<P> In DeBerg's first campaign in KC, he appeared in 13 games with 11 starts and passed for 2,935 yards with 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions, completing 224 of 414 passes . He managed to beat his old team Denver on September 18, 1988 with one of his better games of the year, throwing 259 yards and 2 touchdowns with no interceptions . His best game came vs New York Jets on December 4, 1988 when he completed 16 of 25 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns against one interception in a 38 - 34 win . </P> <P> Turnover issues again caused him to temporarily lose his starting job in 1989 as he tossed eight interceptions in the team's first three games, including five in one game versus the San Diego Chargers on September 24, 1989 . After sitting for two weeks, DeBerg briefly returned to the playing field, then sat two more weeks before finishing the season starting the team's final six games . Among his highlights was a 338 - yard, one touchdown, two - interception performance versus the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 23 - 17 loss on October 29 . DeBerg finished the 1989 season with 2,529 yards passing, completing 196 of 324 passes (60.5% completion rate), with 11 touchdowns vs 16 interceptions . (Season Statistics Courtesy of Pro Football Reference.com & Individual Games Statistics Courtesy of NFL.com) </P> <P> The 1990 season would be DeBerg's finest . His 3,444 yards were the third best single - season total of his career (7th in the league). His 96.3 passer rating a career - high (3rd in the league), while also managing Top 10 finishes for yards - per - attempt at 7.8 (4th in the league, his second straight season in the Top 5 in this category .) He was eighth in the league in passing yards - per - game, fifth in the league in yards - per - completion (previous best rank was 9th in 1988 .) DeBerg's 23 touchdown passes ranked sixth (one of four seasons he ranked Top 10 in this category by the year's end), and lead the league with a 0.9 interception percentage that included a career - high and team record 223 passes without an interception, one of three seasons in which he ranked in the year - end top 10 in this category (1979, 1987). </P> <P> DeBerg posted a career - high 395 yards passing against his former team Denver on September 17, 1990 . He suffered a serious injury to his non-throwing hand in a late - season loss versus the Houston Oilers on December 16, 1990 which required the insertion of a pin into his broken finger to keep it straight . For the final two games and playoffs, the Chiefs ran their entire offense out of the shotgun formation to protect DeBerg from having the football jammed in his injured hand during the center to quarterback exchange . Kansas City won those games to clinch their second playoff appearance in over a decade with DeBerg completing 44 of 59 passes for 527 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions . </P>

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