Redskins trade for Alex Smith

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by WillH

It depends on what you mean by better. Do you mean better skilled, better future potential, or better value?

The distinction is important because based on all those factors, I would compare Kirk to Alex as very closely skilled, Kirk absolutely has better future potential, and Alex has better value in terms of cap value but when considering what we gave up for him it's probably at best a wash.

If you're just referring to skill, that is only part of the full picture (ie. I'd rather Wentz than Brady right now but only because of future potential), but I'll play along:

Brady
Brees
Luck
Wentz
Rothlisberger
Wilson
Rivers
Rodgers
Ryan

I think are all definitely better, but there are about 6-8 that are probably better (Cousins, Stafford, Goff, Carr, Newton, Palmer) , and another 4-6 that might be better (Manning, Keenum, Winston, Mariota, Watson)

He's about a top 15 QB.

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I'm talking talent only.

I can agree on the 9 you listed, I'd even put Stafford with them.

All the others are close and debatable.

So yeah, we agree, Alex Smith is a top 15 to top 10 QB.

Isn't that what most of us here thought of Kirk. Maybe more top 12 to top 10?

So, set aside the age factor, I don't see how we clearly got worse at QB (for next season).

Anyway, keep in mind Kirk was gone anyway, and we clearly got the best QB available/gettable.
Didn't we ?