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Tannehill went #8 overall last year. Every single QB in this draft is a lesser prospect than this? Don't buy it. There is a franchise QB in this draft. Somewhere. Chiefs have to find it. If Reid believes this is some overlooked prospect whom he can get in the second, fine. I'll give him the initial benefit of the doubt despite my protests. But he better be right. (By the way, I goofed: Gabbert was selected #10 overall in the first. Got my wires crossed.) |
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Are you saying Geno Smith = Gabbert?
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But options, other than taking a QB #1 overall, do exist for the Chiefs. |
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610 was talking today about the possibility of trading a pick to the Eagles for Foles. Wonder if that would actually be an option.
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Here is the thing. No matter what they, Ried and Dorsey, do the only thing that matters is winning. If they win games they will be praised. If they lose games they will get crized. What matters the most is to be able to move from that decision quickly if it doesn't seem to be working.
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If the Chiefs decide to try to acquire someone else's QB, and we're dead set on not drafting a franchise QB, I sincerely hope that Flacco shits the bed this Sunday. Perhaps this would be enough to make the Ravens stupid enough to walk away from him.
If need be, I'd back the Brinks truck up to get him, and/or I'd trade the #1 overall pick. Without thinking twice. |
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When did fans and football forum members begin selecting players for their favorite franchises? |
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Hold it. We're talking about Gene Smith, not John Dorsey. One at a time.
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The Chiefs need a great QB. That we can all agree on. The purpose of acquiring a younger vet like Flynn is to save draft value at that #1 overall pick and to get the team in a better position either later in the 2013 draft or at any time in the 2014 draft to simply find the right guy that they need. It's basically saying, "Boy, getting this first down is pretty risky. We need to punt so we save on field position, protect our limited game manager QB, and try again next possession, ideally when our defense makes a stop." Now, when it's 4th and 20 at your own 10 yard line, then that's a pretty smart strategy. You might get lucky and get a defensive TD even, but if you don't you're at least keeping yourself alive to fight another day. And that's kind of the position the Chiefs were in last year in the first round. We played conservative and stayed where we were, and all of a sudden the draft's top 3 QBs were gone. We said, "Well, shitpiss. It doesn't do any good to draft Brandon ****ing Weeden at 11 overall. That's just stupid. Let's take a non QB here." The problem with doing that this year is there IS no reason to play field position. We have the #1 overall pick. That's the highest position you can get to find your top QB. It doesn't do any good to wait until 2014 when we're not going to have as high a vantage point or decision to pick the right guy. If this were football, we'd be down 3 TDs in the 3rd quarter and have the ball 3rd and 1 from the opponent's 20 yard line. Instead of treating it like 4 down territory, the play being called is the equivalent of a kneel down so we can bring on the field goal kicker and "save the points". In this metaphor, those precious points are "draft value." They're worthless because of the situation. Down 3 TDs. We need TDs (QBs) or at the very least a ****ing first down. It does no good to play for points here. And yes, it WOULD be one thing if next year had like, 5 Andrew Lucks so there was a pretty good ****ing chance we'd be able to pick one of them and not have to lose out like we did last year. But there's not. There's ****ing Teddy Bridgewater, a much worse prospect than either Geno OR Wilson in my opinion. Call is speculation and assuming the unknowable, but for crying out loud, think about it. You're punting the ball away for TEDDY BRIDGEWATER? WTF makes the Dorsey or Reid think their QB will be there in 2014? And we can keep playing this game. "Well, what if he IS there in 2014?" Okay, but what if he's ****ing not, which is a very likely scenario? Ever hear the phrase "one in the hand is worth two in the bush?" That describes this situation perfectly. If we draft a QB at 1, we're getting the best QB in a draft class. There will be other better QBs in future drafts. But we don't know when those will come around. And it's ****ing useless to speculate when that's going to happen. |
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If the mandate from Clark Hunt was "Find me a Franchise QB THIS year", I'd imagine they'll take someone at #1 overall. If the mandate was "Find me a Franchise QB in the next three years", they have options. None of us know. Dorsey, Reid and Hunt have all stated publicly that choosing a QB #1 overall isn't a mandate. While some people choose to believe they're bluffing, it's also just as likely that they're telling the truth. I will refrain from making a judgement until after the decision has been announced. |
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**** Foles. **** Blackbob. And **** everybody who has ever loved Foles or Blackbob.
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If we fly into free agency and re up Albert or tag him, that will be the first "clue" as to whats going on.
I'm sure we will hear stuff from the combines, pro days etc too. Hell, with the iron fist that was Pioli gone, maybe TBG will hear something from his source. Either way, I don't see why it's such a bad thing to atleast engage in debate about other options at this point. |
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