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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Taking this from an ESPN article this morning but the Chiefs are gambling a bit here as Smith is a low ceiling/high floor QB and Mahomes is a high ceiling/low floor QB. Given how a lot of the Chiefs success under Reid centers around winning the turnover battle how will the team far with a QB that is likely going to turn over the ball much more than Smith who is one of the best in the league at taking care of the ball?
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Yeah, but drafting Mahomes in the first place was a gamble too. At some point you have to recognize that yes Alex Smith will have you in the playoff mix every year. But at key times he just has not been able to get his team down the field on those critical 4th quarter drives that can win games. If they want to push past their current high floor/low ceiling, it's a change they have to try. If it doesn't work out...reset and try again. Smith isn't exactly young anymore either.
The Chiefs will save a lot in the salary cap by making the change. So maybe they can re-allocate some funds to find another receiver opposite Tyreek Hill, get a proper pass rusher so teams can't key entirely on Justin Houston, as well as get a proper left Tackle instead of Eric Fisher. Adding Fuller hopefully does provide them with a corner who can play opposite of Marcus Peters.
The way the Chiefs currently set up, they never were going to push past the Patriots or Steelers, and continue to be in a position to lose close games to teams like the Titans in crunch time. They had to change it up.
I have to think that the 30 years that they went between having a QB drafting by the team win a game is some sort of record. The two teams in the Superbowl this year got there with home grown QB talent...even if Philly did take a real odd way to get there with Nick Foles.