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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Concur on all of this.
The only thing that could make the Raiders a potential contender w/ Carr is if Gruden finds a top-5 defense to go with a top-5 set of weapons. Then Carr becomes a kind of Garapolo clone. Or rather the Raiders become a 49ers clone.
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Exactly.
And had the Chiefs had Hill and a seasoned Kelce in 2014 when they had Charles to with 'em and a defense with Houston, Hali and Poe still in prime form, not to mention Sean Smith and a fairly deep secondary, that team would've been VERY similar to the 49ers last year.
The problem for KC is that the defense got old/injured just as the weapons came online. A force multiplier under center can make up for some of that and bring you within a stupid offsides penalty of the Super Bowl. But Alex Smith can't.
Nor can Derek Carr. He needs EVERYTHING to be perfect and it's just not gonna happen for him. Gruden's not that good and Mayock's not that lucky. They'll be mired in 6-10 win mediocrity for as long as Carr is there.