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Originally Posted by mcaj22
Pioli is a moot point when you trade for a 29 year old QB for two draft picks. I'd be fine with a rebuild if you weren't giving away picks for a soon to be now 30 year old QB in year 2.
If you wanna rebuild that's fine, tank the seasons, keep your picks, and use those 2nd rounds to build a core.
Seattle punted their first two seasons on shitty QBs and kept their draft picks.
This team painted itself in a corner to its fans by bringing in Alex Smith and Andy Reid won me over as a gigantic Alex Smith fan in year 1. Alex Smith's play for the Chiefs is some of the best QB play in a QB league we have seen on the Chiefs since Trent Green. So how dare I as a fan want them to put as much talent around him like DV did with Green even if it means sacrificing future years or cap money. I don't give a shit what happens in 2016 or 2017 if it means a chance to win in 2014 or 2015 with a guy that A) has been to an NFC Championship B) has shown he can win in the playoffs C) Will be better than whatever QB we draft/backup we trade for after him. Alex Smith bucks the trend of shitty retread backups we trade for because unlike the Bonos and Grbacs, Alex Smith is actually a decent NFL QB. He falls in that tier of a Cutler or Rivers that can move a ****ing offense.
This isn't a position where we have Christian Ponder and Matt Cassel as our QB options or Matt Schaub and Matt McGloin, we have a capable NFL starting QB that can win and I'm not sure why you would want to tread water with that for future picks?
You sold me on Alex Smith and I became a fan, now I want you to win something with him. How does that make me a bad fan?
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I agree. And I never said you were a bad fan, nor do I think they feel they're rebuilding.
They're banking in this core being good enough, and along with their coaching, being able to develop players around them now.
It's a risk sure.
But again, I'm not sure how many times this current core has ha the same exact system am philosophies 2 straight years. Perhaps with continuity in said system, they don't need more high prices free agents