if Superbowl winning QBs struggle, they're still superbowl winning QBs...we don't have to wonder if their struggles mean something, we know damn well what they are capable of

if Smith struggles, it's another vet nobody struggling and we rightly worry about what it means...he hasn't accomplished anything throughout his career (the majority of which he has stunk out loud) to mitigate our concerns


and for the love of god stop comparing him to Luck...Luck is better, end of story

and he's in his 3rd year, compare that where Smith was in his 3rd year (being a terrible bust), and it's embarrassing...Luck is still all upside, Smith is a 9 year vet who is never going to be different than what he is now, which is mediocre...and not good enough...as is ****ing obvious

and Brady and Rogers just 'struggled' their way to the playoffs again


Smith just spent the second half of the season failing us....Mr. All I Do Is Win choked on a dick and lead us out of the playoffs, Franchise QB-style in reverse

Larry Fitz is not what he once was... though he's still a quality receiver, the apparently huge gap you perceive between him and Bowe doesn't really track with reality. Larry Fitzgerald is 31 and has put up Dwayne Bowe-level numbers the past 3 years. He had 30 more yards than Bowe this season and a nearly identical YPC. He has averaged less than 12 YPC the previous two seasons, too.

The Cardinals' offensive line is a better unit than the Chiefs, but the Chiefs also would have a better OL had they kept those two 2nd round picks and used one of those on a quality OL player.

I said Fitz had better receiving options. Hopkins very good, but Johnson is also in that "Not as good as he used to be or you think he is" territory. Johnson an Hopkins combined for 161 catches and 2,146 yards (13.3 YPC). Bowe and Kelce combined for 127 catches and 1,616 yards (12.7 YPC). And they did that while garnering 37 percent of targets. Hopkins and Johnson got 56 percent of the Texans targets.

So yeah, Hopkins and Johnson are a better 1-2 punch. But it isn't this gaping cavern of a gap that you seem to think it is.

Every situation is a little bit different. I'm not saying any of those guys would have crushed the numbers that Alex Smith has put up the past two years. Just that any of them could have put up similar numbers (even if a little lesser) at a much lower cost, and it is unlikely to have really cost the Chiefs anything they "accomplished" last year or this year.

MAYBE they go 10-6 last year instead of 11-5. Still make the playoffs and still are the top wildcard.

MAYBE they lose a game this year they won. Still didn't make the playoffs, so it doesn't matter. (Unless you place great stock in a moral victory like back-to-back winning seasons).

ROFL shows you what I know! I didn't like Carson with anyone but Arians.

You're ruining football talk on this board with posts like this.

Sure, I can see how/why an NFL front office would overreact to that. Especially one with blinders on about how good Alex Smith actually is.

But that doesn't mean it's a viable excuse or any less stupid.

This right here. Too much emphasis on stats these days. They don't tell the whole story.

well at least I'm no dumb enough to compare Alex Smith to Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers

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you're right

Reid/Dorsey were pretty stupid for choosing Smith to be their guy over Aaron Rodgers.

Dumb****s!

I also think Trent would be insulted if he saw this thread. ROFL

every draft produces an Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady

doesn't everyone know that !?!

So Reid, who has spent his entire career drafting QB's in basically ever draft, should just draft guys like Geno and Bridgewater even if he doesn't like them just because "you don't know unless you try!"

Dude has gotten a young QB both years he's been here so far PLUS Alex Smith.

You guys need to ****ing relax.

Unless you know where the secret Aaron Rodgers tree is located.

So Pootie gets to mimic everything I've been saying all year and he's teh genio8us?

Honestly, I'm super relaxed about all of this because I've come to the conclusion that my generation was spoiled growing up in the Golden age of quarterbacks. There just aren't as mane elite QB'S as there was when I grew up during the 80's-90's. You get the best one you can and go for it. I can't remember outside of Geno the last time I was super hot on a college QB coming out in the draft. I'm not this year either...

I mean there's guys I like every year, but lately not many that make my eyes pop out of my head.

:facepalm:

This is coming from the dumb**** who has derailed countless threads with his tired old "Fivehead has never choked, you're all Brady apologists!!!!" diatribe.

LMAO

I have never said "Peyton has never choked."

This board is full of Brady apologists, however. As I have proved over the last week.