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Originally Posted by tooge
Regarding Alex Smith, I see him as a Rich Gannon type. He flounders around for several years without success, then finally "gets it". About the time he "gets it", he's taken on by a young, motivated, innovative offensive mind that has an offense tailored exactly to his skills. He thrives in it. I don't want Alex Smith. I don't think hes the abortion of a qb that some here do. I think he could come here and have us winning 10 or 11 games with Andy Reid, and heck, maybe a playoff game or two. That isn't what I want though.
I want the upside of Geno Smith. I wanna see his spectacular accuracy deployed in Andy Reids west coast offense, where he should thrive. I want a higher ceiling than I feel we'd get with Alex Smith.
If it doesn't pan out? Well, at least they tried. Then you try again.
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I agree with everything you've said there. I'd rather have Geno as well.
But Alex is a nice player in his own right.
As to the Geno vs. Tannehill comps - Tannehill has more upside than Geno. Tannehill could be really
really good. I still think he'd have been right up there with RGIII had he been a QB for his entire college career.
He has literally every tool you could ask for in a QB, he's taken well to coaching and he's shown consistent improvement every step of the way.
If Tannehill were in the draft, I might actually take him over Geno. Tannehill's upside is immense.