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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Schwartz never played a game alongside Smith. And the OTs he did play alongside (Wylie - agile enough to move to OT and LDT) were both quite a bit more agile than Smith. Smith, for everything he does well, isn't strong laterally. Never has been. He's a mauler -- those two weren't.
Additionally, Schwartz was a HoF caliber player who, due to health and wasting away his first several years in a god-awful franchise, never got the credit for being as technically sound as he was. It's pretty damn unfair for him to be saying "Well I could do it..."
Yeah, well Bruce Matthews played 300 games without breaking down and you couldn't, Mitch - does that make you a bitch? No, it means that you're great - someone else was better. And?
It's pretty ridiculous to pretend like Taylor should just be able to go back a step and protect Mahomes who has dropped waaaaaay back for the vast majority of his Chiefs career. And again, if Mitch wants to hold Taylor to his standard, why isn't it fair to hold Smith to Thuney's standard? Because those LTs aren't doing Thuney a single damn favor over there and HE'S not getting ripped by stunts.
Smith isn't a good fit here. Good player - might be a great one in the right system. This just isn't it.
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Many won't agree with me, but if I'm Veach I'm not paying that contract he's going to command. That money will be best served distributed elsewhere on the roster to keep this train moving along.