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Originally Posted by hitchief
I still cannot believe there are some who think Alex is just a average qb and need to find the replacement to groom. To each his own but that playoff game was money and he deserves what he can get.
The team would be crazy to not resign Alex to a 4-5 year deal. Qb is the most important position and once you have one you secure it and move on. He wont demand a bank breaking deal but he and his agent will be looking for say a slot between 8 and 12.
If we paid Bowe that kind of money? Just sayin
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Originally Posted by FringeNC
Alex Smith was not an elite QB before we acquired, but I think there is potential for him to reach that level with Reid. Most elite QBs have elite coaches who specialize the offense around the particular talents of the QB.
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It's a 2 way street. There's incentives other than money for Alex to want to play here. A favorable roster that is a legit playoff team and contender on the rise, with young talent and a front office that should be able to hand him more weapons in the upcoming seasons.
Playing for Andy- a coach that genuinely wants him here and has a proven track record with successful QBs. There's not likely a better environment for him to succeed and gain the tutelage and coaching that he'll get compared to KC with Reid.
He's been through the rebuilds and heavy coaching turnover that required starting back at square 1 over and over. Anyone think a 30 going on 31 year old QB really wants to go to the Browns or some other club in flux and digging themselves out of less than mediocrity just to pocket a couple extra million over a few seasons.
That definitely doesn't sound like Smith's personality in my estimation.
Offer the guy a contract between the top 7 and top 11 QBs, and depending on where that shakes out you dial it up or down with incentive clauses to add value to the contract, and maybe push the signing bonus money a bit high. It's good PR, and the agents love when they can point to a gaudy number they got- even if the total deal in actuality isn't nearly as shocking because the base salary money is cap friendly.
Cutler just did the inverse of this with no signing bonus, but getting over 56m in the 1st 3 years.
Brady's deal is peanuts going forward by comparison, but this year he got 31m!!!