The Unknown: Chase Daniel
When I say, “Chase Daniel,” you say, “Who!”
“Chase Daniel!”
“Who!”
“Chase Daniel!”
“Who!”
Alright, so this may not be the, uh, sexy option, but it is an option, nonetheless.
Six years removed from being undrafted out of Missouri, Daniel is finally getting an opportunity to compete for a starting job. A free agent, Daniel spent his first three seasons in New Orleans behind Drew Brees and his last three in Kansas City behind Alex Smith.
This offseason, though, he’ll be a free agent, and he might just be the diamond in the rough … might.
He may just have 77 pass attempts to his name, but 57 of those, which came in his two career starts, looked pretty darn good — for backup, at least.
Now, listen, I’m not going to sugar coat this: If Chase Daniel ends up being the Denver Broncos starting quarterback in 2017, things have gone very, very wrong. Still, for a Plan F or G, it could be worse.
The only scenario where this becomes a real possibility is if Brock and Peyton bolt, the top (if you can call them that) quarterbacks all sign elsewhere, and Elway brings Daniel in on a (dirt) cheap contract to compete with whatever rookie he drafts.
Sexy? No. Exciting? Not really. But if we do hit this doomsday scenario, where we’re heading into the heart of the offseason without a quarterback, it may not end pretty.
