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The Beginning: "I think when I was 5 years old, I got my first Bart Starr uniform," Krieg said. Continue reading
The Seahawk Years: Dave Krieg trotted from the bench, threw touchdown passes to Steve Largent and Paul Johns and engineered a third.
Retirement: Fitting that after so many years, Dave Krieg chose to return to the place where he began his NFL career to announce his retirement.
What Others Say About Dave: Jerry Wunsch -- "When I was growing up, Seattle was my favorite team because of a guy name Dave Krieg. ...
Dave on Dave: "Sometimes you just wonder how I've been able to last 17 years coming from Milton College," Krieg said.
What You Say about Dave: Dave is my favorite football player of all time for one reason. He played at the highest possible level that his talent would allow and then he squeezed out even more by working hard.
Dave Krieg for Ring of Honor! He's made it! Thanks to all of you who sent letters to petition the Seahawks for Dave's rightful place in the Ring of Honor!
Dave's World Tour: Dave's been ... uh ... he's been ... well ... I'm not sure where all he's been but some of our super secret Seahawks fans have spotted him in some interesting places and we've got the film to prove it!!
Dave's Stats: He ranks seventh in the NFL all-time in attempts (5,309), completions (3,105) and passing touchdowns (261). His 38,147 passing yards rank eighth.
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Eventually, of course, you went to Kansas City. Some people said you jumped, some said you were pushed. What was the story?
"That was difficult. Tom Flores came in and cleaned out the whole regime that we used to have. He called me up and put me on Plan B, which means basically you can shop around to other teams, see what you want. He said we might take you back, might not, we can't say, we don’t know. I said, 'So if you're saying you don't necessarily know if you want me, let me see what’s out there.' The Kansas City Chiefs were interested. They were our nemesis. We had a difficult time beating Kansas City in Kansas City. I went to Marty Schottenheimer, we had a ball control type offense, we ended up throwing the ball a lot, so our offense was pretty good." The Chiefs went 10/6 that year and went to the playoffs where they were beaten by the Chargers. The next year Kansas City signed Joe Montana and automatically gave him the starter position. Joe Montana and Dave Krieg, the two older guys on the team, roomed together. That year Kansas City went to the AFC Championship. Dave says, "It was quite a thing, I got to be around Marcus Allen, Joe Montana, Derrick Thomas, names like that, Dan Saleaumua. It was pretty cool. Good offensive line, some guys that actually went to Pro Bowl. We never had that in Seattle, never had an offensive linesmen go to the Pro Bowl when I was there." "It was weird playing the Seahawks for the first time. Rufus Porter, Joe Nash, across the line, same guys I practiced with for the 12 years I was there, that was kind of weird. I'm glad we won every time we played the Seahawks."
After Kansas City, you still had the urge to play and compete. And obviously you stayed in demand for a number of years.
"I wanted to stay in Kansas City but they wanted me to compete for the backup quarterback position. My two year contract was up so I went to Detroit, they said 'Yeah, we’ll take you.' Scott Mitchell got hurt, I took over half way through the season, we went to playoffs again and lost to the Packers."
Are you still happy about the choice to keep on playing, even in a backup role, or do you now think you might have done some things a little differently? "No, I would have liked to have stayed with one team. I think I would have stayed with Seattle or Kansas City, two great franchises, very traditional, very long-standing reputation as far as being pretty good organizations. It would have been easier on the family to not to move around that much. In retrospect, I kind of wish I'd have stayed in Kansas City. On the other side, I got to play with Barry Sanders in Detroit." "Then I went to Chicago and then I went to Nashville for my last two years. Getting to go to Chicago was cool, getting to play in the division with the Packers. I always wanted to play for the Packers, and I asked them and asked them and asked them. After Kansas City, when I went to Detroit, when I went to Phoenix, when I went to Chicago, I always wanted to play for the Packers. But I played in the same division."
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