Reid likely sees Alex as a franchise QB that has been unnecessarily protected (limited) by Harbaugh's conservative approach in building up his NFL offense. If Reid and Dorsey saw Alex as only a stop-gap serviceable QB, they wouldn't have given up so much to get him.
Now is Alex a QB that needs to be heavily protected and limited? Well, that is a fair question at this point... and the answer will be determined soon. We can all take our guesses in an effort to "be right on a message board".. but in the end, we are all couch potatoes that don't get paid to puff out our chests like we are pro evaluators.
