MELLINGER: Should The Chiefs Move On From Smith?

[OnTheWarpath15]

Yep, another Alex Smith thread - but a solid and fair read from Sam Mellinger.

The only way forward is through brutal honesty and realistic self-evaluation. No sport moves as quickly, or with such little empathy, as the NFL.

Only fools assume what happened in the past will continue to happen in the future, unless that assumption is “the Patriots will win every year from now until armageddon because Bill Belichick is an alien.”

And so it is that this particular group of Chiefs players and executives attempt to solve a puzzle that no group of Chiefs players and executives has solved since 1970, which is so long ago CBS erased the tape to save money:

Get to the Super Bowl.

And it’s hard to believe that will happen without addressing the quarterback situation.

This is not a call for the Chiefs to walk away from Alex Smith, even though this is the first offseason since his arrival in which they could do it without a fatal salary cap hit. This is a call for them to look, to try, to make sure they don’t have access to a better option — whether that’s Tony Romo in a trade, Deshaun Watson in the draft (which would almost certainly require a trade up), or anything else.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt...#storylink=cpy

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Dag , it's going to be a long two years of waiting on the sidelines. you can relive those previous 7 seasons where we averaged 5 wins a season.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Defense wins championships.

So one game between two teams with high offensive power in a playoff game...there HAS to be a winner. And because one of those teams wins you understand the fallacy of saying "a high-powered offense can make up for anything".

Passing TDs of the last 17 Super Bowl winning teams:

19
34
27
22
29
31
34
19
23
31
21
29
23
23
21
20
42

Average: 26.3

You can't win a Super Bowl with a guy throwing 15 TD passes.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Dag , it's going to be a long two years of waiting on the sidelines. you can relive those previous 7 seasons where we averaged 5 wins a season.

I can out wait Smith, NO problem. Thing is, it won't be that long of a wait regardless of what those voices in your head keep telling you.

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Gonna be a tough day for Chiefs fans watching Brady easily rip apart the Steelers pathetic secondary like any average downfield QB can do.

Hell Matt Moore barely missed 300 yards passing going 29/36 and having a 98 QB rating while Alex couldn't do anything.

And that was @ Shitsburg, Alex couldn't do it in front of the home crowd!!

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Can't win football games if your team forces just 1 punt and the opposing RB tallies 170 yards.

Of course you can, and we should've.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Dag , it's going to be a long two years of waiting on the sidelines. you can relive those previous 7 seasons where we averaged 5 wins a season.

Yeah, I don't know what we're going to do if we ever get away from winning 11 games a year but not having a chance to win the SB. That'd be too bad.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by Spider2YBanana

Passing TDs of the last 17 Super Bowl winning teams:

19
34
27
22
29
31
34
19
23
31
21
29
23
23
21
20


You can't win a Super Bowl with a guy throwing 15 TD passes.

Smith total TD's as a dual-threat QB over the last 4 seasons (20, 22, 19, 24) is in the neighborhood of the vast majority of those TD counts you want to post

You make it sound like he's off by an entire standard deviation. Your football takes are shit. Accept that and stop embarrassing yourself.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

I remember what happened but I never heard that Smith asked for the week off. I heard Reid say that he was holding Smith out though. HUGE difference there.

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Did you read the link?

I don't care if Reid said he held him out, ANY coach would do that. Reid also took the blame for several interceptions this season, do you believe that too?

Read the link where Alex said he was involved in the decision and only has one brain.

He held himself out of that game for not having a concussion. I don't see how it's even debatable

[St. Patty's Fire]

why do ppl even give him attention lmao

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Yeah, I don't know what we're going to do if we ever get away from winning 11 games a year but not having a chance to win the SB. That'd be too bad.

Unfamiliar territory we're in. You know. After 11 seasons of dog shit we are now fielding squads that can play with the best in the most competitive era of football. But somehow you don't want to recognize that our highest paid veterans aren't giving us production (Tamba, Houston, Charles, Maclin) ...

But blame the QB despite the fact his efficiency continues to climb..

Leave the management to Dorsey.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Smith total TD's as a dual-threat QB over the last 4 seasons (20, 22, 19, 24) is in the neighborhood of the vast majority of those TD counts you want to post

You make it sound like he's off by an entire standard deviation. Your football takes are shit. Accept that and stop embarrassing yourself.

That's apples to oranges, add in all those qbs rushing tds and see where they are at you disingenuous ****.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Did you read the link?

I don't care if Reid said he held him out, ANY coach would do that. Reid also took the blame for several interceptions this season, do you believe that too?

Read the link where Alex said he was involved in the decision and only has one brain.

He held himself out of that game for not having a concussion. I don't see how it's even debatable

Yeah I read the link. Anyone with half a brain with common sense knows that Smith was concussed and the team held him out.

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[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Unfamiliar territory we're in. You know. After 11 seasons we have fielded teams that can play with the best. But somehow you don't want to recognize that our highest paid veterans aren't giving us production (Tamba, Houston, Charles, Maclin) ...

But blame the QB despite the fact his efficiency continues to climb..

Leave the management to Dorsey.

F**k his damn efficiency. The only efficiency I see is he is very consistent in missing wide-open TD opportunities.

Talk about 'hidden touchdowns'. That's what they should have meant. All the ones that he leaves on the field.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

And that was @ Shitsburg, Alex couldn't do it in front of the home crowd!!

They sold out to stop Jay Ajayi (4.9 ypc this season), one of the best RB"s in the league and held him to 2.1 ypc in that playoff game...They knew matt moore was going to shit the bed when the game was on the line.

Did you watch the game? I will go with....NO.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Smith total TD's as a dual-threat QB over the last 4 seasons (20, 22, 19, 24) is in the neighborhood of the vast majority of those TD counts you want to post

You make it sound like he's off by an entire standard deviation. Your football takes are shit. Accept that and stop embarrassing yourself.

So even at his best (2013), Smith isn't even reaching the NFL AVERAGE for Super Bowl teams?

That's damning evidence right there, bud.

If you want to add rushing TDs to the list it gets even more embarrassing for Smith.