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Originally Posted by TigerUppercut
That Reid interview on the Herd today says it all. How many teams get this luxury of going from winning QB to a high upside QB without rushing someone out of the draft? What's stupid is that you've got guys wanting to dump Smith on first chance or trade him when he's the guy we want mentoring the kid. There is little financial consequence to offsetting Smith's 2018 pay into dead money for 2019 when he is off the team. If Smith is playing fabulous in 2018, even better for mahomes he can continue to absorb and not risk injury on a low paying rookie contract. He'll get 2-3 years to justify why he should get s 700% annual pay increase. Every moment he gets with Smith increases his odds. Whether Smith is the starter the whole year or if he gets dethroned somewhere in '18-19, this dude's future is better with Alex on it. **** This idea of trading for a third round pick, that's peanuts in the grand scheme of things
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Andy's smart. He's tempering expectations on the kid.
But with that, this isn't hard to see how it's playing out. The can get out from under Smiths' deal next year easily, saving a lot of money and they just traded up for a QB in the first round. He's gonna sit this year. They aren't gonna play him, unless something crazy happens.
But he's not sitting two years. You don't trade up that far for a guy that you think needs to sit 2 years.
And Alex understands. It's business. Reid did it with Mcnabb in philly. If they can recoup some of the picks they gave up for Mahomes by dealing Smith, they'll do it.