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The decision to draft a QB in the first round while Smith is 33 years old tells you that they feel they can do better at the position. That they need to do better.

The decision to trade up 17 spots and essentially value Mahomes as worthy of two 1st round picks and a 3rd round pick tells you that they love Mahomes.

It is a mixture of the two that you mentioned. They identified a guy that they really liked, realized they could provide him the situation that he needed most, realized it was the perfect time to make a move, and made the trade to ensure he would be a Kansas City Chief.

And no one had to die! The world continued to rotate!

Oh **** a preseason warrior. Let's go 4-0 preseason against ****ing scrubs.

But the question is, if Brady or Brees, or Rodgers is the starter, was Mahomes a good move or a waste of resources?

It would be nice to get a picture of the Mahomes enthusiasm without the stink of fan PTSD, whether from Alex or the run of all of history.

What's the point of playing this what if game?

If those players are playing at their current level, I would say it would be a waste if you had Rodgers. He is only 33. Brees and Brady however are old enough that I wouldn't frown at the move. They are due to fall off the cliff at any time.

Okay. You say tomato, I say AIDS. But yes, your first paragraph accurately depicted the sentiment most Chiefs fans on this site have had towards Alex.

In your second paragraph, you're still a bit Alex biased. "The other screwups" you're talking about are way overblown. Every loss that looks egregious on Alex's part like the Pittsburgh loss is always followed up with, "Yeah, but those key drops by receivers!" or "Our running game wasn't working!" Those are things that every single QB has to deal with. In a game manager's position, you either have those things or you don't, and there's nothing you can do to compensate or fix those issues. That's the problem with having a QB like Alex. When the statistical averages stay in the middle or swing his way, he's an ace in the hole. And when they don't swing his way, he can't do anything and won't influence shit in the game until fortune swings back his way.

"Alex is what he is" is NOT an excuse that he or his fans get to use for the Pittsburgh loss. Just because he does his good-but-not-good-enough shtick consistently doesn't mean we should turn our attention to the injuries and tackles not made by our 3rd stringers and all of a sudden expect THEM to be the heroes when our QB can't sustain drives for half the game or spot the key plays that would have broken the game open.

Thanks for your reply.

If they think he will be the guy, great use of resources.

It's possible to love Mahomes because we think he'll be a great pro QB AND also be glad that Alex is on his way out.

Thing is, your incessant need to phrase this in terms relying on all-star QBs versus relying on 3rd string ILBs is telling. Without improvement on the things people 'excuse' Smith for, there isn't a QB outside maybe Brady that will salve all ills. You're just setting yourself up for different, maybe more exciting, disappointment, instead of previous disappointment. The Pittsburgh game wasn't some crossroads were any old improvement at QB would have rescued us.

I just don't understand people who sit here and play what if fantasy games. Sorry.

And if you really want to know if Mahomes would have been a waste of resources if the team had one of those QBs then go ask the Saints because they apparently wanted Mahomes too.

I think they do, and I think he will, and I don't think the franchise is on the fans' page regarding present or near future competitiveness.

I think he is more along what us, as fans, would think.