More bad news, Biggs: Jones to IR w/ neck injury

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Kansas City is a good franchise that understands when to draft a QB, how to support a QB and how to develop a QB.  They understand how to build a championship team.  I loved that last statement of yours in particular, "Everything else was due to intelligence, hard work, hiring the right people."  If ever there was a model for how to do this QB thing, well, the Mahomes example is a good one.  They have a great HC and they built a great team - and then brought in a kid and made the kid a great QB.  If the Bears had drafted Mahomes instead of Trubisky (they had the chance to do that and passed over Mahomes) make no mistake Mahomes would be long-since gone from Chicago.  He would have failed here.  

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And while there is a luck-factor with all pro sports teams to some extent, it seems like the teams with great winning traditions have the people in place (GM, coaches and players) to take full advantage of any luck that falls their way. They leverage the good luck to make the most of it. And they manage to overcome the bad luck to minimize the damage too.

Or they knew that Alex Smith is at best a bridge QB who can't win you big games even when surrounding yourself with super star talent. Mahomes had the talent to get KC where they're at today. Remember before Mahomes, KC never won a playoff game with Reid. Dude was known for being a choke artist. 

Brax obviously had too many penalties and needed to clean that up.

But his actual blocking was good.  He only had 2 bad reps I remember.  Its a shame he got hurt after being so durable last year.  I think he is developing into a solid player and that's a helluva find in the 5th round from a small school.

In the larger sense....
Look, I know we are all frustrated with the poor start, the coaching follies, and Fields looking bad.  But can we please stop with the "whole team is trash" nonsense?  

Brax can still be a good LT.  Hopefully he isn't out too long.  He isn't "trash".

Mooney is a good player.  He's not elite, but he's a good slot WR capable of 800-1000 yards if the offense ever gets going.

Darnell Wright has had a nice start to his a career.  He's gonna be a very good player.

Herbert and RoJo are as good a young running back duo as anywhere in the NFL.


The team as a whole has underplayed its talent thus far in 2023.  Its been most noticeable on offense of course because Fields and his development is under the microscope.  But the D hasn't put it together yet either.  They were abysmal week 1 and that may have been cuz Williams was calling the D and didn't have his shit together.  They were better week 2 but still missed 3 sacks on Mayfield and 2 key takeaway opportunities.

This team is NOT as bad as it has played and looked.  Unfortunately, when the offense is struggling and the QB is failing it is hard to see any positives.