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What is it about halfway decent quarterbacks that makes otherwise smart men lose their common sense? Like an astrophysicist in a strip club, all the smarts go out the window the second a pair of knockers is exposed even if said knockers are sagging across the ground like a snowplow through Alaskan slush.

That’s about the only way I can describe my thoughts this morning when hearing Jay Glazer break the news that Andy Reid’s first move as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs was to trade for Alex Smith. In a mini Hue Jackson moment of madness Reid panicked when he realized Matt Cassel was his starting QB and coughed up two pretty valuable draft picks for a pretty pedestrian QB.

Yes, I’m fully aware that Reid didn’t go full Hue and mortgage the draft future of the franchise as Jackson did when he panicked and ponied up for Carson Palmer.

And yes I’m also knowing that Reid has worked wonders with many a middle-of-the-road quarterback in his day. Let’s not forget it was Reid who made the Arizona Cardinals pull a similar move of desperation as Ken Whisenhunt whizzed his pants in the ill-fated Kevin Kolb catastrophe.

But ultimately Reid’s decision will end the same way every other desperate QB trade ends – with his job listed as available two years from now.

Smith definitely gets credit for sticking in a league where guys like him normally go bust. Instead Smith fought the good fight by doing whatever it took to keep those NFL checks coming. He soon became a game manager of the highest level on Jim Harbaugh’s watch before he watched his job get snatched up by Colin Kaepernick.

Yes, Smith will benefit from the tutelage of Reid.

Yes, Smith is an upgrade over Cassel.

And yes if Smith were that good the 9ers wouldn’t have drafted Kaepernick in the first place.

Face it, Andy Reid, you just pulled a classic AFC West rookie mistake. Same as Josh McDaniels. Same as Hue Jackson. You should have gone to San Diego, Andy.

Millen and Mornhinweg: The portrait of failure.

If Winston Moss is truly Reggie McKenzie’s top choice to replace Hue Jackson then McKenzie is sure going out of his way to make that is not too obvious. Each day another name or two appears on the Raiders’ coaching radar. Today former Detroit Lions head coach Marty Mornhinweg became the newest addition to the Oakland coaching search.

According to Jason LaCanfora of NFL Network Mornhinweg is slated to interview for the Oakland gig though nothing has been confirmed by the Raiders.

Currently an assistant on Andy Reid’s staff in Philly, Mornhinweg is one of the more respected offensive minds in the game though his prowess as a head coach is very questionable. He does get the benefit of the doubt having been a head coach in Detroit during the Matt Millen era. None the less Mornhinweg failed to impress as a leader. The most noteworthy moment of his head coaching career revolves around his decision to kick instead of receive in an overtime loss to the Chicago Bears. The decision earned Marty the nick name “Moron-Weg”.

Some speculate that McKenzie is simply looking to pick as many NFL minds as possible during the first coaching search of his career. Whatever the reality may be the Raiders are certainly compiling a long list of candidates.

Those that followed the news today know all too well how the rollercoaster ride went. At one point Nnamdi had three potential suitors, then seemingly none and then there was one “mystery team”. Low and behold Andy Reid drops a bomb on the free agency market.

Losing Asomugha is a crushing blow. Sure, he’s the best cornerback on the planet. Beyond that Nnamdi is one of the best human beings in the NFL. During the worst era in Raiders’ history Asomugha was one of the lone bright spots. His charitable acts off the field mean the East Bay community is losing of its great citizens.
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