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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The problem with all of the "Gloom and Doom" happening in this forum for the past few days is that first off, the compensation hasn't been confirmed and secondly, no one knows what Dorsey and Reid have planned for the future of the QB position.True.

Clearly, they feel that there is no one in this draft ready to lead this team to the playoffs in 2013. I could care less about winning in 2013 if it meant we had a real QB that was young and provided substantial upside later. Not that means one exists in this draft but personally, I feel that there is With the window of opportunity closing on players like Hali, Johnson, etc., they acquired a QB they believe can win now and win big. I have no problem with that if they also address getting our QBOTF this year or next. Preferably this year for a variety of reasons

All this posturing about "Well, Smith will NEVER lead a team to the Super Bowl" is just that: Posturing. Moreover, it's ****ing bullshit because I seriously doubt that many of these very same fans have watched Alex Smith consistently over the past two seasons. They just want to whine and complain because for the past 6 months, it's been the "In Thing" to do.It'd be awesome if Smith proves me wrong, but I can't see him making a SB here. He'd likely have to win several times on the road against NE, Denver, Pitt, Baltimore, Cincy, Houston, Indy. I remain pessimistic but if he proves he can do it, awesome. There is literally nothing other than a small sampling that shows he can perform at playoff winning level.

Will this acquisition provide the results that Reid and Dorsey want? Who knows. Seriously, who ****ing knows? But to state that Alex Smith is Matt Cassel or that Smith won't win but six games a year and so on is just plain ****ing stupid.I don't think Alex is Cassel, and I'm impressed with how much he's improved over the past 3 years. I just think personally, it is silly to think that he's going to turn into an all star QB when he's very rarely showed flashes of doing so.

In short, I would have no problems with Smith if they didn't A) Give up #34 to get him and B) they drafted one of the top 5 QBs to sit behind Alex. Just my personal take on it.