The 49ers have expressed to others that a deal for QB Alex Smith is effectively DONE

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Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

The 49ers have expressed to others that a deal for QB Alex Smith is effectively complete. Can't be finalized til league year begins 3/12


Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

so it's not official, both clubs view it at as it's effectively done. I do not know the other team. KC and JAX are 2 teams that make sense

[Pasta Little Brioni]

GOLD MEN ARE COMING....TO INVADE KANSAS CITY!!!!!

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Marvin49

In all honesty...

I like Alex. I wish he'd stay in SF as a backup.

However if my team had aquired a player I didn't know a ton about I'd appreciate it if a fan of the team he played for tried to give an honest evaluation of him.

Instead, you have mostly been idiots.

No worries....it's your forum.

I appreciate your efforts and sentiment. But we have already broken down Alex Smith, and I just don't think you're going to convince anyone that "a light went on" or he's anything more than a game manager QB.

Short-range accurate guys who don't make mistakes but also don't make plays downfield (or push it downfield very often) just don't sell as anything other than game managers.

Trying to sell a game manager around here, and on top of that, a game manager cast-off from San Francisco... just isn't going to be met well.

[O.city]

The Chiefs have always had this thing backwards. Alex Smith, Matt Cassel etc is a move you make when you're first round QB just busted hard, or he needs some competition or to be groomed.

If they wanna bring in Smith, to bridge the gap to Geno, fine, do it. I don't see it, but ok.

But when you are a new coach, new regime, new team, you need something to reenergize. If you wanna say maybe that guy isn't available, ok. I'll say thats probably bullshit, but you can say it.

The Matt Cassels or Alex Smiths, don't re energize fanbases. They actually, IMO, go the opposite way. If you bring that guy in, you damn sure better win NOW. No learning curve, none of that.

Win NOW and win BIG.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I appreciate your efforts and sentiment. But we have already broken down Alex Smith, and I just don't think you're going to convince anyone that "a light went on" or he's anything more than a game manager QB.

Short-range accurate guys who don't make mistakes but also don't make plays downfield (or push it downfield very often) just don't sell as anything other than game managers.

Trying to sell a game manager around here, and on top of that, a game manager cast-off from San Francisco... just isn't going to be met well.

Just wait until Alex Smith starts busting on the lack of culinary choices in KC.

[Hootie]

GOATSE, that was some good information.

Can you tell me what % of balls Kaepernick threw over 20 yards downfield? That might be a very, very, very damning statistic for Smith.

[The Franchise]

Over 20 yards?

He threw a total of 24 passes.....and completed 13 for 398 yards and 3 TDs with 1 INT.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

GOATSE, that was some good information.

Can you tell me what % of balls Kaepernick threw over 20 yards downfield? That might be a very, very, very damning statistic for Smith.

Looking at SB winners from the past 8 years would probably hurt the Alex Smith QB's odds of winning a SB even more.

[WildTurkey]

It saddens me that there are actual fans out there sad that this Alex Smith deal hasn't and hopefully won't happen. What the hell is wrong with these people. Alex Smith is a below average starting qb and that's being generous

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by O.city

The Chiefs have always had this thing backwards. Alex Smith, Matt Cassel etc is a move you make when you're first round QB just busted hard, or he needs some competition or to be groomed.

If they wanna bring in Smith, to bridge the gap to Geno, fine, do it. I don't see it, but ok.

But when you are a new coach, new regime, new team, you need something to reenergize. If you wanna say maybe that guy isn't available, ok. I'll say thats probably bullshit, but you can say it.

The Matt Cassels or Alex Smiths, don't re energize fanbases. They actually, IMO, go the opposite way. If you bring that guy in, you damn sure better win NOW. No learning curve, none of that.

Win NOW and win BIG.

This describes my sentiments pretty exactly.

If the Chiefs draft a QB at No. 1 and it doesn't work out, I'll be forgiving. If they draft Luke Joeckel, let Brandon Albert walk, and bring in Alex Smith and someone like Sean Renfree in round 5, they're going to have to prove it works before I believe in it and before I let myself care.

Any trust I have in Reid/Dorsey is instantly cashed in if they try the same old crap that all their predecessors have tried.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Over 20 yards?

He threw a total of 24 passes.....and completed 13 for 398 yards and 3 TDs with 1 INT.

1 in every how many attempts?

[Hootie]

you can include the postseason, too...because I felt like he was throwing a ton of deep passes

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

If they draft Luke Joeckel, let Brandon Albert walk, and bring in Alex Smith and someone like Sean Renfree in round 5, they're going to have to prove it works before I believe in it and before I let myself care.

Yeah, if they do that, I'm out. I'm not waiting around to see if it works because it won't.

[ChiefAshhole20]

I just find it hard to believe that Andy came to KC over Arizona so he could use the first overall pick on a LT and trade for Alex Smith. He could've done that shit in Arizona and picked Fisher or Johnson

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

1 in every how many attempts?

1 in every 7 I believe. I suck at math.

Kaep had 189 attempts last season.....24 of those beyond 20 yards.

[Mizzou_8541]

Been out of the loop all day. Is Alex Smith a Chief? What's the latest?