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Originally Posted by Cochise
If the season ended today, we'd be drafting at #28 overall.
Whom would you suggest we pick and then turn the franchise over to in week 1 next year?
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I wouldn't suggest the Chiefs turn the franchise over to any drafted QB in Week 1. I think this thought that a first-round QB must start right away is kind of silly and short-sighted. If you can draft a guy that plays right away, awesome. If you can only draft a guy that needs to be groomed for a few years, that's fine, too.
I would guess the Chiefs end up drafting no lower than 24th (where they would slot with a first-round playoff loss, right?). Who knows how the QB class works out, but that might put them in position to take a QB who can be the guy down the road.
I'd suggest the Chiefs keep looking for other QB options and let Alex Smith play out the last year of his contract. Make the decision on the extension later, after next season. That gives you a better idea of what you have in Smith (And if Reid's tutelage can make him more than a middle-of-the-pack QB) and also a better idea of what you have brought in/what will be available to you in the 2015 draft.