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JakeF · 01-08-2018, 04:53 PM

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."

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ChiefsCountry · 01-12-2018, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BryanBusby

Sure, along with another one of their second rounders. Somebody is going to massively overpay for the ****er.

It's a shame Tigger ain't Dorsey and give us the #1 and #4 picks in the draft for him.

JakeF · 01-12-2018, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

$20M for 1 year... so there has to be some sort of guarantee on a rewrite of the contract, I would think. Otherwise, no team is offering up a top pick for a 1 year $20M QB.

Yea, but they have some control and a bit more leverage if Smith is already under contract even if it's just for another year.

Sassy Squatch · 01-12-2018, 02:25 PM

Wouldnt it be 17 mil the new team is accountable for?

Sorce · 01-12-2018, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Superturtle

Wouldnt it be 17 mil the new team is accountable for?

I would assume his new team would want to restructure him.

duncan_idaho · 01-12-2018, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeF

Wow

A bunch of leftover anger being taken out on Alex Smith instead of the Hunt family.

Alex Smith is frustrating. That's the main feeling I would describe as directed at him from Chiefs fans, though I'm sure there are some who hate him.

My ire is definitely directed at the Chiefs ownership and front office, at the fans who enable the "safe" approach the Clarks have taken for years, and for the Alex Smith ball washers who told those uninterested in what he could provide (and not bought into the idea of him elevating his play) that we should thank our lucky stars for what he would do/did.

Mecca · 01-12-2018, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Alex Smith is frustrating. That's the main feeling I would describe as directed at him from Chiefs fans, though I'm sure there are some who hate him.

My ire is definitely directed at the Chiefs ownership and front office, at the fans who enable the "safe" approach the Clarks have taken for years, and for the Alex Smith ball washers who told those uninterested in what he could provide (and not bought into the idea of him elevating his play) that we should thank our lucky stars for what he would do/did.

That trade was because they desperately wanted to stop having top 5 picks.

Quesadilla Joe · 01-12-2018, 05:16 PM

Would you guys trade Smith to AZ for Fitzgerald straight up?

Bewbies · 01-12-2018, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Would you guys trade Smith to AZ for Fitzgerald straight up?

No.

Draft pick > 1 year rental

Beerthirty · 01-12-2018, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Would you guys trade Smith to AZ for Fitzgerald straight up?

Picks only. God now Harlan is on with Keitzman and you would think Alex was Brett Favre. Geeez.

**MahiMike** · 01-12-2018, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Would you guys trade Smith to AZ for Fitzgerald straight up?

Hell no. Grampa

ARROW2 · 01-12-2018, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Beerthirty

Picks only. God now Harlan is on with Keitzman and you would think Alex was Brett Favre. Geeez.

Can't listen to that guy. He was like, "he better be this and that if they go with mahomes" as if he is following Joe ****ing montana.

Sassy Squatch · 01-12-2018, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ARROW2

Can't listen to that guy. He was like, "he better be this and that if they go with mahomes" as if he is following Joe ****ing montana.

Who gives a **** what a shock jock has to say?

pugsnotdrugs19 · 01-12-2018, 05:58 PM

Well Kietzman should probably kill himself anyways so there's that

Beerthirty · 01-12-2018, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ARROW2

Can't listen to that guy. He was like, "he better be this and that if they go with mahomes" as if he is following Joe ****ing montana.

They were talking Favre threw a ton of interceptions his last 3 years with Jets and Vikes and did real well and just think what Alex could do?? lol Well we know he would sh t the bed if he had to drive them down the field when it counts!!!

pugsnotdrugs19 · 01-12-2018, 06:08 PM

Lost a lot of respect for Harlan's football acumen after listening to that podcast with Kietzman just now.

That dumbass talked about Smith like he was a HOFer. How do these 'professionals' not get this shit?

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