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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In his first public comments since the Kansas City Chiefs traded up in the first round to select Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes II, Alex Smith acknowledged Wednesday that his time as Kansas City's starter might soon be finished.
The Chiefs view Mahomes as the eventual replacement for Smith, who has two seasons left on his contract.
"I think [the Chiefs are] committed to me [only] through this year,'' Smith said. "That's just the nature of it. If you don't go out there and perform, I mean, coach [Andy] Reid and [quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy] are very honest. You've got to go out there and do your deal. We all have to.
"Whether or not we drafted Patrick, it doesn't change that, right? If you're not good enough and didn't get it done, you're not going to be around long. That's just our culture. I know it. That's the nature of the position.''
Smith went through a similar situation earlier in his career when he was with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers drafted Colin Kaepernick in the second round in 2011. Midway through the following season, Kaepernick replaced Smith as San Francisco's starting quarterback, and Smith was traded to the Chiefs after the end of the season.
Quarterback Alex Smith has two seasons left on his contract but acknowledged Wednesday in his first public comments since the Chiefs drafted Patrick Mahomes II that his time in Kansas City might soon be over.
"There is a little similarity,'' said Smith, who turned 33 earlier this month. "I'm an older quarterback and they drafted a kid that's coming in young and they're looking to develop.''
One major difference is that Reid and the general manager who brought him to the Chiefs, John Dorsey, are still in place. The coach and general manager who drafted him with the 49ers were long gone by the time San Francisco brought in Kaepernick.
"This is a completely different coaching staff and a completely different team,'' Smith said. "I think I'm a much different player.
"In that sense it's very different. They did bring me here and I've been here four years. I'm in my fifth year now. It was different there. Those were still new faces, so to speak, and I wasn't necessarily their guy or anything like that.''
Still, the addition of Mahomes represents the first legitimate threat to Smith's starting job in Kansas City. Reid and Dorsey have said Mahomes is some time away from being ready to play, and that they are committed to Smith for the interim.
"I've been through it,'' Smith said. "I'm in a different place than the last time I kind of dealt with something like this [but] I get it, right? If any of us were the GM, this in my opinion might be the most important position in all of sports. You'd be crazy not to be stockpiling talent.
"So I get it, going into year 13. You understand it. At the same time it doesn't change my focus, right? I still feel I've got a lot of years left in me. I still feel like I'm getting better, to be honest with you.''
Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate:
Well said. And **** that heathen.
So go suck his dick with Tigger and cheer him up?
As God as my witness, Alex will never receive a single iota of appreciation from me, and I will skull-**** his fan club from now until the very end of time.
Amen.
He's been better than any of the last 5-8 qbs [Reply]
He's a winning QB, its not always pretty, but you can win with that guy. I think we have been very fortunate to have him. I do think Alex is going to have a good year in 2017, he has a lot to prove. Some team will be happy to pay him for his services in 2018. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Alex has served his purpose.
He's a winning QB, its not always pretty, but you can win with that guy. I think we have been very fortunate to have him. I do think Alex is going to have a good year in 2017, he has a lot to prove. Some team will be happy to pay him for his services in 2018.
Exactly this.
Alex was never going to be anything more than a transitional QB for us while we waited for the next guy. It would have taken a monumental series of fortunate events for him to have reached the SB with the Chiefs.
He is the best QB to start for the Chiefs since Trent. I wish him success and one last opportunity to start with another team come the 2018 season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
5 year transitional QB?
To me Smith will be the guy that impressed me at times yet left me wondering why he couldn't do it more consistently.
I guess that's why the great QBs are great and the average QBs are just average.
Yeah, I think this whole "Alex's job was to make KC respectable and transition to a real QB they can win with" line of thinking is just pro-Alex spin.
That's certainly not what was said at the time by Andy Reid or Clark Hunt (we have our first round QB, Alex being able to do everything Andy needs/wants, Alex being able to improve, etc.)
It certainly wasn't the rhetoric of most in favor of the trade or most who defended him after he arrived. "Not his fault! Winning percentage! Smart football!"
Transitional QBs are guys you being in for a year, maybe two. You don't talk up their ability to improve, or become elite starters, or give them lucrative, expensive contract extensions.
It doesn't take 5 years to "transition." Whatever the fuck that means.
Alex Smith was a fruitless, pointless endeavor. He was kinda fun to kick around, though. We've all completed our Doctorates in Game Management Studies. [Reply]
Guys, you don't trade or sign a QB and say that he's just here to help us transition. Nobody does that, nobody. I 100% believe that Reid thought he would win with Smith, and you know what? He did. Shit we even one a playoff game with him, which sadly is something we didn't do with ANY QB around here in decades. So its not like Reid lied to anyone, or sold us on Smith and he didn't deliver.
If anything, Smith allowed Reid and Dorsey time to rebuild the entire organization, the team itself and the front office. The Chiefs are now in placve to go get the QB they wanted and insert him into a roster that's talented and pretty deep.
My lord, thier plan was spot on perfect. I don't know why so many of you want to sit around and bitch all day about a team that consistantly makes the playoffs, and just drafted a QB who looks to be the homerun hitter we have all wanted for so long.
Outside of a handful of team, I think most teams would love to be in our current position. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
Every time Alex takes a hit or throws to the wrong color team he is going doubt his abilities and its going take it's toll more so this season. He took a beating early and often in his career all that will catch up with him including the concussions he took from his head bouncing off the turf in Indianapolis.
His wife will nag at him and his teammates will be giving Mahomes II all the attention so he will start to frail and get even more down on himself and he will be feeling rejected all over again from his getting replaced by a tool like Kaepernick. He will start pressing to show that he isn't afraid to throw deep but his own fears will hold him back because that's what he will revert too how he's played for 13 years.
Pretty good take IMO. He has not been the same since those two whacks to the head bouncing off of the turf. He played more scared than ever.
He has plenty of money and doesn't want to end up a veg. Can't say as I blame him, but he needs to just buck up or move on. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Guys, you don't trade or sign a QB and say that he's just here to help us transition. Nobody does that, nobody. I 100% believe that Reid thought he would win with Smith, and you know what? He did. Shit we even one a playoff game with him, which sadly is something we didn't do with ANY QB around here in decades. So its not like Reid lied to anyone, or sold us on Smith and he didn't deliver.
If anything, Smith allowed Reid and Dorsey time to rebuild the entire organization, the team itself and the front office. The Chiefs are now in placve to go get the QB they wanted and insert him into a roster that's talented and pretty deep.
My lord, thier plan was spot on perfect. I don't know why so many of you want to sit around and bitch all day about a team that consistantly makes the playoffs, and just drafted a QB who looks to be the homerun hitter we have all wanted for so long.
Outside of a handful of team, I think most teams would love to be in our current position.
My only point to add to this is that when Mahomes is ready, he takes the reigns of team that has been assembled. If that is in 2017, frigging great!!! [Reply]
