Originally Posted by hitchief (Post 12845366)

Why would anyone in this site want Alex to even start anymore. He's hated by everyone and cant throw past the line of scrimmage and is too boring and safe. I want the gun slinger who will take those exciting chances all the time (just like Farve). Put the kid in and let him learn. We have one of the best defenses anyway so he wont even have to score that many points.

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl (Post 12846177)

At the first sign of pressure Alex lowers his eye level and starts looking for a way out

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl (Post 12846177)

He's definitely the 100% antithesis of Alex. I dont know how many times I saw him on tape launch balls 30 or 40 yards downfield from an awkward stance with defenders diving at his knees. He doesn't always use good technique, but in that respect he reminds me of Rivers. Another thing is his eyes are always down the field, long to short. At the first sign of pressure Alex lowers his eye level and starts looking for a way out, so did Cassell. Mahomes doesn't always use proper technique, he backpedals and his footwork is often wrong, but his eyes are always DOWN the field. You can correct the footwork, but it's impossible to correct that baseline instinct to keep the eyes down the field amid a sea of chaos. Get him some big long receivers on the outside and this guy is gonna be really fun to watch. The Stafford arm comparison is good one but I think he has significantly better instinct and accuracy. Stafford takes too many big hits and isn't good at operating amidst a dirty pocket.

Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 12845384)

I've never hated Alex Smith like most here. I'm not yet recovered from the Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards/Scott Franchise Killer Pioli and was absolutely not in favor of the ANYTHING IS BETTER ANY ****ING THING!

Because it's not. We've had scrap heap shit and it isn't better. Smith is OK. He's not getting it done. Everybody knows that. He may catch lightning in a bottle and make some plays like the indy game and if he doesn't have to do it all it may happen. But he's not the answer.

Then along comes swinging dick Dorsey, whips pussy in trades and gets a top 10 pick while winning 12 games.

Mahomes may not work out. In point of fact most guys don't. But Dorsey - a real live GM - not some coat-tail riding pole smoker or dumb **** I WAS DB COACH IN SUPA BOW SO I KNOWZ AWWW sister****er. Dorsey, did his homework - you know because he knows how - and took his shot.

That's all we can ask. A real live personnel guy, not some sword swallowing wanna be assface that we've had all these years, picked his guy and had the nuts to do it. Not some ****ing safe mother****ing Defensive ****ing tackle that will ****ing bust because that's the Chiefs way. **** that ****ing shit.

Our guy got his guy. It may not work, but he's got miles of rope from me.

Originally Posted by Andoverer (Post 12845316)

It would surprise me not if Alex ends up having a stellar year. He may go gunslinger on us just because he knows his time at KC is probably about to end. The pressure will be off to just be a game manager since it's an all or nothing situation for him anyway. Plus he may want to showcase some stuff we're not used to seeing from him that would catch some other team's eye.

Best scenario I can come up with anyway.