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    Alex Smith

    Alex Smith is NOT a solution at QB, at best he is a stop gap which can most likely cost you the chance of drafting a top talent in the near future. Just look at the guy's track record. He has had 1 good season leading the 49ers to the Championship game only later to be barely resigned by the 49ers. This year he lost his job via injury to a second year second round QB who has given the offense quite the spark.

    All of this is quite amazing. How often does a starting QB on a potentially SB winning team lose his job? When was the last time that that happened? Its a testament that he is not good enough even when all the other pieces are in place.
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    Re: Alex Smith

    Your right. Alex Smith wouldn't be a solution, just add to the growing dance of 5-11, 6-10 seasons that we seem to be entrenched in now.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I don't want anyone's back-up or castoff.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    They can't pawn off Smith on this fanbase. Not as a permanent solution anyways.
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all
    true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
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    Re: Alex Smith

    Why the heck not? Smith is way better than Fitz. With Smith, this team wins 3 more games EASY.
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    Re: Alex Smith

    Smith is smarter with the football for certain. But we're drafting a QB.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Alex Smith is NOT a solution at QB, at best he is a stop gap which can most likely cost you the chance of drafting a top talent in the near future. Just look at the guy's track record. He has had 1 good season leading the 49ers to the Championship game only later to be barely resigned by the 49ers. This year he lost his job via injury to a second year second round QB who has given the offense quite the spark.

    All of this is quite amazing. How often does a starting QB on a potentially SB winning team lose his job? When was the last time that that happened? Its a testament that he is not good enough even when all the other pieces are in place.
    I don't disagree with this.

    But I think there is a good chance that we end up with Smith or another year of Fitz.

    Why? Who else are we going to get? There is no Andrew Luck or RGIII in this draft. Even if we get one of the top prospects this year, they likely won't be able to start right away. And we will still need a vet backup- even this team isn't dumb enough to go into the season with a rookie starter and Thigpen as a backup (plus, the next coach won't have Gailey's inexplicable love affair with Thigpen).

    As far as vets, all the other options are worse than Smith. Flacco may be available but it'll be Fitz all over again. We'll have to pay way more than he's worth to get him. Vick is worse than Fitz or Alex Smith at this point. Sanchez is worse than Fitz (as we saw yesterday). Cutler or Rivers would require a trade at a hefty price, and that's assuming their teams are willing to trade them.

    The options at QB just suck right now.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I think Smith can be brought into compete. But I dont think he;s the end all answer.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by gebobs View Post
    Why the heck not? Smith is way better than Fitz. With Smith, this team wins 3 more games EASY.
    See there two types of fans, the first wants to see his team win a SB and does not care much if the team is 1-15 or 9-7 if it lacks the talent to do grow. The second type of fan would prefer that his team has a middle of the road QB named Smith instead of a bellow average QB named Fits simply so his team can be 8-8 instead of 6-10.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by OpIv37 View Post
    I don't disagree with this.

    But I think there is a good chance that we end up with Smith or another year of Fitz.

    Why? Who else are we going to get? There is no Andrew Luck or RGIII in this draft. Even if we get one of the top prospects this year, they likely won't be able to start right away. And we will still need a vet backup- even this team isn't dumb enough to go into the season with a rookie starter and Thigpen as a backup (plus, the next coach won't have Gailey's inexplicable love affair with Thigpen).

    As far as vets, all the other options are worse than Smith. Flacco may be available but it'll be Fitz all over again. We'll have to pay way more than he's worth to get him. Vick is worse than Fitz or Alex Smith at this point. Sanchez is worse than Fitz (as we saw yesterday). Cutler or Rivers would require a trade at a hefty price, and that's assuming their teams are willing to trade them.

    The options at QB just suck right now.
    Sometimes when there is no solution its a good thing. Looking back, as its the best way to illustrate my point, would you have preferred that the Bills drafted Clausen (they were considering at the time) simply because they needed a QB and he fell to the second round?

    Let them play the man they traded for in the offseason, or even another year of Fitz. I know it will be very hard to sell tickets, but in the end I hope they draft the next great prospect. Johnny Football comes to mind, and he will be available in 2 years.

    Football really should be thought of as a strategic game mostly played in the offseason which encompasses a five year plan or a secession of them. In this way, you can plan for the long term competitiveness of the team with the focus on wining an SB. That being said, when a once in a generation players is on the horizon like Luck or RG3 you do everything in your power to get them because if you dont two things will happen: 1) Your chances of winning a SB go alomost to zero for next 15 years as each generation has 3-6 Elite HOF QBs who win SB after SB. In fact 28/30 QBs who have won a SB were HOF or Future HOF QBs and the other 2 teams that won had All Time Great Defenses. In that time span, not one Pro Bowl QB or above average QB has won a SB outside of those two great defenses. 2) If you dont draft them they will be beating you for the next 15 years!

    As a fan I want a SB. I dont care in the end if the team is 1-15 or 11-5 if the Talent sucks and has no opportunity to Win a SB. As a Fan that is all I care about, a potential Champion/Dynasty and the ONLY way in happens in our day of age is having a HOF QB. Considering that each generation may have 4-6 such QBs over a 10 year period, I hope that OWNERSHIP is insightful and visionary enough to do all it can to land such talent.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    No more mediocrity. Draft an athletic young guy and move forward.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Whoever they have on top of their board, they should do whatever it takes to get him, not that in 2 years we hear, "well we liked him, but he was picked before our selection."

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I hate hearing I don't want other teams cast offs. People are saying it for coaches and Qbs. Smith is a stop gap at best but especially with a coach most if not all great coaches failed along the lines and were someone's castoffs.

    The chance we pull a guy off the street with no experience and they are good is almost non existent. The best thing is put pieces together that fit together. Get a qb that fits the next coach get a
    Coach that fits our current group of players a bit. We have a solid core in some areas.

    If these are castoffs at either qb or coach I don't care as long as it leads to wins.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I'd rather not swap Fitz for WC Fitz.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I have to agree hes not the answer but in a draft as weak in QB as this one, the Bills are going to have to explore all options. That coud mean a Seattle style "let the cream rise to the top" offseason bringing in seasoned vet QBs and grabbering 1 or 2 QBs later in the draft.

    At 8 overall if Barkley and Manti are both on the board you really can't fault the Bills for going with Teo. And that is just one example. Both Geno and Barkley could very well be gone by 8 overall. What then? Do you reach for a mid to late 1st round QB or take best player available? Do they push to trade up to get a better angle on the QB of their choice?

    With that being said guys like Alex Smith can't be ignored. And of course all of this will hinge on the next coach and his offensive philosophy.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    I only see Smith coming if we hire Roman and he makes the call that he is worth acquiring.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by The King View Post
    Smith is smarter with the football for certain. But we're drafting a QB.
    When the 2012 season ended, Alex Smith was the #3 rated QB in the entire NFL (104.1). He is head & shoulders better than any QB in this upcoming draft. At the very least he would be an excellent patch for 2 or 3 years while they find a young QB to develop. Geno Smith, Glennon, Nassib looked terrible in bowl games.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    i dont mind getting alex smith at all and drafting a qb in rd 1 or 2...

    alex is better than fitz and with the right coach could go far with the talent on the oline and spiller/jackson/stevie

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    See there two types of fans, the first wants to see his team win a SB and does not care much if the team is 1-15 or 9-7 if it lacks the talent to do grow. The second type of fan would prefer that his team has a middle of the road QB named Smith instead of a bellow average QB named Fits simply so his team can be 8-8 instead of 6-10.
    With Alex Smith, we make the playoffs this year. We all want to win Super Bowls, but you can't do until you get to the post season. Once there, anyone can go all the way.

    Alex Smith would not only be a huge upgrade over Fitz, he would be an upgrade over just about every quarterback in franchise history. Of course, that's not saying much. But dammit all, I'm sick and tired of this sad parade of clowns this franchise trots out year in and year out. The Jets will get Smith and we'll be stuck with Tavaris Jackson. They'll contend for the division and we'll be looking at a 14th season of fail.

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    Re: Alex Smith

    Quote Originally Posted by gebobs View Post
    With Alex Smith, we make the playoffs this year. We all want to win Super Bowls, but you can't do until you get to the post season. Once there, anyone can go all the way.

    Alex Smith would not only be a huge upgrade over Fitz, he would be an upgrade over just about every quarterback in franchise history. Of course, that's not saying much. But dammit all, I'm sick and tired of this sad parade of clowns this franchise trots out year in and year out. The Jets will get Smith and we'll be stuck with Tavaris Jackson. They'll contend for the division and we'll be looking at a 14th season of fail.
    Wow, that's just so wrong, couldn't disagree more.

    Smith coming here would bring back nightmarish flashbacks of Bruce Mathison and Vince Ferragamo.

    The only chance he would have of being remotely successful in Buffalo is if miraculously the defense shot up to one of the top 3 in the league and the offense was completely based on a power running attack, which we have zero ability to run with the current oline and RB's on the roster.
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