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but if Andy/Dorsey see it the way I see it...
Geno could go #1 and be 3rd string for a year. That's fine with me. Let Alex play, sign a veteran to back him up, and give Geno a "coaching/learning" year. That's fine.
If Alex can get us to 9-7 and plays another Harbaugh-esque year and is efficient...we could always flip him for a 2nd or 3rd rounder on his expiring contract year to a team that is "sold" on him because he is, in fact, an efficient game manager (if he puts together another year this year like he did for 8 games in 2012 there is no doubt he's a valuable QB to some franchise out there)...
so lets say we start Alex for a year for a 2nd rounder and a 3rd rounder (2014) and then flip him for a 3rd rounder in 2014 (and maybe another conditional pick in 2015)...so we can afford a guy who is (according to most) pretty raw (Geno Smith) a learning/coaching year...and I have zero issue for that.
If that's the master plan...then I say genius.
Basically trade a 2nd and 3rd for 1 year of Alex Smith and then turn his expiring contract into a 3rd and 4th the following year while affording Geno Smith 1 year to work out all of his kinks, get a year of Andy Reid coaching, and get an NFL year under his belt.
If that's what they are doing...my ****ing God, we have a guru front office/coaching staff.
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