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.

Davis runs two routes well: crossing and wheel routes to the outside. He can also get behind the defense if they try to guard seam routes with a LB (most teams now put a safety on him). He does not read defenses well nor does he have the agility to quickly find and move to the opening in the zone on blitzes. Consequently he is a matchup problem on deep routes but does not run the routes a QB needs in order to be able to get rid of the ball quickly under pressure. He is just not good inside the hash marks. That is one reason Smith took so many sacks in SF. It is also the reason many are predicting they will use the #34 pick on Zach Ertz who is more the traditional TE that can be a quick relief valve for a QB.