Breaking News: Kansas City Chiefs Trade Tyler Thigpen to Miami Dolphins

Just saw on Twitter (via @TheBigLead) that the Chiefs have traded Tyler Thigpen to the Miami Dolphins. Twitterers are citing SportsCenter.

According the KCChiefs.com (via PFT’s post about the Thigpen trade), the Thigpen-to-Dolphins trade was made in exchange for undisclosed draft choices. 

As ProFootballTalk points out, this is the second trade between Bill Parcells and his son-in-law, now the GM of the Chiefs, Scott Pioli.

Last season, Tyler Thigpen played in 14 games for Kansas City and became quite a fantasy steal in the second half of the year.  He threw for 2,608 yards, 18 TDs, and 12 INTs.

He was a seventh round draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings in 2007.

Update 1:20pm:

ESPN’s piece is now up regarding the Thigpen trade:

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The move is to have insurance behind Chad Henne, who likely will start in place of Chad Pennington.

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Thigpen backing up Henne would jive with what the Dolphins have said all along: that Henne is the QB of the future.

Still, at some point this season, it might be tempting to give the ball to Thigpen.  Kansas City didn’t win a whole lot of games last year, but Thigpen did provide a spark to the offense and has proven that he can lead a relatively prolific attack. Henne struggled when forced into action Sunday against San Diego.

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Of course, if the Dolphins lose any more games in the upcoming weeks, they will fall out of playoff contention—if they aren’t out already at 0-3. At that point, it would all be about playing for the future.

What happens if the Dolphins win a few to sneak back into the picture, but Henne struggles? That could make things interesting.

Still, from a fantasy perspective at this point, Thigpen is worth nothing more than the last spot on your bench—if you have a very deep bench. Should Henne really struggle or get hurt, Thigpen would be an intriguing option based on his production from last year.