MountaineerCowboy
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That's not what I meant about Alex Smith. You're not going to hit every time. You mentioned that about the Bills.The irony of you bringing up Alex Smith is that he was the first overall pick in the draft. And you call him a clone of the guy we drafted in the 4th. So again, it's an inexact science.
And I'm not saying you shouldn't try. Surely, if you're in that position and a potential franchise QB is staring you in the face, draft him. But just the act itself of drafting a first-round QB isn't enough. Getting a guy like Mahomes or Allen is a perfect accumulation of events that includes being bad in the right year, having the right draft pick, and having other teams pass on him (like the Bears/Mahomes). You can easily do what Buffalo themselves did and waste decades of your franchise drafting guys like EJ Manuel and JP Losman in the first round. And either way, when has Dallas been in that position in the last decade? The one time the team was truly targeting a first-round QB, the Broncos jumped in and saved Jerry from himself by taking Paxton Lynch.
By the way - what has Herbert done to be included in that list? I'm apparently supposed to be jealous of Joe Burrow because he has the Bengals in the AFC Championship game. OK, fine. But Herbert is two years in and hasn't made the playoffs. Will the Chargers even make the playoffs before they have to pay him a monster contract in a couple of years?
Alex Smith had ran his course. He was what is was. At that point in his career everyone knew that he was not the guy. That's where we are with Dak right now. The Chiefs knew if they wanted to win anything they needed a real QB. So they got one. They took a chance and it paid off.
The Paxton Lynch thing gets brought up a lot. How do we know how Lynch would have been on the 2016 team? Lynch would of had the best o-line in the NFL and a 1st team all pro/rushing title winner in Zeke. Maybe he would have been just fine if he was afforded everything that Dak was afforded. How many rookie QBs get to start their career with what Dak got? How do you think Dak would have been if he was thrown into the situation that Lynch was thrown into? I believe if that happened to Dak he wouldn't be in the league right now, just like Lynch.
Do you think the Chargers not making the playoffs is due to Herberts personal play? If so, that's fine, but myself and a lot of others, are easily able to see that this dude has IT, whatever it is.