Mock (7/29)
 

Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs finish 10-6, make the playoffs but are bounced out of the Wild Card round. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach stay on.

2. The Chiefs trade QB Alex Smith to the Arizona Cardinals for a 2nd rounder.

3. The Chiefs extend CB Terrance Mitchell 3 years, $18m ($7m guaranteed).

4. The Chiefs cut OG Jah Reid.

5. The Chiefs sign NT Bennie Logan for 3 years, $27m ($12m guaranteed), CB Phillip Gaines for 2 years, $4m, K Cairo Santos for 4 years, $11m ($4m guaranteed).

6. The Chiefs tender DE Rakeem Nunez-Roches, ILB Justin March, ILB Ramik Wilson, ILB Terrance Smith.

7. The Chiefs sign QB Tyler Bray, FB Anthony Sherman, WR Seantavius Jones, TE Gavin Escobar, DE David King to minimal deals.

8. The Chiefs let walk WR Albert Wilson, WR De'Anthony Thomas, G Zach Fulton, G Mike Person, NT Montori Hughes, DE Jarvis Jenkins, ILB Josh Mauga, ILB Kevin Pierre-Louis, P Dustin Colquitt.

9. The Chiefs sign QB Drew Stanton (Cardinals).

10. The Chiefs are picking 24th, and have no compensatory picks.

2 (Alex Smith). WR James Washington, Oklahoma State
2. OLB Marcell Frazier, Missouri
3. NT Jerry Tillery, Notre Dame
4. C Austin Golson, Auburn
5. OT/G Bentley Spain, North Carolina
6. RB Nick Wilson, Arizona
7 (Marcus Cooper). P Johnny Townsend, Florida
7. TE Ryan Yurachek, Marshall

roster:

QB: Mahomes, Stanton, Bray
RB: Hunt, Ware, West, Wilson
FB: Sherman

WR: Hill, Conley, Washington, Robinson, Jones, Chesson
TE: Kelce, Escobar, Harris, Yurachek

LT: Fisher, Schwartz
LG: Ehinger, Spain
C: Morse, Golson
RG: Duvarney-Tardif, Witzmann
RT: Schwartz, Witzmann

DE: Jones, Nunez-Roches
NT: Logan, Tillery
DE: Bailey, Kpassagnon, King

OLB: Ford, Hali
ILB: Wilson, Smith
ILB: Johnson, Eligwe, March-Lillard
OLB: Houston, Frazier

CB: Peters, Mitchell, Nelson, Gaines, White
S: Berry, Parker, Sorensen, Murray, McQuay

K: Santos
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester

I actually think Alex to Arizona is very realistic. Would be a good trade for both sides

LMAO

Arians wouldn't want him there, Arians likes big armed QBs. Maybe Jets/Bills, somewhere that needs a solid starting QB to buy time for developing a new QBOTF.

If Alex Smith has a great year and takes the Chiefs to the AFC Championship, they're not trading him in 2018.

If Alex Smith has a 2016-like year or continues to regress, no team, especially the Cardinals, are giving the Chiefs a 2nd round pick for him.

Everything you wrote is preposterous.

And this is different?

There's a middle ground.

Wouldn't mind the Chiefs taking a flyer on Allen Lazard of Iowa State in the middle rounds. Talented kid, who has basically had a poorer version of Alex Smith as his QB in his career.

I also think its kinda wishful thinking that we spin Smith out for a high draft pick. We will want the cap space, so why pay something you might get for free if you just wait.

Arizona likes to go downfield. Alex Smith doesn't.

Yeah, Alex Smith is like literally the opposite of what Arians wants from his QB.

Arians wanted Alex in 2013. If Palmer retires, I can easily see a scenario where we trade Alex to them for a pick.

You mean like we should have?

Valid point.