Originally Posted by
texaschief
Y'all, c'mon. We just traded for a 28 year old STARTING QB who has 8 years NFL experience, went #1 overall in his draft class, and went 20-5 over his last 2 seasons.
Y'all are REALLY complaining about giving up about 900 draft points for this guy when drafting the next best option at that position would've cost 3000 points at #1 overall? In a year where there are no "franchise QB's" to be had via the draft and no Peyton Mannings or Drew Breeses on the FA market, how people could complain about getting a guy who's gone 20-5 over his last two seasons WITH a divisional playoff win is mind-boggling.
Again, the best QB in this draft (whoever you think that may be) is probably only a top 30 or 40 player in this draft. The fact that one may be taken in the top 10 is irrelevant. The talent simply is not there to justify spending 3000 points on a guy. If you're crying about 2 2nd round picks for Alex Smith, you would be on the floor sobbing hysterically if we had spent the equivalent of 4 of them on Geno Smith.
By the way, if the compensation is indeed 2 2nd round picks, it's because Alex Smith was wildly successful. If he flops, the compensation drops dramatically.
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