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 Hammock Parties:
Suck my balls. I was right.
You weren't right. Smith played great, again, and the team shit the bed all around him. He made the throws to extend drives, no one could catch them. Kicker couldn't hit the FG, Zombo couldn't shed a QB block, defense couldn't get off the field in how many 3rd and looong situations in the second half, Reid calling plays again forgot he had a running back... Smith made the throws.
Just be done with it. Let this just be a thread on where he goes, and then be done. [Reply]
Teams that are or may be in need of QBs feel free to add to the list if I missed any:
Redskins
Vikings
Cardinals
Jaguars
Bills
Jets
QBs available or most likely to be available:
Alex Smith
Kirk Cousins
Case Keenum
Sam Bradford
Teddy Bridgewater
AJ McCarron
Josh McCown
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Tyrod Taylor
Blake Bortles
I did not mention the 49ers and Garappolo or the Saints and Brees because I figure they will get something worked out to stay.
I am just not sure where we are going to get a "haul" from for Smith. [Reply]
Originally Posted by temper11:
You weren't right. Smith played great, again, and the team shit the bed all around him. He made the throws to extend drives, no one could catch them. Kicker couldn't hit the FG, Zombo couldn't shed a QB block, defense couldn't get off the field in how many 3rd and looong situations in the second half, Reid calling plays again forgot he had a running back... Smith made the throws.
Just be done with it. Let this just be a thread on where he goes, and then be done.
It'd be nice to see Alex Smith actually hold his teammates accountable once in a while for shit like that. But no, that's too much to ask of complacent Alex Smith, the game manager. [Reply]
Originally Posted by temper11:
You weren't right. Smith played great, again, and the team shit the bed all around him. He made the throws to extend drives, no one could catch them. Kicker couldn't hit the FG, Zombo couldn't shed a QB block, defense couldn't get off the field in how many 3rd and looong situations in the second half, Reid calling plays again forgot he had a running back... Smith made the throws.
Just be done with it. Let this just be a thread on where he goes, and then be done.
I believe you're referring to the 1st half when talking about Smith, and ignoring the 2nd half. His first half was as good as we've seen him. And his 2nd half was as bad as we've ever seen him.
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Teams that are or may be in need of QBs feel free to add to the list if I missed any:
Redskins
Vikings
Cardinals
Jaguars
Bills
Jets
QBs available or most likely to be available:
Alex Smith
Kirk Cousins
Case Keenum
Sam Bradford
Teddy Bridgewater
AJ McCarron
Josh McCown
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Tyrod Taylor
Blake Bortles
I did not mention the 49ers and Garappolo or the Saints and Brees because I figure they will get something worked out to stay.
I am just not sure where we are going to get a "haul" from for Smith.
Only 3 or 4 of those names are worth a wet shart. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
That wasn't the take I saw in their msg boards. They don't want to give up 33 for a QB. They want a Bradford or Tyrod Taylor for free. Some even want Kaepernick
My bad... was just going to post what I read and it's a high second (#35) the guy suggested and others agreed to. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
It'd be nice to see Alex Smith actually hold his teammates accountable once in a while for shit like that. But no, that's too much to ask of complacent Alex Smith, the game manager.
He is a beta personality. Need an alpha male as the QB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bewbies:
I believe you're referring to the 1st half when talking about Smith, and ignoring the 2nd half. His first half was as good as we've seen him. And his 2nd half was as bad as we've ever seen him.
Everyone was terrible.
he was 5 for 10 in which 3 of those incompletions were drops that would have extended drives - with no picks. He wasn't killing it in the second half like the first, but he made the throws to extend drives... no one could catch the damn ball.
but, I'm not really interested in having this conversation again. I'm not trying to hold him up as some HOF QB, but to lay the blame for that loss on Smith's feet AGAIN is just patently ridiculous. I've read at least 5 times on these message boards that "Mahomes" would have won the game - of course this assumes that the receivers caught the passes that Mahomes threw right?
Whatever. I like all of you, can't wait for him to be traded. [Reply]
Originally Posted by temper11:
he was 5 for 10 in which 3 of those incompletions were drops that would have extended drives - with no picks. He wasn't killing it in the second half like the first, but he made the throws to extend drives... no one could catch the damn ball.
My bad. He was awesome. I don't know what I was watching. [Reply]
Originally Posted by temper11:
You weren't right. Smith played great, again, and the team shit the bed all around him.
Fuck off dicklicker.
Smith blew this game in the same way he blew the games in midseason when we had a chance to gain the #1 seed.
By choking his ass off in the clutch.
The game was RIGHT FUCKING THERE in front of him to be won on two of the last three drives and he blew it. Look at the All 22. It's clear as day. He hits even ONE of those throws we probably win.
He's a fucking loser that can't even make it out of the wild-card round. [Reply]
Smith played great when the plays were scripted in the 1st half and the D was giving him the ball back quickly..
But in the second half , when things started getting ruff , he turtled up to a measley 3 YPA for a whopping 30 yards and started getting happy feet....
The defense played a great 1st half too, but you don't have any creepy stalkers denying they had a poor second half [Reply]
