Reid interested in Alex Smith...

[DC.chief]

Didn't see this posted anywhere.. anyways sorry if its a repost.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ers-alex-smith

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by B14ckmon

You would if it saves your team 7 million dollars. And they will do it out of respect. Hence why every report out about the situation says they will look to trade first but will release him early if they don't get good offers.

That's just bad business. You don't let a proven commodity walk away for nothing, no matter how much respect they have for him.

If he hits the open market, he will pull a huge contract from some QB hungry team. Likely Cleveland, now that they have Norff running the offense.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by SNR

I ****ing hate lazy journalism.

Only in sports can you use the word "possibly" as a reporter and nobody will call you out for your hedge-betting ass that reports shit from completely arbitrary and baseless information.

Do you really know it's baseless info? You don't think Alex Smith has told Trent Dilfer things when he was a free agent and the teams who were courting him?

Is it really that far fetched?

It's a nightmare scenario for me because I hate Alex Smith, but to discredit these reports is ridiculous.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

Do you really know it's baseless info? You don't think Alex Smith has told Trent Dilfer things when he was a free agent and the teams who were courting him?

Is it really that far fetched?

It's a nightmare scenario for me because I hate Alex Smith, but to discredit these reports is ridiculous.

It's lazy because the comments from Reid supposedly go back to last year when he was with the EAGLES. That's if you believe the report from Trent Dilfer.

[B14ckmon]

Originally Posted by Bowser

That's just bad business. You don't let a proven commodity walk away for nothing, no matter how much respect they have for him.

If he hits the open market, he will pull a huge contract from some QB hungry team. Likely Cleveland, now that they have Norff running the offense.

It's called respect. Plus when you have arguably the best team in the NFL, you have the luxury of doing things like that.

It has already been reported by people with team insider knowledge that they will release him out of respect early if they can't get a trade they AND he likes. They won't trade him anywhere he doesn't want to go.

[DTLB58]

If they trade for Smith

Well anyways, After I pick myself up off the floor....It just tells you they don't feel any rookie QB can win right now!

It will be interesting to see what Dorsey/Reid do similar to the Carl/Marty era PR wise to win the fans back over. It's not as desperate as it was in the late 80's but I think bringing in a veteran QB would scream desperation.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by SNR

It's lazy because the comments from Reid supposedly go back to last year when he was with the EAGLES. That's if you believe the report from Trent Dilfer.

So you think it's out of the realm of possibility that Reid would be interested in him again when the QB situation is in even worse shape here?

I actually do believe that report.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by B14ckmon

It's called respect. Plus when you have arguably the best team in the NFL, you have the luxury of doing things like that.

It has already been reported by people with team insider knowledge that they will release him out of respect early if they can't get a trade they AND he likes. They won't trade him anywhere he doesn't want to go.

I think he would look like a boss in a Cheaps uniform

[okcchief]

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[O.city]

Originally Posted by B14ckmon

It's called respect. Plus when you have arguably the best team in the NFL, you have the luxury of doing things like that.

It has already been reported by people with team insider knowledge that they will release him out of respect early if they can't get a trade they AND he likes. They won't trade him anywhere he doesn't want to go.

Doing things like that out of respect, you won't be the best I'm the nfl for long.


They'll release him because they need the money to lock up more important positions than back up qb.

Gtfo with respect

[B14ckmon]

Originally Posted by O.city

Doing things like that out of respect, you won't be the best I'm the nfl for long.


They'll release him because they need the money to lock up more important positions than back up qb.

Gtfo with respect

It's no different than when a player is rewarded with a good contract when they were good to the team.

[O.city]

If you are rewarding guys for what they've done, not what they will do for you in the future, you suck at contract evaluations

[B14ckmon]

Originally Posted by O.city

If you are rewarding guys for what they've done, not what they will do for you in the future, you suck at contract evaluations

How so? I already said they will release him because of the 7 million extra they will be paying him otherwise.

You are just whining to whine now. You need a girlfriend and a vacation.

[O.city]

Paying guys big contracts for what they've done gets you in trouble if they are at the en of the road



An ill tell my wife a 19 year old jags fan thinks I need a gf

[B14ckmon]

Originally Posted by O.city

Paying guys big contracts for what they've done gets you in trouble if they are at the en of the road



An ill tell my wife a 19 year old jags fan thinks I need a gf

Tell her he's 27 or else she will leave you for lying.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I have no idea about the 49ers cap situation, but if I were the GM, I'd find a way to make it work before I started looking to trade Smith.

Absolutely, if they can manage to keep him around another year it only betters that team, as important as QB has become, even beyond years past? they'd be fools to not try.