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Originally Posted by BossChief
Then why not go the Aaron Rodgers/Colin Kaepernick way and try to develop a guy while a veteran makes the team competitive in the short term?
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Because they are stupid and think Alex Smith + Chase Daniel is a good thing.
It's not.
There is no reason this team could not have rolled the dice on a first-round QB. No team in NFL history has been 100 percent sure an ENTIRE QB class was not going to pan out. And even if they thought they were, the fact everyone passed on Aaron Rodgers is proof enough that GMs get it wrong all the ****ing time.
We're going to be up shit creek with Alex Smith in the boat and 0 viable long-term options at QB in three years. Watch and see how much fun it is.
There is no complicated answer to why they chose to go with two guys who are at the bottom end of NFL QB ability (this is not debatable). The simple answer is: they are stupid or, at best, scared. Occam's razor slices, it dices.