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Miami Dolphins should follow Bills and Chiefs and not settle for a QB

By Jeremy Klump

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 27: Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins looks on during pregame warm-ups prior to a game against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on December 27, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 27: Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins looks on during pregame warm-ups prior to a game against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on December 27, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 23: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 23, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs made the playoffs in 2017, going 12-4. They went on to lose in the divisional round, only scoring 16 points.

Kansas City had Alex Smith, who made the playoffs with the Chiefs three out of the last four seasons.

What did the Chiefs do after their impressive 12-4 season? They traded up in the draft for a quarterback, even though their guy has made the playoffs three of the last four years. Why? They knew Smith, like Tagovailoa, does not have a ceiling to be an elite quarterback. You can only go so far with Smith and Tagovailoa.

The Kansas City Chiefs traded a 2017 first-round pick (No. 27), a 2017 third-round pick (No. 91), and a 2018 first-round pick. A team that had won 43 games the last four seasons and made it to the playoffs three out of the last four years decided to give up all that for a quarterback.

To make this even better, Kansas City actually sat Mahomes his rookie season, and the Chiefs won another ten games (10-6) and got knocked out of the first round of the playoffs again, only scoring 21 points.

Year 1 with Mahomes? 12-4 again, but a win in the playoffs, scoring 31 points, and then a loss in the AFC championship, where they still scored 31. Then we know what happened in 2018, the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

They knew how far Smith could take them, and they knew he wasn’t good enough to win it all. That is why they went all in and got Mahomes instead.

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