That's just plain stupid.

The NY Giants were 9-7 when they won the Super Bowl. The Cardinals were in the Super Bowl and barely lost with a 9-7 record. The Ravens were 10-6, as were the Packers.

All that matters is that you get into the playoffs on a hot streak and from there, anything can happen.

Alex Smith is becoming the True Fan litmus test.

Carl used to say something similar, and it was bullshit. "Getting into the tournament" is pointless unless you enter with a franchise QB.

That's not exactly true.

There was no QB worthy of a 1.1 this year so most likely, had they not acquired Alex Smith, they'd have given up a second round pick for a QB, if one was deemed worthy (and there wasn't).

So essentially, they gave up one pick for Smith. This season will determine whether or not it'll be a second or a third.

What were the alternatives? Kevin Kolb wasn't available and he blows. There wasn't jackshit in the draft, unless a team was willing to take a huge risk with E.J. Manuel. I firmly believe that if Geno Smith wasn't taken by the Jets, he would have fallen to the third round or later.

The Chiefs absolutely needed a capable starting QB under center this season and that's what they got.

Actually, I don't. There have been plenty of "retread" QB's that have guided their teams to the Super Bowl and to a Super Bowl victory. There's not just "One Way" to get there.

He also averaged 12.4 YPC and completed 28 passes over 20 yards.

Alex Smith can't do these things.

Andy Reid thinks he is a good QB for Reid's system. I would think he would be the best judge of what QB will work in his system.

Then why have so many Wild Card teams won the Super Bowl recently?

What matters most is that the team is jelling at the end of the season, going in "hot". And most guys don't prove they're a franchise QB until they've done some damage in the playoffs, so it's best to get there first.

I'd rather have Flynn for garbage than Smith for multiple second-rounders.

Yeah it doesn't matter who they get or what moves they make, their the right moves because the Chiefs made them and they aren't to be questioned.

I'm a serious football fan and I have a serious football question, fellas. Why don't we have a top 5 QB? Serious football answer: Our front office is dumb. I mean...our front office is sooo stupid. I mean don't they know we need a super bowl quarterback to win the super bowl? Fuggin' idiots. How are we supposed to win the super bowl with out a super bowl quarterback? What is their serious football problem? Umm, answer: they didn't want a super bowl winning quarterback, despite the nomenclature that suggests that said QB will, obviously, win the super bowl.

Hey front office, wake up! Here is the plan:

1) Get super bowl quarterback.

B) Win super bowl.

4) I proved righterer.

Not even after a 2-14 season? Really? Not very realistic.

Because these teams have had legit QBs? E. Manning? Big Rape? Etc. And I don't believe that you need a natural progression in order to establish a QB.

Smith is not a franchise QB. Period. And this is all that really matters. He's a ****ing waste of time and draft picks.

He couldn't do "those things" with a fatass Michael Crabtree and a TE in Vernon Davis. Before that, he didn't have shit for wideouts and the 49ers knew, taking a WR in the first round of 2012 (who sucked) and signing Manningham (who didn't play) and Grandpa Randy Moss.

You have absolutely no idea how he'll perform with Avery, Bowe, McCluster, Baldwin, Fasano, Charles and Kelce. You can speculate (which is what you've been doing all offseason) but you don't know.

It really depends on how you run it. The pistol is different from a typical read option because it allows for a north/south run option, whereas typical spread offenses tend to run east/west. There are also designed bluffs to take advantage of defenders who overpursue. For example, in a bluff, you check off the backside defensive end and run read option.

I can see your concern, but think the pistol has progressed far more than you give it credit for. Pete Carroll runs a pretty typical college offense, but Greg Roman/Jim Harbaugh are the ones who have really made it NFL ready. And I don't think you have to have a mobile QB to do it.

Wait. What? Davis is somehow part of the problem but Baldwin presents possibilities?

You're just arguing to argue.