The San Francisco 49ers have agreed to trade quarterback Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City will trade its second-round pick in the 2013 draft -- the second selection (No. 34 overall) in the round -- as well as another conditional mid-round pick in 2014 to acquire Smith from San Francisco, a league source told ESPN.
The Chiefs also announced they are cutting Matt Cassel, which should be all that shocking. This is a definite improvement for the Chiefs who have some nice pieces, but have really been lacking any kind of real production from the QB spot. It will be interesting to see how Smith does. He really was pretty shitty before Jim Harbaugh showed up. Then again, he is going to a team that has Andy Reid, and he is known has a good QB coach. I am sure Cassel will latch on somewhere as he is a decent QB, he just isn't a starter.
I think the 49ers made a hell of a trade here. It's obvious who the QB is there now, and to get a 2nd round pick (plus another mid round) is solid value, and will open up some cap space for themselves.
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practically a first rounder.
I really like this move for the Chiefs. I thought it was a shame about how things happened in San Francisco. He really didn't do anything wrong besides getting hurt. This also gives them some nice flexibility in the draft if they want to deal that first overall pick for some value like the Rams/Redskins deal last year.
If we could get some decent value for Ryan Mallet I'd ship him out of here and pick up Cassel as the backup QB. With Brady under contract for another 5 seasons a developmental prospect like Mallet doesn't make much sense for anybody and a reliable, yet semi-washed up QB that you know can do the job seems like a good fit.
Makes sense, although I like Mallet and would like to see him just stick around. Also, I'm not really sure what you could get for him.
I dont see how anyone likes this move in any respect for the chiefs. How much Alex Smith can actually bring is a question mark and you give up the 33rd overall as well as a high draft pick next year. Even if he does perform well, we know his ceiling after the past two years and I thinks it worth far less than that and know just had bad he can be from the years before it.
You guys really telling me that Alex Smith is that much better of a get than... than well anyone else.
"I dont see how anyone likes this move in any respect for the chiefs. How much Alex Smith can actually bring is a question mark and you give up the 33rd overall as well as a high draft pick next year. Even if he does perform well, we know his ceiling after the past two years and I thinks it worth far less than that and know just had bad he can be from the years before it."
Did you read your own comments before you post? You start of by telling me that he's a question mark and in the next sentence you tell me that we know his ceiling. The guy's been in the league for 7 years, I think it's safe to think of him as a known commodity at this point.
Ok, next up, it's the 34th pick, not the 33rd. It's a "conditional mid-round pick" next year not a "high draft pick" next year. Again, I question whether or not you actually read what BMack/ESPN wrote.
"You guys really telling me that Alex Smith is that much better of a get than... than well anyone else."
I am telling you that. Are you mixing up the name Alex Smith with Mark Sanchez or something? Alex Smith absolutely merits a starting quarterback position in the NFL based on his performance the last two years. He's not elite, but he's absolutely a solid NFL starter. His Quarterback Rating for 2012 was 104.1, behind only Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning. If you go by ESPNs Total QBR (A better measuring system than traditional QB Rating in my opinion) he finished 7th in the league tucked between Robert Griffin III and Russel Wilson. Basically, when he's had some pieces around him and some consistency he's been very effective.
How good of a player are you expecting to get for the 34th overall pick? Last season the Colts took Stanford Tight End Coby Fleener. Do you know who he is? Because I watch a lot of football and I don't. He finished last season with 26 catches for 281 yards and 2 TDs. The year before that the Bills took Texas CB Aaron Williams. Again, haven't heard of him and his stat line won't blow you away either. Should we keep going? Lets keep going. in 2010 the Vikings took Virginia CB Chris Cook. He's been in the league 3 years, still working on that first interception. The year before that the Patriots took Patrick Chung. HEY A GUY I ACTUALLY KNOW!!! He wasn't actually a starter on the depth chart by the end of last year and the only reason I know him is because he's on the team that I support. Now, I'm being a bit results oriented here, in the 2011 draft it's worth noting that Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick went at 35 and 36 respectively and Russel Wilson went at 75 in 2012. The point is that the NFL Draft is a crapshoot and I think a high second round pick is a totally reasonable price for a solid above average starter in the NFL. Especially given that this year's draft looks light on Quarterbacks. If they could pick up Andrew Luck or RG3 with their first overall pick it'd be different, but do you want to spend that pick on WV QB Geno Smith or FSU QB E.J. Manuel? Right now Geno's the only one in the Scouts Inc. top 32 sitting comfortably at number 27. Going forward I'd be glad to use my first rounder elsewhere and pick up Smith with my second rounder.
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