Comets telling people to "Rock Around the Clock".
making their MTV premier....
Man what did I do wrong with my life?
Nothing, society just prioritizes the wrong things.
Henne still has a ways to go to join company with the greatest Michigan NFL career backup ever, Todd Collins.
16 seasons in the NFL (Buffalo, KC, Washington, Chicago) with a total of 21 starts, most of those in year 3.
He had a 9-year stretch in the middle (1998-2006) with a grand total of 27 attempts.
Total of 6 seasons with 0 attempts. 3 straight years in KC without ever appearing in a game.
THAT's how you do an NFL career you can walk away from without a limp.
And I believe he came in late as the starter in Joe Gibbs's final season with the Skins (second time around) and took them to the playoffs.
This is my kind of job. Rarely in the spotlight. Seven figure salary. Where do I sign?
Being a consistent, long-running backup QB is not a joke. It's a good job that has specific requirements. Henne has spent time as a starter, and has shown his capability to step in and win games as a backup--exactly what a backup QB needs to do.
Of course, they have to put in the work during the week. If you don't, they'll find someone who will. So it's a credit to guys that they build a good career as a backup after their career as a starter doesn't work out (Sam Bradford is not a good example here, he was a starter for a signficant amount of time and has been the subject of transactions specifically designed to establish him as a starter on new teams. Osweiler is the same type, though).
I'm delighted when a guy like Henne or Collins sustains a long career as a backup. They're in football, they're working, they make a good salary. Good for them.
He is in no battles. He is just another arm to throw passes in training camp. He will be on the practice squad for year and sell insurance soon after that.
Even if that's true, a spot on the practice squad will get him $8000 a week, $136,000 for the entire season, plus another $8000 for every week that his team is in the playoffs. (And since they're the Chiefs, that's probably another two weeks minimum.)
Even if it's only for one year, a six-figure salary is pretty good for your first job out of college. Save every dime, Shea.
Former Michigan QB Shea Patterson is signing with the #Chiefs, source said.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) May 3, 2020
Great for Shea! Hopefully he works his tail off and gets a roster spot, or at least a practice team spot.
....or at least for their golf league! Seriously, hope he does really well and make the roster.
Good for him. Hopefully he can make a roster. Being the backup qb for Kansas City is an easy was to make money in the NFL.
QB controversy brewing in KC
Hardly. Shea was the #3 overall recruit in 2016 and Chad Henne was the #18 overall recruit in 2004. Mahomes was only the #398 overall recruit in 2014; he barely has a chance.
Nice! He has handled the unbelievable media turmoil and sports fan hatred like a champ. Congrats mineral king - and good luck on your next endeavor!
Good for him, and a great organization to go to. Hope he can earn a role on the practice squad, and maybe if he's lucky, in time he can get a roster spot.
If nothing else, half of KC's QB depth chart is comprised of Michigan guys now, since Henne is the #2.
Hey you were first. I mean it wasn’t the worst post ever, we did get a team in there. What’s important is you were first and you got the fake imaginary points. 1 step closer for you to world domination!!!!
Luckily his title was sufficient.
Body could've just said "Yeah" or ? or Go Blue!
Maizen has a sleeper cell account from 2015?
Week 3, all-generational QB Patrick Mahomes goes down with a broken spine, meaning he's out for the season.
In comes Shea.
Together, Shea leads the Chiefs to a perfect undefeated season and winning the super bowl.
Shea throws for 6,969 Yards and 420 TDs.
We know you've claimed Shea "stole your girlfriend", but couldn't you come up with a bit less crippling injury than a "broken spine"?
Hater!
Mahomes is one of the best in the game right now.
I actually liked your sparty crush bit better
SI article on his grading etc
https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/news/kansas-city-chiefs-sign-michigan-qb-shea-patterson
Something, something, Harbaugh didn’t whisper enough to his QB. Our coach sucks at whispering so therefore the signing of Shea will not silence the whispering of the non-qb whisperer. Darn.
Glad to see he found a place, and KC is a pretty good spot to land in. I doubt he'll play in KC, but maybe gets a crack at being the backup and can parlay that into a spot somewhere else. In an average season A LOT of guys see the field at QB, and Patterson isn't without talent.
besides mahones, can anyone give some info on what the back-up QB situation looks like in KC and what his chances might be of at least making the practice squad?
SHEA is going to be the backup. Old man Henne is gonna retire once he sees how jaw droppingly amazing he is.
Mahomes
Henne
Shea
Jordan Ta'amu (Yeah that Jordan Ta'amu)
So, if I were a betting man, I'd say it's between Patterson and Ta'amu. I can't imagine the Chiefs would want two newbies as backups. I wonder who has developed more since their Ole Miss days together?
Henne is the back-up. Shea will be battling to be the practice squad QB. Given that, his odds of making the practice squad are probably 50/50.
Congratulations, Shea!
Play long, and prosper!
That’s a lot of UM chiefs in the kitchen.
I’ll show myself out.
Well, Mahomes had a good run...
Shea received more unwarranted hate than any QB that I can think of in recent decades.
We threw 9 tds and 10 ints the year before he came here. He then went on to throw 45 tds and 15 ints in two years with different OC’s. It is a crime that he doesn’t have more adoration. Of course he missed a lot of opportunities, but not for lack of effort.