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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
The results of making plays with this feet absolutely offset so many of the comparisons between Russell and Smith.
The former is mediocre--he's Smith--without the dynamic element he adds on the ground, which is exactly why he must get paid like a passing superstar right now (because he's not).
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No doubt - who he is now is a damn dynamic weapon.
But who he was in 2013 - when he won a title - wasn't appreciably different from what we can expect from Smith.
33 YPG; Longest carry of 27 yards; 6.0 YPC. Smith was at 29 YPG in 2013 with a long of 26. Last year he was down a bit with 17 YPG but his yards per carry were about the same as the year prior - 5.2 vs. 5.7.
I'm not going to try to argue that we can expect the same performance from Smith that the Seahawks can from Wilson - that's not terribly realistic. But we CAN expect the same performance from Smith that the Seahawks got from Wilson in 2013. And there's nothing by way of raw talent elsewhere on that 2013 Seahawks team to suggest that the Chiefs can't follow that recipe.
It's not the ideal way to do it, no. I think we both agree that the best way to win a championship would be to get a superstar QB for below market and hold onto him like grim death. But this approach is a
doable way and the 2013 Seahawks proved that.
I just don't understand the fatalism.