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Originally Posted by Alex Smith Fan
cool. I know that being 4-12 and drafting in the top 10 is a much better scenario than 10-6, and at the very least, having a chance in the playoffs.
I mean we all know that only teams that go 12-4, get the first round bye make the super bowl. Thats why in the past 5 years, two number 6 seeds, won the super bowl, and this year, the 4th seed did.
You surely showed me.
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Yeah, and what did those teams have in common?
THEY HAD A FRANCHISE QB.
In fact, you could go back to 2005, and point out how Big Ben won his first SB when the Steelers were a 10-6 no. 6 seed if you want to go back to the start of this "hot in the playoffs" recent trend.
Eli, Big Ben, and Joe Flacco (who no one would have called a "franchise" guy before the 2012 playoffs, but went 11-0 TD/INT ratio---reminds me of what Eli did in 2007).
If you want to argue that Alex Smith is a proto-Joe Flacco who has yet to blossom, I might give you more credence (but I'd still not believe you). But, that's not what you think. If you think a "smart, game manager" is going to blow up and lead anyone to the promised land, then you're a guy that chases a two out draw when the other players are already all-in (as in, you don't have any more implied odds to chase so you can't argue value).
Basically, you want to play playoff lotto WITHOUT A FRANCHISE QB---and expect us to dance in the streets in joy at what we know is a losing strategy. Sure, idiots can hit two out draws and win huge hands. That doesn't make them good poker players---or good GM's.
I, however, am not as apoplectic as many are here. If Reid/Dorsey follow their history and keep chasing young QB's until they finally get a franchise guy, then I don't have a huge problem with the Smith deal. More than a bit pricey, but I guess Reid and Dorsey see what happens to GM's and coaches of losing teams.