Any GM who pays a 35 yesr old QB sans Manning 20 mil should be fired. He wont get 20 mil anywhwre and at that age probably wouldnt get a starting QB gig anywhere either.

retires. Which is the smart decision. Hes not the kind of guy thats going to bounce around the league as a backup to prolong his career another 3-4 years.

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He goes into the CFL and sets a record for completion %

It's only going to get worse from here, people who spent their time kicking and screaming about Alex in every thread are only going to get louder.

I suspect that Dorsey and Reid's brainpower superiority over the vocal fanbase will continue apace.

Smith deserves more respect than what he's getting on this forum.

He served his purpose. He came in and stabilized the QB position, something that hasn't been done in KC since Trent Green. He produced winning football, albeit un-flashy. He took this team to the playoffs in multiple seasons and now he'll be a good samaritan and hell develop our QBOTF.

Smith was the perfect QB to bridge the gap between a 2-14 Franchise and what we have today. He served a purpose and he served that purpose perfectly.

Now his time has come, he'll step down no later than the end of this season, and hand over the keys to a winning, loaded football team to our young QBOTF.

Smith deserves to pick where he goes next. Wherever he goes next, he'll do the same thing he did here, and the same he did at the end of his watch in SF.

Best case scenario imo is Mahomes spends 2 years as backup.

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I'm fine with that. I didn't like the value we gave up or the contract he got....but I'm fine with what he did. I said before the draft that if we took Mahomes....that Smith would have all of 2017 from me and that's what I'll give him.

I agree. Was trying to articulate this post earlier.

I hope he plays well this year. I like the guy

JFC some of the bullshit spewed on this board is just disgusting. Hopefully when it's time for you ignorant ****s on here to "check out" it's as miserable as your ****ing posts.

It will be interesting to see how Smith does. IIRC....he started out the season pretty well right after Kap was drafted. Maybe with Mahomes behind him....Smith will pull his head out of his ass and take more chances.

I'm kinda feelin' this. Only exception to this is if he finds a home with a team that has a reasonable chance at the playoffs - and therefore a chance at a title. I don't seen him playing for a dumpster fire and getting killed for nothing. Not with the multiple concussions he's already had. It's not as if he needs football to keep the money coming in. And he's already proven that he's an effective, qualified QB in the NFL, so the only thing he has left is the ring. He's only playing for a championship at this point, so if the right team isn't there, I think he walks away.

He wasn't taking a bunch of "gun-slinger" type chances though after Kap was drafted. He basically played the way he's been playing for KC. I don't expect him to change much of anything this year. Some folks may not like it, but it's been a successful formula.

Alex Smith will probably still be a Chief. Mahomes needs a lot of work. He probably won't be ready for a year or two.

I have to agree with this. I don't think Alex Smith should change his style at this point in his career. We can win with his current style we simply have to improve in other areas, most notably run D.

Alex Smith can still improve but like Reid said he can improve "the little things." You don't want the guy to try to be something he isn't and start throwing a bunch of INTs that cost us games.

How much did the Chiefs give up for him? You act as if NFL teams are run by members of CP. They are not. The league values Smith far more than people here do. I just see him retiring outright if it is to a crappy team though.