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Originally Posted by HemiEd
Well ok then, I have been scratching my head and worried about you for four years for no reason then.
So saying that it was the worst pick in franchise history, they would have been better off taking any QB right, even a flyer? Agreed?
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Ed, it was clear to everyone that I wanted Sanchez, but the Chiefs traded for Cassel instead. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, it was basically a wash, except that we would have had a second round pick, which could have been spent on "my" guy at the time, All Pro center Max Unger.
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Originally Posted by HemiEd
Now that they have nobody picking in front of them, with a HC and GM with a clean slate, AGAIN, they are trading for another Cassel and will probably be taking another "safe" fatty with the first overall.
But you are ok with that, and think once this guy fails (16-0 so far), that Reid will be given a chance to draft and develop a rookie QB? Seriously?
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I don't look at it this way. I see a successful NFL head coach and a new GM that was part of great Green Bay teams, both of whom that drafted numerous QB's over the years and developed them. I don't see the Smith trade as an "aversion" on Dorsey or Reid's part.
What I see is a talented team that has massively underachieved for the better part of four years. Instead of "taking a flyer" on a guy they don't like, they've chosen to trade for a QB that can start from Day One and lead this team to the playoffs.
No one knows the compensation. No one knows Reid and Dorsey's strategy in 2013. But history tells us that both men were part of organizations that drafted and developed QB's consistently throughout their careers.
I see no reason why they'd both suddenly stop that practice or change their shared philosophy.