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Originally Posted by SNR
There are so many better and safer things we could have done than banking on Alex Smith resurrecting this franchise. Diversify. Keep trying.
God, you don't just invest in one shitty stock in your portfolio. You try many things. In sports betting, you bet on multiple games to cover your ground.
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I seriously don't believe that there was any safer and better thing that the Chiefs could have done than what they did in signing Smith, Smith, Fasano and DeVito.
You talk about trading down and getting a CB, a DL or a TE, but, yet, that's exactly what they did. And they don't have to worry about having to go through rookie growing pains or the very real prospect that those rookies could (and more often than not - do) bust.
They get four guys who are just entering the prime of their careers or are in their prime and who are known commodities in terms of their overall performance - on and off the field and in the locker room.
They are ready to win now, not wasting the prime playing years of guys like Hali, Flowers, Charles, Bowe, etc. Rookies in those exact positions would require multiple years of playing to get to that level - if they ever get there at all. (Case in point - Brandon Albert, Tyson Jackson, Glenn Dorsey, et al.)
I know it's fun to watch a guy get drafted and see his career progress knowing that he's "your guy." But there is no measurement of who that guy is and what he'll become at the next level. This team, despite it's 2-14 season last year, is ready to win now. They needed guys who can come in and provide the leadership AND production to be successful right here, right now. No rookie/draft pick is going to do that.
The Chiefs (Hunt/Dorsey/Reid) did the correct thing. And it will pay off for this team sooner rather than later.