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Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh
I don't care about other teams I care what is best for the chiefs. Alex is much more mobile than Brady so he can get away with an average line. But Alex needs quality playmakers more than Brady does. And that is not a knock on Alex Brady is one of the best.
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So what if he's more mobile? You're saying it's ok to have poor OL play because Alex can escape the pressure a lot of he times. Sure, how did that work out for our offense early in the year? I recall a lot of bitching and moaning about Alex always dumping the ball off to his hot-read. Well yeah no shit, who could wait for a deep route or intermediate route to develop when you already have pressure in your face in less than 2 seconds on numberous occassions? It was also a new group of WRs for him and a new offense for all of them so he can't exactly chuck it up and trust the WR to be where he is supposed to be.
Alex is better at escaping pressure than most QBs but that doesn't mean that you just leave it up to him to always avoid the inevitable pressure that will come from having a bad OL. I thought you guys would have at least seen by now that, like every QB to have ever played the game of football, Alex Smith is at his best when he actually has time to work with.
He also doesn't need game breakers at WR, he just needs guys who can run consistent routes, get some separation, and not drop the damn ball when it hits them in the freaken hands. He doesn't need a Calvin Johnson/AJ Green/Josh Gordon/Julio Jones/Larry Fitzgerald that'll go up in tripple coverage and come down with the ball like Stafford does. Could he benefit from that type of WR? Sure, all QBs could use one.
But Alex Smith would be fine with a bunch of Doug Baldwins if you did one thing for him, give him time in the pocket.