In the 1969-1970 season, Len Dawson was injured early in the season. Backup quarterback Mike Livingston took over and the Chiefs won about five games in a row. Livingston did well but the Chiefs strong defense was dominant that season. Hank Stram put Dawson back into the starting lineup as soon as he was ready. That clearly was the correct decision as the Chiefs went on to win the Super Bowl in January 1970 against the Minnesota Vikings under Dawson's leadership.

I think the Chiefs made a mistake in the late 90's not keeping Rich Gannon in the starting lineup after Elvis Grbac returned from a broken clavicle injury. Gannon had led the Chiefs to a 5-1 mark after he took over. Grbac had been successful in the first part of the year in leading the Chiefs to a 6-2 start before his injury. Grbac had been signed as a high priced free agent by the Chiefs that year. Grbac came back to lead the Chiefs in the final regular season win. In the 1/4/98 playoff game against the Broncos at Arrowhead, the Chiefs lost 14-10 and did not take advantage of several scoring opportunities. I thought Grbac did not have a good game. Gannon went on to the Raiders in 1999 and played with them thru 2004. Gannon played in Pro Bowls in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. He was the overall NFL MVP in 2002.

I think the decision to start Green when he returned from his injury was definitely correct. Green has been a great player and leader for the Chiefs. Huard filled in very well for him though. I really liked the way that he utilized Tony Gonzalez. I did think that they were going to leave Huard in the game Sunday after Green was injured in the third quarter and Huard came in and led the Chiefs on a scoring drive that gave the Chiefs a 35-17 lead. I would have liked to seen Huard been given at least one more series, but Herm has been pretty consistent in handling this quarterback situation. I think Green should definitely start this weekend in the playoffs.