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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
This is exactly why I've lost faith in Reid. He's got Doug Pedersen, Brad Childress, Chris Ault and David Culley on his offensive staff and Smith was their guy?
Alex played well the second half of 2013, especially in the playoff game, and I'd mistakenly believed he'd turned a corner. I thought the 2014 Chiefs would be easily a 11-12 game winner, despite the schedule.
Until the Tennessee game. Then the SF game. And later, the Raiders and Arizona game (I give the Broncos game a pass because of Eric Berry - it was understandable that they came out flat). And now, I've all but given up on this regime.
These guys were supposed to know better.
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Andy Reid clearly thought he could FIX Alex Smith and unlock the guy we saw in 3-4 games last year (Chargers in KC, Denver in KC, Colts playoff game).
It's pretty clear at this point he was wrong. Alex Smith is who we thought he was. And no one is going to let them off the hook! (Because they already extended him)
I was hopeful entering this season, but even when you look at Alex Smith's "hot streak" over his last 6 games in 2013, you see the 3 good games I mentioned above, sandwiched around the Colts stinker to close his regular season and blowout wins against the Redskins and Raiders in which Smith really contributed nothing special (unless you count dumping screen passes to Jamaal Charles special against Oakland as "special") in a pair of blowout wins.
That glimmer of hope was even perhaps too optimistic.