| Bearcat |
10-23-2013 08:04 AM |
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Originally Posted by splatbass
(Post 10115678)
And if they manage to win it all this year you will have missed it due to stubbornness, cynicism or whatever. And then it may be another 40 years.
Enjoy it while you can, success could be fleeting and you will have missed it.
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Not at all, really.... I've watched every game and enjoy them on 46 inches of HD glory with high quality beer, and a couple with the ability to FF through all the BS commercials/stoppages. If you haven't noticed, it takes a nice chunk of change, and if you do it right, 7+ hours... the latter is hard to come by and they've gotten plenty of the former from me in the past.
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Originally Posted by GOB
(Post 10115720)
I get why you haven't bought in and I respect that.
Regarding (3), however, I think you are making a lot of assumptions. Not saying that to chastise you but to encourage you. We don't know that a first round QB isn't on the FO's mind. That we didn't draft one this year and that the GM has encouraging words for their current starter doesn't mean anything really. It could be they think Alex is enough. It could mean they think shoring up the OL is more important. It could mean they thought it was a weak draft class to take the chance on.
I don't know if we are going to win the Superbowl. I don't think Alex Smith is the best QB in the league but I don't think he's as terrible as the OP wants to believe. I think the QB position is important but not as important as the fantasy football generation makes it out to be and measuring it certainly goes beyond the simple metrics they bandy around. I also don't know that we'd be in a better position with another QB's save HOF caliber ones which are exceedingly difficult to land.
What I do know is John Dorsey and Andy Reid are making more good decisions than bad and the team is sitting undefeated. I also know that every season is a journey and both players and the team are not static but will change. That's all enough for me to be a little bit hopeful and happy watching this team. Hope at some point you feel the same.
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The best case scenario, IMO, is that Dorsey and Reid already know Smith is a stop gap, giving him the benefit of the doubt, but are ready to the pull the trigger on a first rounder or a better FA if needed. Dorsey, of course, comes from a franchise that obviously gets it... the Packers have drafted more QBs in the first 3 rounds in the past 20 years, even though they've basically only started two in the time frame (the Chiefs -- 1 :banghead: ). And I know people say "there's no Andrew Luck this year!" or there are no guarantees, but I want them to TRY. Just TRY for the first time in 30 years (well, 2nd if you really want to include Croyle).
Of course, that doesn't mean they should have drafted one simply due to the history of the Chiefs... while it was certainly frustrating and reeked of what we've seen in the past, and it's frustrating to have to say "well, maybe THIS regime has a better plan" (again), maybe they do, and all we can do is give them the benefit of the doubt until they prove us right or wrong. |
Alex Smith did, does, and will always suck.
(https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=270480)