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Originally Posted by RunKC
You couldn't be more wrong.
Alex Smith is learning a new system with a new team. And 8-8 is a good bar to put this compensation at for the first year.
Matt Schaub was traded for the same price and he was only 7-9 his first year in Houston.
Jay Cutler was traded for more and he was only 8-8 in his first year.
Hell Trent Green was traded for more compensation too and we finished 6-10 the first year with him.
It's not just about the QB. It's a team sport, and right now our team barely knows each other at practice because almost half of them are brand new.
It's amazing that people think that a 2-14 team with the 1st pick in the draft is supposed to make the playoffs and make noise in January the next year.
Pretty sure a team has never done that before and for good reason.
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All those other teams made those moves, because they thought they were close and said player was the one to put them over the edge.
A 2-14 team with the first pick in the draft probably shouldn't have made said move if they didn't think they were closer.