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Originally Posted by RunKC
IMO this is a result of Andy. Dorsey had no choice but to dip into FA early on bc the draft capitol simply wasn't there. Andy wanted Alex and it cost two second rd picks, then Andy made t even harder for Dorsey by contacting Maclin and losing us two more picks.
Then you add to the fact that Dorsey's first draft was the worst draft in a long time and that didn't help at all.
And then Andy really limited Dorsey by sticking with Alex again. Dorsey had Carr at the top of that draft board and Andy himself said he would have drafted Carr if it wasn't for Alex. Bottom line here is if we follow Dorsey's strategy and draft Derek Carr, we have a young elite caliber QB with no cap issues for another 2 years.
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Well shit, if you want to dig that deep it's Pioli's fault for leaving exactly zero roster depth.
Dorsey's approach isn't exactly secret; horizontal roster building. He wants depth stacked deep across the roster (as opposed to Pioli's stars and scrubs rosters). So he's been using a ton of draft capital to build that depth.
The problem is that when the depth wasn't already there, if you miss on someone (and you will), it creates a hole that you can't backfill as easily as you'd like.
As for the Carr issue - really, if Dorsey didn't take Carr because he had Smith already, that's on Dorsey. Smith's extension was after the '14 draft - the Chiefs weren't married to Smith yet and Dorsey's the final say. Reid's position was wholly reasonable coming into the 2013 season - he's a guy that just got ****ing fired and is taking over a team that experienced a fan mutiny mere months ago. He couldn't go into the 2013 season with no friggen quarterback. So the Smith move had to be made - it just did. And bark and complain all you want, but 2 second rounders for a guy that's given you credible quarterback play for 5 years is actually a pittance. That trade worked out well.
Dorsey can't hide behind Reid here - if he wanted Carr, he should've taken Carr. At that point you don't extend Smith in August of '14 and his iffy '14 season is probably enough to spark the QB move.
You can't blame Reid for Dorsey passing on Carr. Dorsey had a similar roadmap in front of him to what he has now and he paid much more dearly to bring in Mahomes. Dorsey just didn't have the juevos to make the move at the time.