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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
If you think about it... Alex Smith is the main reason Mahomes is a Chief right now.
He was good enough to keep KC from taking someone like Carr, but just frustrating enough to eventually find his replacement at the age of 33.
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Yep. Don't understand why people are mad. If we hadn't taken Alex Smith and instead started Geno, KC may have done enough to get Reid fired or maybe Dorsey looks for another job, etc. Or more realistically, what if Geno stunk it up so bad KC goes quarterback shopping in 2015 or 2016 and we miss on Mahomes because we're trying to develop some 2015 QB? We'll never know what might have happened.
All we know is that the steps we took in 2013 led to us getting Mahomes in 2017. That's all that matters. The steps KC took from 2013 to present have been A+. It first gained us respectability after the 2-14 piolifiasco. It most importantly set us up for the next stage in the rebuild.
We now have a young Mahomes, a talented offense, a decent defense to work with, and plenty of fun years ahead.
2013-2017 was just an appetizer
2018-future is win-now mode, the real future of the Chiefs