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Tamba drops a deuce on Alex Smith
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tamba Hali recently admitted that, at times when Patrick Mahomes was on the bench behind Alex Smith in 2017, Chiefs players wanted Mahomes to play. <a href="https://t.co/U9kNvalVfY">https://t.co/U9kNvalVfY</a></p>— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1789296129043054867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'll throw Florio a bone on this one... or maybe an anvil? |
Who didn't? They told Alex Smith that was his season and they kept their word. The season ended up being a waste and now we have a dynasty.
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Love me some tamba but we didn't need to know that. I was perfectly content with mahomes being great and Alex being ceremiously moved. Even if we know tambas right
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Is this supposed to be shocking?
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Alex Smith deserved to be shit on.
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Is this worth re-litigating? JFC
All is well that ends well. |
Sandy told me not to feel sorry for Alex because he's got way more money than I do.
Okay, so I won't. |
The 2022 draft reloading this team so they could have another championship window really saved us from the disappointment that they only won one title on Mahomes rookie deal. The dynasty really could have started earlier.
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Mahomes was better in practice than Alex Smith? No shit Sherlock.
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They must have been in awe when they first saw Mahomes play
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Speaking of Alex Smith... he's living in SF now & playing to the local fans. At least he didn't go full Steve Bono:
Alex Smith believes bad luck played into 49ers' Super Bowl losses There are a handful of reasons why the 49ers might have lost Super Bowl LVIII to the Kansas City Chiefs. San Francisco's defense couldn't stop superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense when it mattered most. The 49ers' wide receivers struggled to get separation in Kansas City's zone defense, leading to empty offensive possessions in the second half. However, sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way. Former 49ers quarterback Alex Smith joined KNBR 680's "Murph & Markus" on Friday morning and was asked about San Francisco failing to win the Super Bowl after coming close on multiple occasions over the years and if they have a problem getting over the hump and winning the "big game." "It's a good problem. You can take six plays from this last Super Bowl and if the ball just bounces a different way on one of them, the Niners are holding up the Lombardi," Smith said. "You got to keep getting opportunities, and there is a certain amount of luck in this, and I think unfortunately they've been on the wrong side of it a few times. And Kyle [Shanahan] has been on the wrong side of it even more. "This kind of sustained success they're having, that is so rare. It's so rare, it's so hard to do and they just need to keep knocking at the door. And they're going to get it." Shanahan, as a coach and offensive coordinator, has been on the losing end of three Super Bowls after his team held fourth-quarter leads. Widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the NFL, Shanahan -- similar to the early career of former Philadelphia Eagles and current Chiefs coach Andy Reid -- has come away empty-handed in the playoffs. "And it's so funny that Kyle and the Niners have lost twice to the Chiefs and Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, because this was kind of Andy's thing for so long, all the sustained success he had in Philly but couldn't win the big game," Smith added. "It kind of reminds me a little bit of what Kyle's going through. "Clearly everybody recognized their offensive geniuses, some of the best coaches in the NFL and couldn't get it done. And all of a sudden you finally do and now Andy's on the Mount Rushmore of coaches. It can change very quickly and I think it's going to for Kyle and this Niners team." Reid posted a 130-93-1 record in 14 seasons as the Eagles coach. Philadelphia made the playoffs nine times during his tenure and consistently was one of the best teams in the league. But Reid never won a Super Bowl. Until seven years later when he finally hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating Shanahan and the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. He went on to win two more against the Eagles in 2023 and of course San Francisco again in 2024. Will Shanahan and the 49ers follow a similar path? https://sports.yahoo.com/smith-belie...213330584.html |
I mean, he is right. Luck is one of many factors in who wins the superbowl and we had more of it than the niners, at least in the second meeting. It didn't hurt that Shanahan is a choke artist and we have the greatest player on the planet, either.
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I'm not surprised. But I also don't think things could have turned out better after Mahomes took over.
So... Whatever I guess. :shrug: |
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And besides. It is merely a drop in the bucket compared to all the nauseating Alex Smith slobberfest coverage that occurs from time to time. I don't care how much the media love him. I'll never care for the dude. He was the perfect poster boy for the Chiefs' mediocrity-at-best aura that loomed over Arrowhead for several decades. Thank goodness Patrick Mahomes instantly and once and for all demolished that stank with a sledgehammer. 🙏🏻😎 https://i.postimg.cc/dVYpqTG9/1832798.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/NfJ2tR33/greater-than.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/3Nk9B3mN/1f9f7.png |
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But congrats on helping to get clickbait whore Florio his desired clicks. |
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Even though this has been widely known for 6-7 years, I told you I would have some hard-hitting investigative reporting coming.
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Alex Smith never would have helped out Logan Paul like that
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It’s the most obvious thing in the world. We had a home game that season against the Bills where we didn’t have a first down in the first half. Some players at times would’ve preferred having their first round pick who was throwing no-look passes in practice as the starter? Shocker! Alex Smith is going to be hurt by this report? Are you people kidding? He’s a totally smart, self-aware person. If 100pct of Chiefs players passed a polygraph that they didn’t want Mahomes as their starter at some point during that season, that would be the news. |
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And the “slobberfest” just might, might be a function of the fact that the guy was mangled on the field and nearly died from being septic yet eventually worked his way back to play again. That’s nauseating? You’d rather blame him for the fact that he was a complete professional dedicated to the team who just didn’t have the generational talent of his predecessor? Again, blame Reid and Veach. They were running things in 2017 and kept Alex as the starter. He didn’t sulk and throw a fit demanding that role because of his “feels.” |
I told my brothers after the Titans playoff loss in 2017 that if the chiefs had really wanted to win, they should have played Mahomes.
The way he tore up the league all throughout 2018, there is no doubt in my mind that those playoff defenses would not have had an enough time to figure out how to defend him. |
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I just don’t think there’s anyone to blame but Reid. Full stop. How would you ever hold this against Alex Smith? And do you guys want to hold this as a black mark against Reid? |
Was hoping there would be video of the poop. Sadly disappointed.
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As the next season confirmed, we weren’t really ready for them just yet. |
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Safe to say, the team knew what they had going into next season. |
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Mahomes could have broken every rookie record. They kept their word to Smith and we have 3 more title so it hardly matters.
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also, your downvote only makes my loathing of alex smith that much stronger :evil: https://i.postimg.cc/2ygk8pWM/image.gif |
That’s nice but totally irrelevant.!Reid wanted him to follow Alex and Mahomes had nothing but praise for that decision.
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We'll never know what that alternate universe might have looked like, but it seems improbable that it could have been as great as the one we Chiefs fans live in today. The one game Mahomes played in 2017 was amazing and fed him experience and confidence. Then the absolute explosion in 2018 propelled him into super stardom. Has any first or second year player ever had a season anywhere close to that? Makes it hard to argue that any other path to developing and starting Mahomes could have been better.
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Mahomes very likely was better than Smith his rookie year, but I wouldn't change any of that. What we have now unequivocally is the best timeline, I wouldn't trade it for anything. |
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Smith sucks.
Water under the bridge. |
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Alex ****ing Smith is the reason I stopped going to at least one game at arrowhead for twenty five years.
So, yeah, F him. |
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Yeah, dude was such a tool. I guess. |
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That was Alex's best season. Benching him would have been as insulting as it was stupid.
He was replaced at the right time in the offseason. |
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They did it perfectly, and it’s really weird how bitter some people still are towards the guy. |
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He ran his course and they moved on at the perfect time. I don’t understand the misdirected hate and never will. |
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He absolutely, 100% played one half of football too much for the Chiefs. His ass should have been benched at halftime of the playoff game. |
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Best play of Alex Smiths career, too bad he waited until down 21-6 to pull it off! |
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You must be thinking of a different season. |
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He had thrown in the towel, and the second half would have been the perfect time to unleash Mahomes. It may have made the story even better than it ended up, it may have made him a legend at a different level than we are even seeing. But he also could have shit all over himself and ruined his confidence for life. People don’t understand how complex this shit is. There’s no right answer, and I’m not going to look back and care, because we’re now the premier organization in pro sports, so I’m pretty damn happy. |
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Alex's last playoff game was against the Titans in 2017-2018. |
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Thanks! |
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That's why I wouldn't invest in the team anymore. If you're not going to try, then no, you don't get my money. Ironically it was the next season we drafted Mahomes. But I haven't been back. No vendetta, no idea why I haven't. Guess I felt 25 years straight was fine with me. Will I go? Probably, but don't know when. |
One last Alex smith argument to rule them all.
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Threw a Super Bowl away because of that shithead
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They went 10-6 and Alex Smith and was an MVP candidate. He had a 105 QB rating. Mahomes would have went scorched earth. Prime Kelce, Reek and Kareem Hunt before he kicked bitches. |
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Tamba must be back on the chaw
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I bet tamba had a hawg
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I'm surprised that Tamba's era overlapped Mahomes' era.
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We good. |
Hard to argue against Mahomes, but I do find it weird that often the talented guys who end up sitting like Mahomes, Rodgers, Philip Rivers, even Jordan Love now... they seem to have quite a bit of success. Love looked like he might be the best QB in the NFC at the end. You'd think more teams would see this and try it, but I get most coaches are on the hot seat more than Reid or any of the Packers coaches. You could make a pretty strong argument that letting a raw QB just be a student for the first year is a solid plan compared to "throw him out there and see what you've got."
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I believe Kelce went out with a concussion, and the offense couldn't do anything in the second half. I believe if Mahomes plays in the second half, we score at least, AT LEAST, a FG and we don't lose by 1 point. But, yeah, let's say Smith should not have played the entire second half. |
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