Chiefs Qb History

Eleven of the chiefs starting quarterbacks have led the chiefs to the playoffs however only five have won a playoff game.

Chiefs qb history. The chiefs have had many notable and established quarterbacks on their squad at different times. Back in november of 2019 he became the fastest player to reach 8 000 career passing yards and 65 career touchdowns this time he s passed two hall of fame quarterbacks in another pace stamping his name in the nfl history books. Hall of famers len dawson and joe montana led the chiefs in two successful eras and both led the team to playoff appearances in their first seasons. Kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes has already broken multiple nfl records in just over two seasons as a starter since the team made him a first round pick in the 2017 nfl draft.

The franchise s first starter was cotton davidson who started 25 games for the texans before being traded in 1962. The chiefs have had 55 different quarterbacks attempt a pass 38 different starting quarterbacks and 19 different quarterbacks start least 10 games. Where does he rank on the all time list of chiefs quarterbacks. The 2019 kansas city chiefs were the irony of all.

According to andrew siciliano of the nfl network wilson is the first qb in the 101 year history of the nfl with 4 td. Kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes at a news conference jan. Jasen vinlove usa today sports via reuters file july 6 2020 11 14 pm utc. In pittsburgh where the chiefs had not won since 1986 nearly a decade before mahomes was born mahomes became just the fourth quarterback in nfl history to complete over 80 of his passes.

For more information on chiefs quarterbacks see history of kansas city chiefs quarterbacks. 30 in aventura fla for super bowl 54. Patrick mahomes is the team s current starting quarterback. The kansas city chiefs are a professional american football team based in kansas city missouri the chiefs are a member of the western division of the american football conference in the national football league nfl.

Originally named the dallas texans the club was founded. The kansas city chiefs have the best quarterback in the nfl in patrick mahomes. Russell wilson has been great to start the 2020 season.