Market for Alex Smith will be strong, Ian Rapoport says

[JakeF]

Market for Alex Smith will be strong, Ian Rapoport says
Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network thinks the Chiefs could get a solid trade haul in return for Alex Smith.
Kirk Larrabee - 3 hours ago 0

The Kansas City Chiefs should have no problem finding a trade partner for Alex Smith this offseason and could come away with a strong haul in return, according to insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.

Rapoport, who reported over the weekend the Chiefs would be listening to offers for Smith this offseason, was a guest on The Day Shift on 610 Sports Radio Kansas City Monday, where he was asked about the level of interest in Alex Smith and whether or not the Chiefs will be able to trade him.

"A lot," Rapoport said. "A lot, and yes."

Smith is coming off his best statistical season of his career as he threw for 4,042 yards in 2017 with 26 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a 104.7 passer rating. Rapoport says it's that performance along with what Smith can bring to a team's quarterback room that makes him such a hot commodity.

"He was number one in the NFL in passer rating," Rapoport said. "He is a great person, so if you trade for him and then draft a quarterback high, you will get someone who's going to help him. All you need to do is ask Patrick Mahomes. It's actually an amazing thing what a great person Alex Smith is because he's dealt with a lot of crap in his career despite mostly awesome and has come out the other side of it."

There have been several teams speculated to be good fits for Smith, with different situations among each of them. There's the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills, playoff teams that are still fighting quarterback woes; there's the Arizona Cardinals, a team whose starting quarterback, Carson Palmer, just retired, but still has enough talent to be competitive next season; and there's a team like the Cleveland Browns, who might be interested in acquiring Smith to not just help the team start winning again but to be a mentor to a quarterback they might select in the draft.

The latter situation might not seem like an ideal one to many quarterbacks, but Smith has done it before, and Rapoport thinks he might not have a problem doing it again.

"If I was a franchise quarterback, would I really want to help the guy who is brought in to replace me? I don't know," Rapoport said. "For some ridiculous reason, Alex Smith has done it several times, and he's continued to be a great guy. He's going to end up benefiting from all this because first of all, he's probably going to wind up being traded somewhere great. Second of all, I think his legacy will sort of live on and people will know what a good person he is."

Trading Smith would free up $17 million in cap space for the Chiefs, a much-needed amount for a team currently projected to be over the cap next year, and would also allow them to replenish some of the draft picks they traded away in multiple trades in recent months. It cost a 2013 second round pick and a 2014 conditional pick (which turned out to be another second round pick) for the Chiefs to acquire Smith from the San Francisco 49ers in 2013, and Rapoport thinks the Chiefs could get even more in return for Smith than that.

"I think they might do better this time," Rapoport said. "He is a hot commodity, and they are in unbelievable position."

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[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Karlos

I'm not going to defend the offence here, because the figures you noted speak for themselves. The offence though wasn't the grouping that was letting Henry run all over the field. The offence wasn't giving up 3rd down conversions left and right. While true, the offence couldn't sustain a drive to keep the Titans offence on the field, the defence clearly shit the bed the most here. They couldn't do anything. They had already given up a 9 minute TD drive before Smith and co. even had a chance to take the field in the 2nd half. It could been over half an hour since they'd been on the field. They aren't the first team that's lost rhythm after being off the field for so long. They also started to find their rhythm on those last 2 drives, their only two of the 4th quarter, but by that point the defence had irreparably screwed up.

Chiefs aren't the only defense to get exhausted after repeated 3 and outs from the offense. They looked pretty good in the first half only giving up 3 points, ya?

Alex when his team needs him

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Chiefs aren't the only defense to get exhausted after repeated 3 and outs from the offense. They looked pretty good in the first half only giving up 3 points, ya?

Alex when his team needs him

Yeah, exhaustion over that TD drive to end the first half the offense gave them and all that resting during halftime explains why they were so exhausted they gave up an 87 minute TD drive to start the second half.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Yeah, exhaustion over that TD drive to end the first half the offense gave them and all that resting during halftime explains why they were so exhausted they gave up an 87 minute TD drive to start the second half.

Poor Alex. If he only had better players around him.

[ptlyon]

I remember that 87 minute drive. I had to pee so bad!

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Karlos

I'm not going to defend the offence here, because the figures you noted speak for themselves. The offence though wasn't the grouping that was letting Henry run all over the field. The offence wasn't giving up 3rd down conversions left and right. While true, the offence couldn't sustain a drive to keep the Titans offence on the field, the defence clearly shit the bed the most here. They couldn't do anything. They had already given up a 9 minute TD drive before Smith and co. even had a chance to take the field in the 2nd half. It could been over half an hour since they'd been on the field. They aren't the first team that's lost rhythm after being off the field for so long. They also started to find their rhythm on those last 2 drives, their only two of the 4th quarter, but by that point the defence had irreparably screwed up.

In 4 playoff losses....

Indy, We stalled completely in the second half by going in a shell (arguably Alex made an OK enough throw that should have set up a game winning fg)

New England we had our infamous 5 minute drill in the 4th quarter down 2 TDs

Pittsburgh the infamous 8 minute drill in the 4th quarter down 2 scores

Tennessee... Complete offensive collapse in the 2nd half. And regardless of how they played earlier, they had a chance to close the game and we saw several examples where Alex (not his teammates) didn't execute.

The theme is brutally consistent. We have been utterly awful in the second half in the playoffs. Play with zero urgency in critical moments on offense. Part of that is reid. Part is Smith. And a huge part of that is those two bringing the worst out of each other when the game is on the line.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Servant_KC

Poor Alex. If he only had better players around him.

Why'd you bring up Alex?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Why'd you bring up Alex?

Just playing along with your whiny narrative.

[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Why'd you bring up Alex?

Its an Alex Smith thread, stay on topic.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Servant_KC

Just playing along with your whiny narrative.

This entire site has been nothing but obsessed whining for years. And you're among the most vocal.

CP is largely like those cackling biddies who listened to Howard Stern all day every day, just so they could fire off another letter to the FCC about how horrible what they heard that day was.

Still gave Stern great numbers, otherwise made everyone who made and enjoyed the show's life hell.

Many of the same people who ride me for not hating Alex with every fiber of my being, making every single thing about the team about him, and pinning every failure solely on him are the same ones who rode me for not supporting Cassel or Huard enough. Difference being I ALSO didn't bitch about Cassel and Huard day in day out nonstop for years. I simply changed Chiefs fandom from a passionate rooting interest to sitcom/trainwreck viewing and let the delusioned enjoy their hopes.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by bigjosh

Its an Alex Smith thread, stay on topic.

I was responding to a 'its OK the defense shit the bed because they were EXHAUSTED' bullshit post. Keep up.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I was responding to a 'its OK the defense shit the bed because they were EXHAUSTED' bullshit post. Keep up.

How is it bullshit? Because of something that happened in the first half? ****ing reerun

[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

This entire site has been nothing but obsessed whining for years. And you're among the most vocal.

CP is largely like those cackling biddies who listened to Howard Stern all day every day, just so they could fire off another letter to the FCC about how horrible what they heard that day was.

Still gave Stern great numbers, otherwise made everyone who made and enjoyed the show's life hell.

Many of the same people who ride me for not hating Alex with every fiber of my being, making every single thing about the team about him, and pinning every failure solely on him are the same ones who rode me for not supporting Cassel or Huard enough. Difference being I ALSO didn't bitch about Cassel and Huard day in day out nonstop for years. I simply changed Chiefs fandom from a passionate rooting interest to sitcom/trainwreck viewing and let the delusioned enjoy their hopes.

I wasnt at CP at the beginning of the Huard and Cassel days. Did they have a bunch of fanboys follow them here from their previous team? And if so, did they stick around for five years?

Im not trying to be a dick, I am genuinely curious. I know asterisk is still hanging around for some god awful reason, but other than him?

[ptlyon]

Someday I hope to see this place after we win a championship...

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

This entire site has been nothing but obsessed whining for years. And you're among the most vocal.

CP is largely like those cackling biddies who listened to Howard Stern all day every day, just so they could fire off another letter to the FCC about how horrible what they heard that day was.

Still gave Stern great numbers, otherwise made everyone who made and enjoyed the show's life hell.

Many of the same people who ride me for not hating Alex with every fiber of my being, making every single thing about the team about him, and pinning every failure solely on him are the same ones who rode me for not supporting Cassel or Huard enough. Difference being I ALSO didn't bitch about Cassel and Huard day in day out nonstop for years. I simply changed Chiefs fandom from a passionate rooting interest to sitcom/trainwreck viewing and let the delusioned enjoy their hopes.

I'm glad you keep returning to remind us how bad it is around here....

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by jd1020

How is it bullshit? Because of something that happened in the first half? ****ing reerun

****ing reerun, they were 'EXHAUSTED' immediately after resting an entire halftime break. And that's BEFORE you even get to the rest while the offense scored to end the half.