Trade Official: QB Alex Smith to #Chiefs confirmed

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Originally Posted by Go to Hell

I'd also add that not having Vernon Davis is probably going to be a bigger problem than people think.

While we have Bowe, when your QB can't threaten past 20 yards, WRs become far less effective.

Without the additional threat of a freak athletic TE controlling the hash, and absolutely changing coverages, defenses are going to defend Alex Smith differently here, I'd wager. Particularly in the red zone.

Oh I think it's going to be a pretty substantial problem. I think a healthy Moeaki will help and I think the fact that teams will have to almost spy Charles out of the backfield will help even more (Gore could be caught up to; give Charles the ball in space and it's all over but the tears). But yeah, not having that built-in mismatch will hurt him.

It's why Avery could be so critical. Right now the biggest potential advantage this team could have over the weapons he had in SF is a legitimate #2 WR that can spread the field. He didn't have that in SF at all. If that comes to fruition, it could go a long ways towards mitigating the loss of Davis.