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Originally Posted by okcchief
It's the Alex Smith trade that bursts my bubble. I kind of like the Chase Daniel lottery ticket. I would love it had we had only made this move at QB and drafted someone instead. Alex Smith was the worst option to me. Give me Foles, Freeman or whatever. I really hope Reid makes us all look like dipshits, but then again it's going to take a Jesus Christ like performance. I don't believe they have their QB that starts 2014 year on this roster right now. The only saving grace I see is I don't see them being stubborn about it like *****. Then again it's the Chiefs so who knows?
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Yep.
Alex Smith is literally to me exactly the same move as trading for Cassel 4 years ago.
Yes, he's maybe a slightly better player, but we've once again given up a 2nd round pick, this time for a guy literally nobody wanted in free agency a year ago. Once again for a guy that can't operate a offense that leans in any way towards the pass. Another anchor that mandates a 550-carry RRbC mind-numbing ball-control/clock management offense that plays not to lose. Another anchor that guarantees continued playoff futility unless we have both the best running game and the best defense in the league, and even then it will be a close thing at best.
And it's absolutely head-scratching, because none of that is what Andy Reid has done in the past.
I guess the hope is that he can turn Alex Smith into something he never has been, and was never projected to be coming into the draft.
Chase Daniel, on the other hand, I don't really care one way or the other about. It seems like a waste of 3 million, but it's not my money.