Market for Alex Smith will be strong, Ian Rapoport says
Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network thinks the Chiefs could get a solid trade haul in return for Alex Smith.
Kirk Larrabee - 3 hours ago 0
The Kansas City Chiefs should have no problem finding a trade partner for Alex Smith this offseason and could come away with a strong haul in return, according to insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.
Rapoport, who reported over the weekend the Chiefs would be listening to offers for Smith this offseason, was a guest on The Day Shift on 610 Sports Radio Kansas City Monday, where he was asked about the level of interest in Alex Smith and whether or not the Chiefs will be able to trade him.
"A lot," Rapoport said. "A lot, and yes."
Smith is coming off his best statistical season of his career as he threw for 4,042 yards in 2017 with 26 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a 104.7 passer rating. Rapoport says it's that performance along with what Smith can bring to a team's quarterback room that makes him such a hot commodity.
"He was number one in the NFL in passer rating," Rapoport said. "He is a great person, so if you trade for him and then draft a quarterback high, you will get someone who's going to help him. All you need to do is ask Patrick Mahomes. It's actually an amazing thing what a great person Alex Smith is because he's dealt with a lot of crap in his career despite mostly awesome and has come out the other side of it."
There have been several teams speculated to be good fits for Smith, with different situations among each of them. There's the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills, playoff teams that are still fighting quarterback woes; there's the Arizona Cardinals, a team whose starting quarterback, Carson Palmer, just retired, but still has enough talent to be competitive next season; and there's a team like the Cleveland Browns, who might be interested in acquiring Smith to not just help the team start winning again but to be a mentor to a quarterback they might select in the draft.
The latter situation might not seem like an ideal one to many quarterbacks, but Smith has done it before, and Rapoport thinks he might not have a problem doing it again.
"If I was a franchise quarterback, would I really want to help the guy who is brought in to replace me? I don't know," Rapoport said. "For some ridiculous reason, Alex Smith has done it several times, and he's continued to be a great guy. He's going to end up benefiting from all this because first of all, he's probably going to wind up being traded somewhere great. Second of all, I think his legacy will sort of live on and people will know what a good person he is."
Trading Smith would free up $17 million in cap space for the Chiefs, a much-needed amount for a team currently projected to be over the cap next year, and would also allow them to replenish some of the draft picks they traded away in multiple trades in recent months. It cost a 2013 second round pick and a 2014 conditional pick (which turned out to be another second round pick) for the Chiefs to acquire Smith from the San Francisco 49ers in 2013, and Rapoport thinks the Chiefs could get even more in return for Smith than that.
"I think they might do better this time," Rapoport said. "He is a hot commodity, and they are in unbelievable position."
Originally Posted by bigjosh:
Jesus you are retarded.
Did you read the 5 posts that explained illegal man down field?
pillowbiter
THAT assessment is actually retarded... and shameful to be repeated.
LOOK at the gif. The defender would have met Witz right at the LOS !!!!!
LOOK AT IT. There can not be a legitimate argument made to the contrary.
There CAN always be the continued argument that Alex gambled here and lost... and not for the only time in the game. He was so determined to make a play... that he chose to try and do it on his own. Understandable mistakes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
The Chiefs are already in cap hell even after figuring a significant cap bump.
He's gone.
I would hope so but you never know with this team and Reid in charge. Not to many people thought Sutton would still have his job 2 weeks after another playoff collapse and not a word has come out saying otherwise. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sandy Vagina:
THAT assessment is actually retarded... and shameful to be repeated.
LOOK at the gif. The defender would have met Witz right at the LOS !!!!!
LOOK AT IT. There can not be a legitimate argument made to the contrary.
There CAN always be the continued argument that Alex gambled here and lost... and not for the only time in the game. He was so determined to make a play... that he chose to try and do it on his own. Understandable mistakes.
You're expecting the LG, who's doing his job, to know that his QB is going to run and to pick up the spy? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sandy Vagina:
THAT assessment is actually retarded... and shameful to be repeated.
LOOK at the gif. The defender would have met Witz right at the LOS !!!!!
LOOK AT IT. There can not be a legitimate argument made to the contrary.
There CAN always be the continued argument that Alex gambled here and lost... and not for the only time in the game. He was so determined to make a play... that he chose to try and do it on his own. Understandable mistakes.
The defender was a fucking spy. You don't block a spy unless he comes flying in for a sack. As a guard, he probably didn't expect his bitch ass QB to run like a pussy from a clean pocket right into the spy.
The LB wouldn't have been at the line of scrimmage if cuck boy didn't start scrambling for no reason.
Ineligible receiver down field if he blocks that guy then 11 actually throws the fucking ball. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pestilence:
You're expecting the LG, who's doing his job, to know that his QB is going to run and to pick up the spy?
I have covered this page or two back. Not expecting. Would have been nice, is all.
I rightfully put the blame on Smith.. with the caveat of : tried to be proactive and make something happen.... probably hoped that one of two OL doing absolutely nothing... might just get a clue. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by bigjosh:
The defender was a ****ing spy. You don't block a spy unless he comes flying in for a sack. As a guard, he probably didn't expect his bitch ass QB to run like a pussy from a clean pocket right into the spy.
The LB wouldn't have been at the line of scrimmage if cuck boy didn't start scrambling for no reason.
Ineligible receiver down field if he blocks that guy then 11 actually throws the ****ing ball.
You will not clean up and bury your miserable fail here. As I suggested, all the words in the book won't confuse people into knowing where the LOS is... and how an illegal downfield penalty... is a silly joke. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sandy Vagina:
I have covered this page or two back. Not expecting. Would have been nice, is all.
I rightfully put the blame on Smith.. with the caveat of : tried to be proactive and make something happen.... probably hoped that one of two OL doing absolutely nothing... might just get a clue. :-)
Get a clue to what exactly? It didn't happen because it's not fucking expected of the offensive lineman to do that. They don't have eyes in the back of their heads. They won't know that their QB has decided to scramble behind them. It's borderline retarded to expect the LG there to know that Smith is going to scramble and that he now needs to re-engage the DT who was spying the QB and not rushing him.
And once again....your "putting it on Smith" is bullshit because you always add the caveat that it's someone else's fault. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sandy Vagina:
I have covered this page or two back. Not expecting. Would have been nice, is all.
I rightfully put the blame on Smith.. with the caveat of : tried to be proactive and make something happen.... probably hoped that one of two OL doing absolutely nothing... might just get a clue. :-)
Maybe Smith should've communicated to one of them to go ahead and block the spy since he was running from a clean pocket? There's no way any of the OL are going to pick up the spy camping past the LOS otherwise. [Reply]
