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 Baby Lee

****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.

There were basically on the field for 20 ****ing minutes straight at the start of the 2nd half you dumbass.

You go out and basically wrestle with a guy that works outs for a living for 20 mins and see if you dont get exhausted.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by jd1020

There were basically on the field for 20 ****ing minutes straight at the start of the 2nd half you dumbass.

Which was entirely their fault.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Fish

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

Do you have similar sarcastic support for all the posters who spend every single moment of the season on a Chiefs fan board complaining that the Chiefs are worthless and following them makes you an idiot and the QB needs his neck broken and his wife raped every day during the actual season?

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Which was entirely their fault.

Ya it was entirely their fault.

Hey defense, we need you to make up for the fact our offense cant gain 10 yards in a league that favors offense.

Colquitts punt equaled the entire offensive production in the 2nd half... MVP

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by Fish

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

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Valuable input!!

[King_Chief_Fan]

Originally Posted by jd1020

There were basically on the field for 20 ****ing minutes straight at the start of the 2nd half you dumbass.

You go out and basically wrestle with a guy that works outs for a living for 20 mins and see if you dont get exhausted.

why did it take them 20 minutes? they couldn't stop the other teams offense

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Valuable input!!

I know it was at your expense, but it was funny. Relax.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Ya it was entirely their fault.

Hey defense, we need you to make up for the fact our offense cant gain 10 yards in a league that favors offense.

Colquitts punt equaled the entire offensive production in the 2nd half... MVP

Yes, it was ENTIRELY their fault that they were on the field so long to start the 2nd half. Titans went on a 15 olay, 91 yard drive that took 8:29 off the game clock. God only knows how long that was in real time.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Yes, it was ENTIRELY their fault that they were on the field so long to start the 2nd half. Titans went on a 15 olay, 91 yard drive that took 8:29 off the game clock. God only knows how long that was in real time.

Certainly longer than anything the Chiefs offense put together.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Certainly longer than anything the Chiefs offense put together.

See you're placing all blame on the QB when the coach made the philosophical decision to attempt to milk a huge lead prematurely.

You want a QB with the foresight to know that the defense is ****ed out after holding a shit team to 3 pts in the first half and say '**** everyone else, I'm chucking it LOOOOONG!!!'

That's not only how you **** up the present team, that's how you turn our potential future franchise into a Sex-Rexy reboot.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Certainly longer than anything the Chiefs offense put together.

You seem to think I give a shit about what the Chiefs offense did. I don't. Alex Smiths choking ass is as good as gone, so I'm aiming my guns at the other main culprit of our 2 EMBARRASSING choke jobs.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

See you're placing all blame on the QB when the coach made the philosophical decision to attempt to milk a huge lead prematurely.

You want a QB with the foresight to know that the defense is ****ed out after holding a shit team to 3 pts in the first half and say '**** everyone else, I'm chucking it LOOOOONG!!!'

That's not only how you **** up the present team, that's how you turn our potential future franchise into a Sex-Rexy reboot.

He can take the yards that are there instead of shitting his pants and running from phantom pressure. Smith sucks at the intermediate throws.....something that Mahomes excels at.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

He can take the yards that are there instead of shitting his pants and running from phantom pressure. Smith sucks at the intermediate throws.....something that Mahomes excels at.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. Mahomes does everything right. And he is coming onto one of the most elite squads in the history of the sport, who have unfortunately been hamstrung by the worst QB in history. So we'll probably win 10 straight SBs, but more likely we'll be .500 for a few years. But it's all OK because we tried something different.

Such a coherent philosophy.

Oh, and we desperately need to free up cap space to invest even more heavily in the defense we are already among the league leaders in investment, because our underperformers on THAT SIDE OF THE BALL are too valuable to let go. And after all, defense is just a that fluky stuff that happens when they're not exhausted and the QB happens not to be on the field.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. Mahomes does everything right. And he is coming onto one of the most elite squads in the history of the sport, who have unfortunately been hamstrung by the worst QB in history. So we'll probably win 10 straight SBs, but more likely we'll be .500 for a few years. But it's all OK because we tried something different.

Such a coherent philosophy.

Yeah yeah yeah....you're a ****ing moron. Did I just say any of what you said? No.

Mahomes excels at the intermediate throws because he can fit the ball into tighter windows than Smith can. And no he isn't stepping into an elite team. One thing he will do is make the offensive line look better than Smith does. But that has nothing to do with the defense. I didn't bring the defense into this....you ****ing did. The defense still needs to be fixed.