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Old 05-03-2017, 11:14 AM   #214
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So I guess the elephant in the room does he really sit the entire year or do you see him starting at some point?


Just curious of the overall opinion?
I'd say 2-1 against.

But there's a non-zero chance that he does. A) Smith is not exactly injury prone, but he's not 100% durable either. He's going to miss a game or two. If it's in the first 6 weeks, I expect Bray takes the snaps. If it's in the last half or so, it may well be Mahomes. B) If they're scuffling a bit at something like 7-5 and they're going to need a strong finishing kick to make the post-season, if Smith's having some of the same troubles he was having mid-year last season, I could also see Reid making a move.

I think it's important to remember just how much Reid neutered Smith in that Denver road game. Sure we won it but we got a little lucky and Reid got truly desperate in the 4th quarter. For 3 quarters of that game, Reid was terrified to let Smith do anything. It was a shockingly conservative gameplan.

I do not believe that's what Reid WANTS to do. I don't think he's a Mike Martz, damn the torpedoes and air it out kind of guy, but I don't think he's sub-Marty either. If he's in a situation later in the year where he thinks he has to install that kind of gameplan again, I could see him deciding "**** this - put in the kid and lets play actual football..."
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