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Originally Posted by Canofbier
I hope you're right, but didn't TBG qualify his report with a statement that he wasn't entirely convinced that they weren't just trying to inflate the trade value?
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I can't guarantee any info to be honest. Most of it has been great, but there's going to be a time that they just don't want anything out there and he will just give me what the company line is.
The guy did tell me that it's not a smoke screen that they like the skillset and that they don't feel Geno is NFL ready off the bat, but they love his long term outlook.
He said the reason Reid wanted Alex is because they felt this roster was ready to win day 1 and that he wanted to give veterans on the squad (Hali, DJ, Charles) a fighting chance for success. He said they didn't feel Geno could come in this year and win with this team that he's just not ready. The morale of the team was terrible at the end of last year and they didn't want another pathetic season because they are trying to break this losing culture. That Alex Smith had a lot to do with trying to right the ship immediately.
Now all of this just could be team speak and they really just want to drive up the value, but it's what I was told. Believe it, don't believe it, it's all the same to me.