This is the short-sighted question, who could we have gotten to of been as competitive right away if not Alex Smith? The answer is, no one, pretty much no one was going to make the Chiefs as competitive as they could be besides Alex Smith, so in this instance the Chiefs front office was correct.

The damning thing is, most Superbowl winning teams are winning those championships with Qb's they drafted and developed themselves. 12/15 previous Superbowl winning teams started Qb's in the game that they themselves developed from draft day to championship day (I'm counting Warner in this category as well). So the trend is definitely there, it's just that our front office likes to utilize 'band-aids' and not take the dive with an unknown Qb from the draft and just do their best developing them.

So, while the Chiefs front office can hope and pray that a Brees falls in their lap and gets the organization over the massive hump that is the 43 year drought, we will keep wallowing in mediocrity and watch other teams be victorious in February. Alex Smith is no ****ing Drew Brees, nowhere near that potential.

So there are some of us that want these changes to happen, and want a Qb drafted that the Chiefs have full intention of making a starter. Some love the 'band-aid' method (and while it works on occasion, the odds are against you with regards to the Lombardi).

You are right about Alex not being Drew Brees.

But, his window to win a super bowl, is over. His 100 million dollar contract has led to them not being able to keep players that helped make that team a super bowl contender.

Where as Alex Smith, has a lot of talent around him. More so than I would say that is on the Saints at the moment.

Anything is possible.

Alex is no Brees, but maybe a Rich Gannon? I've always felt like this. Get your ****in bandaid, but draft someone in addition. But hey we got Bray. Who knows.

It would have been completely stupid to take him at 1.1 and our franchise, deservedly, would have been the laughing stock of the NFL if they had. No team even thought he was worth a first at all, much less 1.1.

I think he can be very similar to Rich Gannon. Their skill sets, are almost identical.

He could be.

That's another thing, I feel like the Chiefs are deservingly cursed because we had one of the (potential) best Qb's in the NFL on our team (Gannon), and we chose some ex-49er biotch to start over him. We kind of deserve our penance because that was one of the worst moves in the history of the NFL.

I remember my dad being horrifically mad when they decided to start Grbac. It's like every fan knew the truth that Gannon was a king, except the people who mattered the most in this regard, management of the team.

And then they let Gannon go for not even a box of jelly doughnuts. What ****s.

Yeah it was a ****in travesty. Then he goes to Oakland of all places. I've always harped that the Chiefs are usually the stupidest team in the league. Hoping that all changes now.

43 years since the last Superbowl appearance, the statistics are in your favor in this.

And its more than just dumbass front office moves. On the field too. DBs not turning their heads around, offsides on a 4th and 3 punt return formation. Celebrating a TD that was overturned excessively when it would have been 4th down...on MNF. Diving catches for 5 yard losses. Shit that amazes me.

LMAO, your savior has a ceiling of average.

LMAO

So now that you've seen him struggle a bit and know that he is in probably the worst situation possible, you're ready to put your cash on the table and "bet for bust"?

You sir, are a pussy lips.

A labotomized, emotionless douchecicle with a fist magnet for a face and a WMD for an arm?

I'm a "pussy lips", eh?

Mind explaining that one, Sport?

He means like those wax pussy lips you used to get for Halloween.

Alex Smith has a better chance to ever win a Super Bowl than a 2nd round rookie who is going to spend his first few years with a dumpster fire of an organization. (not that ours is great either in recent years).

Smith isn't a Manning or a Brady of course, but he is the kind of guy who has shown he can play well on a team that is talented and otherwise ready to contend.

At this point in his career he is more or less an known quantity if he's healthy, which is not a great but an above average QB.

And before anybody says "Woohoo, true fan, happy with above average", I wasn't a fan of the compensation for him, but I think he was the best player of the available options this offseason. It's hard to argue that IMO