Kansas City Chiefs: Super Bowl window is still open

It takes all of two seconds on social media to figure out what the number one complaint of Chiefs fans is when it comes to their favorite team. It’s the play of starting quarterback Alex Smith. I’m going to start this section off with two statements that may seem like contradictions.

1. Alex Smith’s play this season was often incredibly frustrating and if they had an elite quarterback in his place they may have been playing in the Super Bowl this year instead of watching it at home once again.

2. Alex Smith should be the starting quarterback again in 2017.

I think most if not all Chiefs fans will agree with statement number one, its statement number two where I probably lost most of you. Here’s the deal. I’m not happy with Smith’s play either but that doesn’t mean you just cut the guy and go with someone else just for the sake of change. If their was an elite quarterback available that was a safe bet to be an upgrade over Smith that would be different, but I don’t see that happening.

I’m going to take a moment here and shoot down this absurd Tony Romo suggestion that I keep hearing from people. The Chiefs are NOT going to trade away valuable draft picks to get an old quarterback that has been injured for the past two seasons. Period. Why would you mortgage your future for a guy that is much more likely to end the season on IR than he is to be leading the Chiefs to a Super Bowl? Romo couldn’t stay healthy behind the best offensive line in the NFL, what is going to happen to him behind our line?