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Alex Smith: I don't think anyone is going to be too hard headed
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" Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/07/17/355...#storylink=cpy |
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If Dorsey is balking at a 5 year deal then Andy must really like Bray or Murray in the near future. I am sure Brays arm cannon has him sporting wood ever time he sees it.
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Smiff deserves a HUGE multi year contract
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Raiders will give it to him next year. ENJOY!
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The most expensive backup ever to future world beater Derek Carr.
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07-19-2014, 08:28 AM | #95 |
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Here is what sucks. Manning is on his last year. Rivers is soon to be too old and the Faid have no QB worth two shits yet. We would own this div next season and possibly for the next 5 years but only with a stable QB situation. Smith is not ever going to be the guy that carrys a team with his arm but keep a tough defense around him and we would contend. He certainly is worth keeping with the division in the state its in.
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Look at Smith's stats. You don't think we can replicate them with a QB via draft? Surely a QB that our scouts and coaches felt comfortable drafting could put up Alex Smith type of numbers, they aren't mind blowing, and it doesn't cost you $17 million and the draft pick is young could get better. Alex Smith isn't turning into Tom Brady (not many are that good I'm just saying drafting a guy is like having a surprise gift under the tree, you don't know what's gonna happen and that's a good thing) or improving that much more. He is what he is.
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Here is what I don't understand. The colts added another weapon for luck, the Broncos keep adding for Peyton, and the 49 ers keep adding for Kaepernick. The chiefs add a cfl player and a tweener and chiefs fans bang on alex Smith. If any of the alex haters were realistic, what else besides jamal Charles does this offense have that an elite qb would die to have?
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Yet, people mock alex Smith as a check down king for getting the ball to him.
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