heh, Peter King...
I think if the Alex Smith-to-Kansas City rumors are true, the most heartbroken person of all won't be Matt Cassel, who knows he's not in the mix to start with the Chiefs. It'll be Matt Barkley.
Andy Reid would have loved working with Barkley, and I believe Barkley would have fit superbly in K.C.
Who knows? He still might, but if the Chiefs get Smith, they should just let Brandon Albert walk (he's not worth $10 million a year), take Texas A&M tackle Luke Joeckel No. 1 overall, and if Barkley's there at the top of the second round, consider taking the USC passer there. But he wouldn't be essential then.
I think nothing much changed with the quarterbacks Sunday, the day they worked out, except that Florida State's E.J. Manuel threw the ball very well and raised his stock some. After watching the festivities, NFL Net's Mike Mayock said he thought it was still Geno Smith and Matt Barkley in the first round, with a chance that a third thrower could sneak in.
"The over-under is two on the quarterbacks in the first round,'' Mayock said a couple of hours before the Alex Smith-to-K.C. reports began. "Smith will be there somewhere. We're all off Barkley right now because he kind of disappeared this week, but when it's all said and done, people go back and watch his junior tape and put him up on the board and see what kind of football mind he has, he'll end up somewhere in the first round. If history tells us anything lately, it's that somebody else is going to rise.
"There are at least three teams in the top 10 that we all know about that need a quarterback desperately with Kansas City, Arizona and Buffalo. So yes, there will be some activity between 20 and 32, and some of those teams trying to get back up into the first round. I don't know who the third guy is ... Some teams are going to like [Mike] Glennon because of the big arm. Tyler Wilson, if you watch the junior tape, it's good. Landry Jones, if you watch the junior tape, it's good. Last year I knew it was going to be [Ryan] Tannehill; I told people he was going to be a top-10 pick right around this time last year because I could see he was going to be a riser. This year, I'm not sure who it is. There is just too much inconsistent tape amongst the top guys. Ryan Nassib is another guy who coaches are going to like a lot; he reminds me a little bit of Andy Dalton and Kirk Cousins with the way he approaches the game." My money's on Nassib.
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