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Originally Posted by kcfanXIII
You can make all the excuses you want, 8 years in the league means you are what you are. People can point to all the examples of guys who have been late bloomers, but that's the same thing as trying to find a tom brady in the sixth round. The Chiefs made a horrible choice in giving up this year's 34th pick. Forget about next year's pick for now. at 34 the only qb off the board was Manual. So if any of the other qbs in this draft play better than alex smith, Reid and Dorsey have failed, have set this franchise back years, and should be fired. I know it is a little soon, but why should we have to sit through another 4 years of this crap?
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And if the guy they drafted at 34 was no better or worse than Smith? Same difference. They made a call to say Smith was better than, say, Geno. You would likely have to give Geno 3-4 years to prove himself, while probably wasting another year of DJ, Hali, Bowe, and Charles' prime waiting for him to grow into the role this year. If he does, great. If he doesn't, well we've seen what the pattern has been with Sanchize, Freeman, Locker, Ponder, Gabbert, etc. Keep throwing them out there until you are sure they aren't going to be any better than someone you need to replace.
They made an evaluation on Smith that based on his skillet and based on the last few years, he would be a better fit for Reid and that he would be able to help them win more quickly. The evaluation may be totally wrong, but if it is, you've got more info on Smith to move on from him faster than a rookie.
If Geno is a top 5 QB then yeah, this team and everyone not named the Jets made a colossal blunder...