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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
It wasn't fair to assume that. It was a hope-based belief that required either Chiefs or Alex Smith homer-ism. Many of us called him being this exact guy from Day 1.
In that sense, it doesn't really matter what they do to the team around him in the 2017 draft. There's not enough help there to make the team excellent enough around him.
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Both of these are pretty silly to say.
All Smith had to do was compose himself in the pocket, continue to use his legs, and keep his eyes more downfield instead of the rush.
He simply did not progress... yet to the 2nd part of your post, the Chiefs were STILL the 3rd or 4th best team in the AFC.
It was a collaborative effort of poor run game, dropped passes, Reid's gameplan, and yes.. Smith's lack of progression (composure and aggression) that was the offense's undoing.
The talent is there though to win the SB. Smith, like most QBs, just needed better from those 4 aforementioned issues.
I wanted more for Smith, but frankly, it will be his own fault when he loses his job.