Alex Smith: I don't think anyone is going to be too hard headed

[Carlota69]

Alex Smith says he hopes to remain with Chiefs
By RANDY COVITZ

John Sleezer/ The Kansas City Star
Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith has one year left on his contract, but wants to sign an extension with the team.
Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith still isn’t assured of what his future holds beyond the upcoming season.

But Smith, who has one year left on his contract, let it be known he wants to sign an extension and continue his career in Kansas City.

“I’d love to have it done,” Smith said in a phone interview on Thursday. “I love Kansas City, I love the coaching staff, the players … but when you’re talking about this many years and that type of deal, you want it done right. You want both sides happy, and you want it to be something that is going to last and you can play out. A lot of things go into it.

“With that, there’s still plenty of time. I still have a whole year left, and who knows what will happen?”

Smith said his representatives had discussions with Chiefs general manager John Dorsey until this month when the league goes dormant before camp, which starts for Chiefs quarterbacks and rookies Monday in St. Joseph.

“This time of year, the whole NFL is put on hold because this is the little time coaches and general managers have off, just like the rest of us,” said Smith, speaking from Lake Tahoe, Nev., where he is competing in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship.

“We’ve continued talks, had open conversation, but no news to report.”

The Chiefs, with about $9.4 million of salary cap space available, are facing a dilemma with Smith, 30, and outside linebacker Justin Houston, 25, entering the final years of their contracts before they would become unrestricted free agents.

It’s possible they sign one of them to a long-term deal and use the franchise tag on the other next spring. This season, the franchise tender was $16.2 million for quarterbacks and $11.4 million for linebackers. Smith is due $7.5 million this year, while Houston, who would earn $1.4 million, did not report to the Chiefs’ voluntary off-season program or mandatory mini-camp.

The Chiefs cleared about $7.5 million in salary cap room that can be used to sign either Smith or Houston when they released cornerback Brandon Flowers last month, but Smith didn’t look at it that way.

“Someone told me that, and that’s not what I thought,” Smith said with a laugh. “I thought, ‘Oh man, we lost a good corner.’ I wasn’t thinking about it from a money perspective. Here’s a guy who has started virtually every game for us last year, so now we have to replace him.”

Smith, acquired from San Francisco in a March 2013 trade, was 11-4 as a starter for the Chiefs last season and the team to the playoffs a year after they went 2-14, tied for the worst record in the league.

He is 30-9-1 as a starter in the last three seasons, having led San Francisco to the NFC championship game in 2011 and helping the 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2012 before coming to Kansas City, where he established career bests with 308 completions, 508 attempts, 3,313 yards and 23 touchdowns with just seven interceptions.

Quarterbacks such as Tony Romo, Matthew Stafford and Jay Cutler, who are all in the $18 million-a-year range, don’t have near the track record as Smith.

“We’re getting pretty close to where I’m not thinking about any of that,” Smith said, “but certainly when you’re talking about comparables and what the marketplace is for a quarterback, certainly you’re looking at that, and I feel like my body of work of the last three, four years is right up there with a lot of those guys. No question, when you’re trying to put a value on something like that, you look at a lot of stuff.

“But real soon come Sunday, all that stuff is going to get turned off for me.”

Smith said it can be difficult to compartmentalize worrying about his contract and studying his playbook.

“When I talk to management, we talk about that, and that’s great, and then flush it, and we focus on football and doing what we have to do to help us win,” he said.

Smith said if a contract extension isn’t wrapped up by the start of the season, it doesn’t mean it can’t be done before next March.

“You’re talking about until next March when free agency would potentially start,” Smith said. “It’s a long time between now and then for something to get hashed out.

“Just knowing John (Dorsey) and (head coach) Andy (Reid) … they’re flexible and pragmatic guys,” Smith said. “I don’t think anyone is going to be too hard-headed, and we’re trying to get it done the best way we can"


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[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Kaepernick

I thought Peyton was the biggest choke artist in the NFL. Now I'm so confused.

In all seriousness, Romo is flat inconsistent. I wouldn't want a QB like him that could kill me at any time and likely the worst time. I would actually take Alex over Romo, and it is not like I think Alex is a top QB. Yes, he is just a journeyman, a game manager, but he is consistent and he is not likely to throw the game away.

I would take Alex over Romo or Cutler. I'm not so sure about Stafford. I think the jury is out on him yet.

All this from kaepernick
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[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

That play and the playoff game was Smith's later part of his career in a nutshell.

Originally Posted by -King-

Uh, that play was Cyrus Grays fault. He even admitted to slowing down.

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

Oh he did? That's news to me. Bastard Gray.

So in summation, Smith's career in a nutshell, if one single play can be a nutshell [UrumphROMO!!], is a bunch of drive-by fans who misread a single play and demonize his entire past, present and future over said misreading.

Sounds about right.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Cutler, Stafford and Romo.

You are ****ing high or reeruned to think that there isn't a team out there that won't offer Smith the exact same money or more.

He and those piles of squirrel shit are in the same tier of NFL QBs.

FYP

[Mav]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

All this from kaepernick
Posted via Mobile Device

Except the journeyman party.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

"Any time you get an opportunity like that, you expect to hit it," Smith told reporters after the playoff defeat, per The Kansas City Star. "The tough part is all week we so many reps, (and) obviously with Jamaal (Charles) getting all of those, it's just something we have never repped with Cyrus."

Gray acknowledged that he momentarily slowed his stride on the route, but Smith told the room: "You've still got to hit it."

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

So in summation, Smith's career in a nutshell, if one single play can be a nutshell [UrumphROMO!!], is a bunch of drive-by fans who misread a single play and demonize his entire past, present and future over said misreading.

Sounds about right.

That's reeruned. Alex Smith is who he is. He's not a great QB no matter how you slice it, or how you feel about his past, present or future. I really don't get why some are arguing in favor of extending him. He's not this franchise's answer for long term success. Fans are just so used to shitty QB play that Captain Game Manager comes in and some fans think he's TEH BESTEST EVA.

I want him to succeed but again, he is who he is. Hopefully, if we do extend him, Reid can keep on making chicken salad out of game managing chicken shit and we keep improving the talent around him. He's gonna earn anything he gets if he survives the year with this OL if they play the way a lot are expecting them to play.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Again, they seemingly don't believe that with the price he's asking for.

They drafted Murray with his older identical twin on the roster, so what the **** do they know anyway?

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

That's reeruned. Alex Smith is who he is. He's not a great QB no matter how you slice it, or how you feel about his past, present or future. I really don't get why some are arguing in favor of extending him. He's not this franchise's answer for long term success. Fans are just so used to shitty QB play that Captain Game Manager comes in and some fans think he's TEH BESTEST EVA.

I want him to succeed but again, he is who he is. Hopefully, if we do extend him, Reid can keep on making chicken salad out of game managing chicken shit and we keep improving the talent around him. He's gonna earn anything he gets if he survives the year with this OL if they play the way a lot are expecting them to play.

That's going to be extremely difficult to do if they're paying Alex Smith more than $17 million a season. Hell, it's going to be difficult to do if they're paying him more than $12 million a season.

Going to need to get much, much better instant results from the draft than what the Chiefs have gotten so far.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

That's going to be extremely difficult to do if they're paying Alex Smith more than $17 million a season. Hell, it's going to be difficult to do if they're paying him more than $12 million a season.

Going to need to get much, much better instant results from the draft than what the Chiefs have gotten so far.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

They drafted Murray with his older identical twin on the roster, so what the **** do they know anyway?

That Alex isn't the answer

[BigMeatballDave]

I like Alex, but he should have taken what the Chiefs offered. There weren't any takers when he was available when he got his current contract. I don't think anyone is giving him more than 17.

[Bufkin]

The only thing making me feel "hard headed" around here is Aaron Murray's deep ball.

[007]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

I like Alex, but he should have taken what the Chiefs offered. There weren't any takers when he was available when he got his current contract. I don't think anyone is giving him more than 17.

I'll bet this is more about his agent than it is about him. He is just saying what he has to say.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Some of this is true sure. Romo is the best thing about a mediocre organization.

The cowboys have failed Romo ultimately. Jerry jones is a shit GM and Garrett is a shit HC.

This. Romo is the least of the problems on a team rife with them.

[gonefishin53]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

A source tells me negotiations continue between the #Chiefs and Alex Smith, but there are "significant" differences between the two sides.

— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) July 18, 2014

Reading the comments from Smith and his wife regarding a contract extension makes me think the significant difference is more about commitment than annual salary. Smiths want a five year commitment and Chiefs are offering three. JMO.