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Originally Posted by Alex Smith Fan
Joe Flacco, 28, Alex Smith, 28
Peyton Manning 36, Tom Brady, 36, Drew Brees 34............30, is death for a running back. 30, for qbs, is actually their prime............
and for the great ones, say like John Elway, he played his best at 37, and 38.
Not that I think at all that Alex Smith will be a chief when he is even 33, but lets stop pretending that hes gonna die in the next year. Even if some of you wishes he would.
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You are ****ing high.
John Elway was at his best in his prime years from the ages of 25 to 33.
He carried the mediocre offensive talent for years.
Mike Shannahan surrounded him with far more talent than he'd ever played with before in his career at the ages of 37-38, and installed a system that maximized efficiency for Elway.
And ftr, Elway is one of only 2 or 3 QBs over the age of 33 to win a SB.
So history suggests that if Alex Smith, by some freak miracle of nature, actually plays well enough to warrant the price paid for him, has to do it within the next 4 or so years.
We essentially paid a premium for a 4 year window, at best.