Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones (Post 10603773)

Like how mostly everyone thought Geno would blow minds? Lol fun times.

Originally Posted by SNR (Post 10603407)

The Raiders also traded for Carson Palmer for a 1st and a 2nd round pick when Palmer was 31 years old.

Originally Posted by SeeingRed (Post 10603082)

siting that negotiations with Alex Smith have stalled. :hmmm: thoughts?

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/n...in-first-round

Originally Posted by Halfcan (Post 10603593)

Heard this where? Link please?

ESPN magazine has a nice write up about Derek Carr. His brother is training him-they get up every morning at 6 and go through a grueling work out and then watch film. David is in prime shape and thinks he can still play somewhere-so maybe that is where the rumour started?

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By (Post 10604215)

I don't think David ever got over the shell shock. He might have developed into a better QB if Boselli had been able to play and that O-line had been even halfway decent.

Originally Posted by Messier (Post 10603869)

Being the best of a crappy class is pretty worthless.

Originally Posted by 3rd&48ers (Post 10603161)

Not a chance in hell for a 30 yr old QB

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer (Post 10603188)

THIS !!!!!!!


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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 10603537)

Aaron Murray can't beat good defenses.

Originally Posted by TEREZ A. PAYLOR

Over the past few days, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport — a pair of respected national reporters — caused a bit of a stir by saying the Chiefs could be interested in drafting a quarterback.

I wrote about this possibility well over a week ago in my quarterback story for our NFL Draft preview series, and I also covered it in my draft primer in Sunday’s Star.

The reason I’ve written about this is because I do believe it’s possible the Chiefs will take a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday. I believe Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Doug Pedersen can absolutely get the most out of the likes of Teddy Bridgewater, Johnny Manziel or Derek Carr, and by drafting one of them, there’s a potential for enormous cap savings there over the next four years. Alex Smith was very good last year, but he will sign a lucrative extension if he returns.

But is it likely the Chiefs will take a quarterback? I believe it isn’t. Like it or not, the Chiefs surrendered two very valuable second-round picks for Smith. If they draft a quarterback in the first round, it’s essentially a waste of both picks. That’s why I believe it’s more likely the Chiefs will take a quarterback in the mid-to-late rounds. Like I’ve been writing, someone like Aaron Murray fits the Chiefs’ offense.

I also wouldn’t be surprised to see the Chiefs orchestrate some sort of draft-day trade. But I believe it’s far more likely they trade down than trade up. They only have six picks in a deep draft and they have plenty of holes. Trading up would likely require them to give up their third-round pick. I think they’ll be trying to acquire more top-100 picks, not give them up.

Remember guys, this is draft week. That means smokescreens abound. The Chiefs’ interest in a quarterback could also be tied to a desire to put pressure on the Smith camp to agree to an extension and/or entice quarterback-needy teams in the second round to trade with them or ahead of them. Either way, the Chiefs win. If the Chiefs swing a trade down, they get extra picks. If a team trades ahead of them, a player at another position falls. The Chiefs would take either.

Originally Posted by Adam Teicher

If the Kansas City Chiefs believe a quarterback is the best player available to them when they pick 23rd in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday, then they should take him. Absolutely. I'm signing on to that idea here and now. It's never a bad idea to draft a quarterback, if the team that selects him truly believes he will eventually become a great one.

It's a horrible idea to draft one for any other reason, even need. This is precisely why it's troubling if the Chiefs are considering selecting a quarterback in the first round, which according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, they are. Negotiations with starting quarterback Alex Smith on a long-term contract extension aren't going well and, Rapoport says, the Chiefs would consider drafting Smith's replacement because of it.

I'm having trouble getting my arms around this one. One minute the Chiefs consider Smith their long-term solution at quarterback and they want to sign him to the extension, as chairman Clark Hunt has said. The next they're ready to find his successor?

This isn't how Hunt, general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid wanted to operate the Chiefs. They have a long-term plan they will adjust as they see fit, but not because they're having trouble signing a key player 10 months before he's scheduled to become a free agent.

That type of move smells not of anything in a long-term plan, but of panic. Make no mistake, if the Chiefs draft a quarterback based on what they believe will be a need next year, that's a panic move. They made a commitment to Smith by trading for him last year and they're ready to scrap him at the first sign of trouble?

And if they panic on this, it follows the Chiefs will panic on other things to come. If they do that, don't plan on another Super Bowl for the Chiefs for a lot of years to come.

No, the Chiefs need to continue to build their team the best way they see fit, regardless of where they are in their negotiations with Smith. If a quarterback is available to the Chiefs on Thursday, they should take him if they believe he's going to be great.

If not and he's merely Plan B in case they can't re-sign Smith, forget about it. Move on to another player at another position.