How Andy Fell for Alex

[FRCDFED]

..How Andy fell for Alex

By Jeff Fedotin | National Football Post – 6 hours ago

It would be one of the first major moves of the 2013 NFL offseason.

By the end of February, the Chiefs already had locked on to their new triggerman and they would trade for him on the first official day of the new league year. But coach Andy Reid’s affection for Alex Smith began well before that.

Reid remains very close with one of Smith’s college coaches.

Kyle Whittingham, a BYU linebacker from 1978 to 1981, practiced against Reid, a BYU lineman from 1979 to 1981, for three years, an experience which forged a long friendship.

The defensive coordinator during Smith’s tenure at Utah, Whittingham then succeeded Urban Meyer as head coach of the program, which Smith helped put on the map.

“I’ve followed (Smith) since college,” Reid said.

Reid became even more impressed and familiar with Smith during his NFL career.

Through a scheduling quirk, Reid’s Eagles faced Smith’s 49ers six times (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) during Smith’s eight-year career with San Francisco. During those encounters, Reid became so enamored with Smith’s toughness, smarts and accuracy that he inquired about acquiring him for the Eagles.

“When I was with Philadelphia — for whatever reason — we seemed to play them every year and got to see him firsthand,” Reid said. “If given the chance, I wanted him on my team.”

The feeling was mutual.

An eager Smith, who wore a Chiefs arrowhead lapel pin on his suit jacket during his introduction to the Kansas City media, targeted the Chiefs.

The 49ers had made it clear that Colin Kaepernick was their guy. As Smith made it equally clear he wanted to start and not continue as Kaepernick’s backup, the 49ers told him they would trade him instead of granting his outright release.

Smith sought a trade to Kansas City.

Alex Smith and Andy Reid begin the next chapter of their careers together in Kansas City.

“There is no doubt in my mind this is where I wanted to be,” Smith said. “It wasn’t close. Everything pointed here for me, and I was excited.”

A QB-needy team that was otherwise talented, including a roster with six Pro Bowlers from last year (S Eric Berry, RB Jamaal Charles, P Dustin Colquitt, LB Tamba Hali, LB Justin Houston and LB Derrick Johnson), the Chiefs seemed like a natural fit.

Another draw was Reid, who served as Brett Favre’s QB coach in Green Bay before guiding Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick in Philadelphia, and the reputation he earned as an offensive guru.

“His pedigree,” Smith said, “speaks for itself.”

Reid’s QB pedigree started with Favre and the Packers, and during that time, Reid befriended John Dorsey, the new Chiefs general manager, who was scouting for Green Bay.

Further showing the deep connections embedded in the NFL old boys network, the Chiefs president, Mark Donovan, served as the Eagles vice president of business operations during Reid’s tenure in Philadelphia.

Because of these relationships, the Chiefs served as a comfortable landing spot for Reid, Dorsey and Smith.

The latter hopes that makes for a smoother ride in Kansas City than his time in San Francisco.

Smith played for four head coaches and seven offensive coordinators during his 49ers career, which he started by throwing for one touchdown and 11 interceptions as a 2005 rookie.

After starting the 2007 season with a 2–1 record, he suffered a separated shoulder against the Seahawks. 49ers coach Mike Nolan questioned the severity of the injury and the quarterback’s toughness, even though Smith eventually would need multiple surgeries.

Finally after compiling a 104.1 passer rating while steering the 2012 49ers to a 6-2-1 record, Smith would sustain a concussion and lose his starting job to Kaepernick, who led the 49ers to the Super Bowl.

Smith declined to call his trade to the Chiefs a fresh start, but he expressed great enthusiasm about playing quarterback in Kansas City.

“Because of what I’ve gone through, you grow as a player. You grow as a person. I’m ready for this,” Smith said. “This is a new opportunity for me. I can’t say how excited I am for it.”

[Thig Lyfe]

booooo

[FRCDFED]

I think the news is flowing so slow right now that beat writers are just digging for anything to write about.

[Deberg_1990]

*cue* the Brokeback Mountain theme.....

[DaKCMan AP]

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[Thig Lyfe]

Smith declined to call his trade to the Chiefs a fresh start, but he expressed great enthusiasm about playing quarterback in Kansas City.

“Because of what I’ve gone through, you grow as a player. You grow as a person. I’m ready for this,” Smith said. “This is a new opportunity for me. I can’t say how excited I am for it.”

So it's not a fresh start, but it is a new opportunity.

HOPE HE'S AS GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL AS HE IS AT PLAYING SEMANTICS.

[Fish]

I'm starting to notice a trend of Reid claiming he previously "Really wanted" every player that's currently on the team he happens to be coaching.

[RedDread]

There is no doubt that the Chiefs got the best of the retread coaches and QB's available this offseason.....

[Easy 6]

They just need to quit trying to sell this all offseason, no amount of positive articles are going to change any minds, no one is going to ease up on it until they start seeing successful play.

Andy, Alex... just make it work, fellas.

[mcaj22]

I'm starting to notice a trend of Reid claiming he previously "Really wanted" every player that's currently on the team he happens to be coaching.

this is what Reid does

he will never throw a guy under the bus

and then out of nowhere he will cut the guy or let them walk in FA.

see:
every Eagles player ever lol

[RealSNR]

Also, having read this article and seen Smith's comments at the press conference and on kcchiefs.com with Reid the Red, whenever he gets to the topic of, "Why do you think Kansas City is a good fit?" it all seems to just stall. Everybody points back to the fact that Alex lost his job in San Fran and wanted to start SOMEwhere, but when pressed on it, Alex doesn't leave a very convincing answer that Kansas City really was his first choice.

I'm sure he's happy just to be here, to have a team to call his own, and to work with a coach who wanted him. I just doubt that when he lost his job to Kaepernick and the Niners talked to him about getting traded, he was instantly like, "Kansas City. Yup. That's my city. That's my team. Make it happen." like we're led to believe.

[Hammock Parties]

How Fatty Met Noodley

[BlackHelicopters]

Are they showerin' together too?

[mcaj22]

Alex just pretty much picked the "best" of the crappiest teams in the NFL he had a chance to start at

it was probably down to

KC
Bills
Raiders
Jags
maybe some other dumpy squad

We have better talent than all the other teams on his short list, that's just the sad truth.

[Deberg_1990]

Did Smith actively seek a trade to KC, or did the Niners just go with the best offer?? I mean, how much input can Smith have into where he gets traded anyways?

[HemiEd]

Did Smith actively seek a trade to KC, or did the Niners just go with the best offer??

Tradition, where 49ers QBs go to pasture.

[Cannibal]

People on here hate Alex Smith, but I'm pulling for him. I hope that with Reid, and the accompanying stability he brings, that Alex's career really takes off.

[Molitoth]

People on here hate Alex Smith, but I'm pulling for him. I hope that with Reid, and the accompanying stability he brings, that Alex's career really takes off.

People don't hate Alex Smith. They hate the way the Chiefs go at bringing in other teams cast offs at the most important position in football, when common practice of super bowl winning teams has been to draft and develop their own.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

'Scuse meeeeee...while I puke my guts; waow-dow~dow, da~dow-dow-dow!
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[Cannibal]

If we draft Geno, I'll be delighted, but if not, I'm hoping for the best from Alex.

[Marcellus]

Tradition, where 49ers QBs go to pasture.

Pretty damn amazing streak we have going.

[KC_Lee]

People don't hate Alex Smith. They hate the way the Chiefs go at bringing in other teams cast offs at the most important position in football, when common practice of super bowl winning teams has been to draft and develop their own.

This, over and over and over.

I just cannot get real fired up over another retread QB. And that's not to say the Chiefs and Alex Smith cannot be sucessful.

But, barring injury & Geno in the 1st rpund, we are in for at least 3 years of Alex Smith and 9 - 7 / 10 - 6 / maybe pull out a 11 - 5 season. This will equal another one and done in the playoffs.

I'll root for them, cheer them on, but until this team get serious in drafting & developing its own starting QB (if not Geno I'd take Bray in the 3rd) I have better things to do with my time and money.

[FRCDFED]

People on here hate Alex Smith, but I'm pulling for him. I hope that with Reid, and the accompanying stability he brings, that Alex's career really takes off.

Same here. I am hoping that we not only give him stability at the OC position but that we also give him an offensive philosophy that he can thrive in. He has always had potential and seemed to show it when he was finally surrounded by a coach that actually knew what coaching meant. We need to develop our own QBOTF while helping Smith and the rest of the guys succeed.

By the time Smith's tenure is over as the starting QB in KC most of our stars (ie Jamal Charles, DJ, etc.) will be in the latter portion of their careers. I for one hope he can take these core guys to the SB.

[RealSNR]

If Pioli had brought in Alex Smith, I probably would have supported him far more enthusiastically than I did Matt Cassel. And I didn't even initially hate Matt Cassel. I bought his fucking jersey.

But it's just been too much. Too many never-wills. It's one thing to bring in a has-been like Manning. But we haven't even done that.

Drafting a QB represents a maybe-will. And that bring hope. Something we haven't had. Ever.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Ugh. Such a pathetic way to operate.
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[Deberg_1990]

People on here hate Alex Smith, but I'm pulling for him. I hope that with Reid, and the accompanying stability he brings, that Alex's career really takes off.

All these guys have to do is win. Winning cures everything.

[Goldmember]

The Niners knew Reid had such a big boner for Smith they had all the leverage in the trade. I get the high 2013 second rounder but a possible 2nd rounder next year for a back up was too much.

[tman]

*cue* the Brokeback Mountain theme.....

youtu.be/HyF93_kwGeI

[Frosty]

Andy Reid: played at BYU

Alex Smith: played at Utah


:hmmm:

[B14ckmon]

Andy Reid: played at BYU

Alex Smith: played at Utah


:hmmm:

Andy Reid and Alex Smith are both Mormon.

[ct]

People don't hate Alex Smith. They hate the way the Chiefs go at bringing in other teams cast offs at the most important position in football, when common practice of super bowl winning teams has been to draft and develop their own.

so let's wait and let these guys in the front office draft ONCE before we go there and condemn them for not trying to draft and develop their own.

just a thought...

[RNR]

All joking aside I think Alex Smith will surprise some people. I think he will do well in KC~

[crossbow]

Nothing against Alex personaly but...

Chiefs do the exact same things for 30 years and somehow think this time will be produce different results. It is maddening to watch. When will this team stop waisting everyone's time?

[BossChief]

I bet were the only place that would offer him the starters job for 2013 without competition.

[COchief]

"An eager Smith, who wore a Chiefs arrowhead lapel pin on his suit jacket during his introduction to the Kansas City media, targeted the Chiefs."

Possibly the dumbest tidbit/addition I have ever seen by a writer, seriously what the hell does the "lapel pin" add to the story? Is that some sort of magic sign of undying love and devotion to the franchise?

[Thig Lyfe]

"An eager Smith, who wore a Chiefs arrowhead lapel pin on his suit jacket during his introduction to the Kansas City media, targeted the Chiefs."

Possibly the dumbest tidbit/addition I have ever seen by a writer, seriously what the hell does the "lapel pin" add to the story? Is that some sort of magic sign of undying love and devotion to the franchise?

He hasn't forgotten 9/11.

[Ace Gunner]

andy twerkin alex right now

[chiefzilla1501]

This, over and over and over.

I just cannot get real fired up over another retread QB. And that's not to say the Chiefs and Alex Smith cannot be sucessful.

But, barring injury & Geno in the 1st rpund, we are in for at least 3 years of Alex Smith and 9 - 7 / 10 - 6 / maybe pull out a 11 - 5 season. This will equal another one and done in the playoffs.

I'll root for them, cheer them on, but until this team get serious in drafting & developing its own starting QB (if not Geno I'd take Bray in the 3rd) I have better things to do with my time and money.

I still believe (maybe I'm way too much of an optimist) that Reid/Dorsey were given a directive to win right away. I still think they want a young QB -- I don't know that that will come in the first round, but I would be shocked if we didn't have a young QB prospect in our arsenal going into next year.

That's not how I wanted this to pan out. But I can understand the trade for Smith to help the team win right away -- he is a good upgrade over Cassel and a guy who can get us to a playoff game, only to lose in the first round. While I'm doing for a true QB, there's another part of me that is just so sick of losing that a season of cheap wins is okay for me.

[Hammock Parties]

he is a good upgrade over Cassel and a guy who can get us to a playoff game

People keep saying this, and there's really no basis for it.

He certainly isn't going to "get us" to a playoff game. The team will do that. Alex Smith can help the team by not fucking it up. Which is all his role ever was in San Francisco for the most part.

[Dave Lane]

So it's not a fresh start, but it is a new opportunity.

HOPE HE'S AS GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL AS HE IS AT PLAYING SEMANTICS.

Its sickening...

[EagleRob]

Nothing against Alex personaly but...

Chiefs do the exact same things for 30 years and somehow think this time will be produce different results. It is maddening to watch. When will this team stop waisting everyone's time?

I know this feeling is prevalent here, but give this combo a chance. It's so much better than what you had last year in P****, Romeo, and Cassel its not even worth mentioning (but I did anyway). All I can say is this... Having been through this before with Reid, I'm here to tell you it's going to work so try to give it the benefit of the doubt. I wouldn't still be here three months after the signing if I didn't believe in this. Truth is, I've been watching my own team with extra skepticism but what the Chiefs are doing I'm buying.

[Imon Yourside]

There is no doubt that the Chiefs got the best of the retread coaches and QB's available this offseason.....

and it definitely requires a golf clap.

[TribalElder]

Andy Reid and Alex Smith are both Mormon.

Missouri is the holy land according to Mormon belief you know

[BryanBusby]

Well you see, when a walrus loves a Quarterback with tiny hands.....

[cdcox]

I've figured it out. Reid is 5-1 against Alex Smith. When Reid sees Smith he subconsciously associates him with winning. :facepalm:

[Sorter]

I've figured it out. Reid is 5-1 against Alex Smith. When Reid sees Smith he subconsciously associates him with winning. :facepalm:

ROFL

[chiefzilla1501]

People keep saying this, and there's really no basis for it.

He certainly isn't going to "get us" to a playoff game. The team will do that. Alex Smith can help the team by not ****ing it up. Which is all his role ever was in San Francisco for the most part.

He's a better player than Cassel. By a lot. He's still a very average QB and I agree with your second comment. If he's a stopgap, I'm ok with it and I don't care how much they gave up for him.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

People keep saying this, and there's really no basis for it.

He certainly isn't going to "get us" to a playoff game. The team will do that. Alex Smith can help the team by not fucking it up. Which is all his role ever was in San Francisco for the most part.

Pretty much this. I envision Smith as a non descript dog that was hit by a bus and is now kind of retarded but still somewhat useful in life. It's up to the owner(the team mates)to grab Smith by his tarded dog collar and drag him across the lawn(field), and pull him as far as they can while he scoots his ass across the grass.
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[Tribal Warfare]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/How-Andy-fell-for-Alex.html

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Missouri is the holy land according to Mormon belief you know

Did you know that until 1976 it was perfectly legal to shoot a Mormon on sight in the state of Mo.?
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[Tribal Warfare]

Did you know that until 1976 it was perfectly legal to shoot a Mormon on sight in the state of Mo.?
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Willard MO says sup

[MotherfuckerJones]

Just wish we didnt give up pick 34...fuck!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Willard MO says sup

heh
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[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Just wish we didnt give up pick 34...fuck!

And we didn't fucking HAVE to! NO ONE except fatboy even WANTED the motherfucker let ALONE would paid that kind of compensation for his game-manging ass. If he Dilfer's his way to a SB win, all sins are forgiven. But that is pretty much what the motherfucker will have to do to be WORTH what we paid in compensation. Period.
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