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

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

So sad that most smart people can see that this was the biggest attribute to losing that game, not a couple throws that could of been made. I like how Alex still gets the blame for everything. Some of you have to give your head a shake and see the whole picture. Just like the Indy playoff game a few years back, guess that was Alex's fault, too.

Dude is that what you thing you are reading? People have fairly put the blame all over the place. Alex made a ton of mistakes in that game, but it is his whole body of work that is making people call this enough.

It was not just throws for Alex. His delay of game was HORRIFIC and for a veteran QB in that spot, it was OUTRAGEOUS. I don't have enough adjectives to adequately describe it. And of course he doesn't make up for the mistake. We punt. The time out. Lets just say when Andy Reid is shocked you are calling time out, well what does that say?

It wasn't his fault for being on the 2nd 2pt conversion, but we had 2 players wide open and he didn't even look. He thought triple coverage on Maclin was cool. He just isn't good enough to make up for mistakes and mistakes are going to happen.

Again, the drops were as egregious as anything Alex did but this isn't about one game. I would say most objective people who are not KC fans see the truth. Certainly people around here do. Some KC fans may never see it, but that's fine. We just need Dorsey to see the light. If Alex starts next year because we don't have better, whatever. I'm not thrilled with Foles. But this offseason has to be full speed ahead on replacing Smith.

[007]

Originally Posted by Spider2YBanana

This should be watched on loop until August. Horrendous clock management by "gigabytes." Grbackian. Look at Reid's face as he says "you called timeout?!?" PC LOAD LETTER?! WHAT THE ****?!

JFC that annoys the crap out of me. Guy can't be gone soon enough.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Guru

JFC that annoys the crap out of me. Guy can't be gone soon enough.

Spoiler!

[007]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Spoiler!

Yeah yeah, saw it in person. ****er was a pussy.

[Discuss Thrower]

I mean this is coaches film. There's no way that:

1) this type of play from Smith isn't noticeable
2) this was the only example of such play all season.


Logical conclusion is... Reid doesn't care and avoiding throwing deep to Tyreek is a feature and not a bug.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

It pleases me greatly to see Smith exposing himself as the wasted shart he truly is. All media, national and local, are on to this fraud masquerading as an NFL Quarterback.
Keep on Smith'n, baby!
I hope every one of his fans, cultists, and believers catch a necrotic disease in their genital areas.

[Nickhead]

here in the land down under, i don't get what the vibe is like over there. has everyone jumped ship on the alex bandwagon? or is everything going to be fine?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Nickhead

here in the land down under, i don't get what the vibe is like over there. has everyone jumped ship on the alex bandwagon? or is everything going to be fine?

Did you burrow to the land down under head first and suffer brain damage as a result?

[Hammock Parties]

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

So to answer my question from earlier...do you guys have jobs?

[rico]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

So to answer my question from earlier...do you guys have jobs?

I work 50 hours a week. Nights. Always tired.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by rico

I work 50 hours a week. Nights. Always tired.

Well it's not like you're on here posting every 5 minutes and 100 posts a day

[Fish]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

So to answer my question from earlier...do you guys have jobs?

[notorious]

That gif......sigh.



I don't have any anger left over Smith, just resignation.

[Nickhead]

Originally Posted by milkman

Did you burrow to the land down under head first and suffer brain damage as a result?

im not a sandnicker