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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin
I like how we we've already matched last year's total wins and people are still crying about him not being elite. 4 TDs 0 INTs, has some wheels, doesn't do anything particularly mind-numblingly reeruned ala Cassel, and appears to be a good locker-room leader and people are still throwing him under the bus? Shouldn't you wait until he fails before you start crying your eyes out?
So far he looks like the same exact QB he did the last 2 seasons. He's not a world-beater but he'll show up in the clutch when you need him the most. Even in this last game, yeah it wasn't a perfect game (I'm pretty sure no QB in the league throws a perfect game every single week--just look at Kaepernick) but when we needed a TD the most he came through, got the TD and the W.
Also not sure why you're discrediting his win against the Saints. No other QB in NFL history won a playoff game with 4 lead changes in the last 5 minutes.
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I'm not throwing the guy under the bus (if you want to see me throw people under the bus, pop into the Royals Repository and view a post on Ned Yost, Chris Getz, etc. - that's under-the-bus-throwing). I'm just not in a rush to proclaim him the answer at QB just because the Chiefs traded for him and because he has beat the worst team in the NFL and a middling NFL team while playing at a very average level overall.
He's fine. Adequate. The post you quoted was me responding to talks of a long-term extension for him.
The guy has been so far this year about what he has been the past two years: Somewhere between the 15th and 20th-best QB in the NFL. Not a star QB, but not a guy who hurts you.
I have higher aspirations for the QB position for KC than that over the rest of the decade. Andy Reid seems to believe Alex Smith CAN be better than he has been, and I hope he's right.
If he's not... I would hope they keep trying to find the star QB, which gives you the best chance to win consistently.
I would think a "clutch" QB would perform better on third down than Alex Smith has. And the Saints game... yes, he played well late. But the Saints were: 1) Not elite that year; 2) sporting one of the 2-3 worst defenses in the league. I included that because that's not the type of playoff win I'm talking about.