Before he even makes a decision, there are constraints he's playing under.

The overall offensive system, which is not based around the deep ball.

The plays which are called on offense.

The talent on the roster at WR, which has been poor his entire tenure.

The game situation, which he "manages" effectively according to the situation. He had his best game as a Chief in the playoffs, after all.

He doesn't throw it up just to be doing it.

Intellectually dishonest reasoning.

Alex Smith throws deep and intermediate less than EVERY OTHER WEST COAST QB IN THE NFL. EVER.

Except for that pesky fact that 7 of 10 games to open are away from Arrowhead Stadium.

2004 all over again.


High hopes, hard start, just can't recover.

I know. It's scary. It could be another huge let down, and although, I almost joined the dark side, this off season, something just feels different.
A part of me almost expects the pain, but when I look at the roster objectively, the amount of speed on offense, and loads of talent on defense are just beyond anything I've seen here all at the same time. We have talent at every level. The o-line is really my only concern, and the quick passing game to a plethora of playmakers kind of takes the sting out of that.
Actually, there's one more concern. The Run D. Pray for DJ to be healthy. If Berry pulled a miracle and made it to the field to play in the box later this season, we could be dominant.

And we get more home games at the end to close it out. I still don't get the complaining.

If it was flipped the other way, you guys would complain about how we don't get enough home games late in the year and that impedes on our ability to "finish strong"

ALEX SMITH'S 946th PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE HOW DO YOU DEFEND THE BULLSHIT THAT HAPPENED THERE

Turned into an Alex Smith thread... that's ****ing awesome. ROFLLMAO

OTWP would have it no other way

I've never seen a dead horse beaten quite this much. I eagerly await the day of having a really shitty or really good QB so this topic can be taken off the table and we have a somewhat unified CP.

Reid has had a not good track record in the latter half of the season going 20-25 going back to 2009.

Applying that to this year with that trend, the Chiefs have to be no worse than 4-4 going in to the bye to have a shot at the playoffs.. and that is counting on Reid reversing a trend that's been consistent for all but one season between '09 and now.

I included his 42 rushing yards dude.

Lest you forget the Matt Cassel defenders?

You left out one of the constraints: the complete mind-**** that Jim Harbaugh put on him.

In any case, he's not a victim. They've been trying to coach him to be more aggressive for three years (according to Reid).

(And by 'three years' I mean three offseasons. I realize he's only played two seasons here, but we're in year three).