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Originally Posted by B14ckmon
Well I have seen Alex Smith go into the playoffs. I have yet to see Geno play in the NFL but so many of you are blowing him.
One makes more sense than the other.
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Right - Geno does. At this point, Alex Smith is what he is - a QB that managed to reach his ceiling as a solid game manager when playing for one of the most QB-friendly teams in the league (very good coaching, and as a result an appropriate offensive system). That's a lot like Matt Cassel's situation with the Patriots.
Now, I'm not saying that Alex Smith would completely flop in KC like Cassel ultimately did (his success with the 49ers was over a few years), but I doubt that he would become any
better than he is right now. Right now, he is probably good enough to get a talented, well-coached team to the playoffs (and maybe even a game or two in), but there's no chance in hell that he's enough of a playmaker to win the team a Super Bowl.
I'd much rather roll the dice on a young player with a high ceiling than settle for "a bit above average", and that mindset is shared of most of the other posters on this forum who abhor the idea of signing Alex Smith. It doesn't matter if 2014's top QB or 2015's top QB is better than Geno; we won't be able to take him anyway. Alex Smith will play well enough to get us to the playoffs sometimes and NEVER be in the position that we're in now - the position that allows us to choose our favorite QB in the draft and take him.