Chiefs Ten Things About Today's Game

'Hamas' Jenkins · 12-21-2014, 04:42 PM

#9 is why you need to take a shot with a QB. If the goal is to win a Super Bowl, then you go after a QB who has the physical talent to win a Super Bowl.

How is this team worse off in the long run with a drafted QB that busted? The point of drafting those guys is that they offered a potential skill set that, if developed, would have given the Chiefs a difference maker at QB. Instead, the management and fanbase only cares about a player's floor. Alex Smith's floor is two inches below his ceiling and rests in the territory of thoroughly mediocre.

Fans have bought into organizational doublespeak. The GM cares more about keeping his job than winning a Super Bowl, and if fans tolerate 7-9 win seasons in perpetuity, he'll keep his job for two decades. It's in the GM's best financial interest to pick players that will help him keep gettin dem checks rather than players that could bring a championship to the team but risk him losing his job.

I guess the difference between me and the average fan is that I see no meaningful difference between 8-8 and 2-14 over the course of a season.

12-21-2014, 04:42 PM	#11
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7129572	#9 is why you need to take a shot with a QB. If the goal is to win a Super Bowl, then you go after a QB who has the physical talent to win a Super Bowl. How is this team worse off in the long run with a drafted QB that busted? The point of drafting those guys is that they offered a potential skill set that, if developed, would have given the Chiefs a difference maker at QB. Instead, the management and fanbase only cares about a player's floor. Alex Smith's floor is two inches below his ceiling and rests in the territory of thoroughly mediocre. Fans have bought into organizational doublespeak. The GM cares more about keeping his job than winning a Super Bowl, and if fans tolerate 7-9 win seasons in perpetuity, he'll keep his job for two decades. It's in the GM's best financial interest to pick players that will help him keep gettin dem checks rather than players that could bring a championship to the team but risk him losing his job. I guess the difference between me and the average fan is that I see no meaningful difference between 8-8 and 2-14 over the course of a season.
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