Browns looking to trade Alex Mack and Joe Thomas

[-King-]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The problem with Alex Smith is he's dependent on a running game that will help him control clock, a defense that can close games for him, and now he's also dependent on WRs and OL as well? How many elite players do you have to put around him before you realize he's part of the problem? How do we possibly come up with the payroll to put 21 pro bowlers around him?

Has anybody said Alex Smith isn't part of the problem? Quote please?

And no one has said that every player has to be a probowler. But improving one of the worst units in professional football is a smart thing to do.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by -King-

Has anybody said Alex Smith isn't part of the problem? Quote please?

And no one has said that every player has to be a probowler. But improving one of the worst units in professional football is a smart thing to do.

Look, I'm mostly with you if our plan was to build around a future QB. Or if I felt the changes will fix the QB itself. But we've been through this drill a million times before. We know that fixing around the problem will only lead to unending loyalty to the problem. And most of us know our QB well enough to know he's limiting the OL and WR just as much as they are limiting him.

So yeah, if this is part of a LT plan to change the plumbing, great. But if it's just putting bandaids on leaking pipes, I want no part of it.