Wow...the possibilities are fantastic. I can't say that I am NOT a fan of Alex Smith, but I will say that he has not shown me enough to say that he is worth the hype that I believe he's been receiving. I think if Matt Leinart had entered this draft, the two-horse race would have been between Leinart and Rodgers, and Smith would have been like the Phil Rivers of last year, except without the Senior Bowl last year Phil Rivers would have gone no higher than JP Losman ended up going. It is hard to say in that situation whether Smith would have gone ahead and played the Senior Bowl, or stay out of it like he ended up doing. But either way I look at him and I'm just seeing all of this hype, all of this rising for the wrong reasons. He's a genius, ok. So what. Make him a coach then. The best QBs aren't geniuses. If the man had average QB intelligence, I doubt he would even be a first rounder. To me, that means the market is grading his smarts too highly.
If Aaron Rodgers ends up sucking and Alex Smith ends up rocking, I'll eat my crow, but right now I see Rodgers as the better pro.
I'm hoping all these trades take place. I'm hoping that Miami gets a 2nd for Surtain, a 2nd and 3rd (or maybe 2nd next year) from the Bucs, and then use all those players to pick up all those little SEC tykes that Saban knows so well....from Corey Webster, to Ben Wilkerson, Ron Fields, and gosh I'd probably wet myself if Matt Jones' stock made a late drop and we were able to get him in the 2nd round (shudder).
Going from having 2 first day picks to having 5. That would be something. Would make me forget about Rodgers and Smith, that's for sure.