ChiefsPlanet - Chiefs Ten Reason's why The Chiefs Lost

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 12693777)

With what you've said in mind, then Smith missing Tyreek shouldn't at all be a singular play that makes you say "**** this guy." With that kind of acid test, nobody playing QB in the league hits Hill beside Brady and Rodgers.

What I'm contending here is that Smith isn't even middle of the road -he's a bottom tier veteran QB that's now playing closer to Casselian levels than he is playing closer to the comparison of Andy Dalton who epitomizes the average, middle of the road QB in the current day NFL.

This is where we disagree.

There are maybe 5 QBs in the league that don't make that throw. As I stated previously - there are worse quarterbacks than Smith, guys who will cost you football games, that still make that throw. Lots of bad quarterbacks let that ball fly.

I'm not arguing that they'd all complete it - I'm saying they'd all attempt it. Smith just tucked like a pussy and ran from phantom pressure.

For 3+ years, Smith was Andy Dalton, but without the privilege of throwing to AJ Green. You couldn't slide a slip of paper between the two in terms of their overall contributions (though they got there slightly differently). But Smith's not been right for most of this year and when he seemed to be turning a corner, he got his bell rung in Indy and regressed again.

That's absolutely Casselian. And as Pest noted, Smith's peak was last season. He's going to do more and more Casselian things going forward as he is more and more gunshy.

It's time to move on. Showing him missing throws from last season (when he played quite well and was Dalton's equal) doesn't speak to the present state of things.