Once on track to be drafted, Shea Patterson exited the virtual event without a team. The Chiefs will end the former Michigan quarterback’s week-long stay in free agency, agreeing to terms with him, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets.
Patterson, who began his career at Ole Miss, will join fellow Michigan alum Chad Henne and recent XFL starter Jordan Ta’amu as players vying to be part of Patrick Mahomes‘ backup crew.
Although Patterson threw more touchdown passes and for more yards as a senior, his completion percentage dropped by over eight points from his junior to senior years. The 6-foot passer completed just 56% of his throws in 2019. Patterson graded as Scouts Inc.’s No. 299 overall prospect and No. 16-rated quarterback.
During his two seasons as the Wolverines’ starter, Patterson sported a 45-15 TD-INT ratio. Patterson was a candidate to enter the 2019 draft but opted to return to school. That decision may have cost him, but landing with an Andy Reid-coached team profiles as a promising situation for a UDFA quarterback.
Both Patterson and Ta’amu would be candidates to land on Kansas City’s practice squad, should the Chiefs just keep Mahomes and Henne on their active roster. Between their taxi squad and 55-man roster, the Chiefs may only have room for three passers. The Chiefs have not re-signed Matt Moore, who put off retirement plans after a Henne preseason injury and ended up leading the eventual Super Bowl champions to a crucial win over the Vikings after Mahomes went down.
Followed in a few months by “Chiefs to release Shea Patterson”
Agree…he wasn’t that good at Mich.
He wasn’t good at Ole Miss either.
He wasn’t that good at Hidalgo High either.
LOL… Some Basic Homer named Tom Brady wasn’t that good at Michigan either…
Read the Scouting Report consensus in Patrick Mahomes…
You bring guys like that in, spread your wisdom and see what happens.
Not performing due diligence is what the “Amateur Critics” do…
Hey! It’s pretty fun being an “Amateur Critic”.
Patterson and Henne are obviously “bait” to attract Jim Harbaugh 🙂
Ta’amu or this guy should be the backup. Henne and Moore are not any good
Moore is a very solid backup.
Neither is Patterson.
Moore is very good.
Dude moore is one of the best back up quarterbacks in the game
Yes all Moore did was win a game and keep them in another was being a positive influence. Hmmm horrible combination. Take him anyway.
First QB in history with a throwing motion I’d describe as “setting a feather on a very high shelf.”
45-15 ain’t bad and with Andy Reid as your coach he will probably get a lot better.
Jordan love threw like 30-30 and was a first round pick this guy can be a bench dude for 2/3 years learning and be a nice back up
So how are you coming up with numbers? Just take the ones you like and make up the rest of them.
If you opened your eyes it clearly says in the fourth paragraph he went 45-15. I didn’t have Live numbers in front of me or know them exactly. He went 20-17, I said 30-30. End of the day what I was saying is this kid throws 3 TDs to 1 INT and Love a first round pick basically throws 1 TD per 1 int. Over the NCAA season which is about 7-9 games love would throw about 2 TDs and 2INTs per game.
Patterson on the other hand throws more like 5 TDs per game ….
My point was Patterson put up great numbers and is a steal as a RFA who went undrafted and under Reid he might be great. Love on the other hand as a first round pick was a reach and didn’t put up great numbers ….
Well in Love’s career he went 60-29 in 3 seasons. What they didn’t put was Patterson’s 23-12 in 2 years at Ole Miss.
A career 60-29 versus what, a career 68-27 (45-15+23-12)
I’m not saying he’s better but that’s a better record. More TDs and less INTs. That’s great value for a undrafted rookie vs a first round pick
Pretty similar. But honestly did Love deserve to be a 1st round pick?
watched his hi-lights and he def had issues with long passes, but when mechanic’s right he threw well 25-35 yrds on a line. His passing while scrambling was right on target.
oop, he also showed some real nice touch. though was a hi-light reel so .. . .. welcome to kc Shea
Shea sucks. He has serious decision making issues, average arm. He’s not even a good backup candidate. He needs to be thinking about life after football now.