Seems like a good spot for him. Still has a great RB in Charles and they should be running some version of the west coast offense and given his 70% accuracy this past year, he should flourish. Can't be any worse that Quinn or Cassel, so for the Chiefs, that's a plus.
a second this year and a like pick in 2014 I think. Reports might have it up now. Not sure this is on ESPN yet
Awesome. If this is true, many posters here were waaaayyyyy off. They were insisting the Niners would have to waive Smith or take a 6th/7th-rounder for him. I said there was no way they waive him, and I was of the mind that the Niners would get far more than a 6th/7th rounder, as there are no real hot QB prospects in the draft (a couple of posters agreed). I also have a bet with a friend (a die-hard Seahawks fan) that the Niners would get something solid for him. So I need answers.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8995035/san-francisco-49ers-agree-trade-alex-smith-kansas-city-chiefs-source 2nd rounder this year and a conditional mid-draft pick next year! SHAZAM!! Great deal for my Niners!
Awesome trade. Glad that the Niners got something and glad that Smith is going somewhere where he can play. I have no hard feelings for the guy, he stuck with the team and he played well.
Agreed. I am a big Alex Smith fan. But what a great deal for the Niners! You have to love this, if you're a Niners fan. 5 picks in the first 3 rounds! Tim Kawakami is reporting next year's conditional pick is fairly similar to this year's pick. I can't quite believe that, but if it's at least 3rd/4th round, what a great deal for SF.
What is it with the Chiefs and them picking up our QB's that get surpassed and dropped to backup? First Joe. Then Elvis. Now Alex. It's like the Blazers-TPups all over again.
KC was desparate for a QB and no decent FA wants to play there. They had to give up a second roound pick.
I'm really surprised they didn't get Nick Foles from Philly. Reid loves him, and there is no way in hell he will work in Chip's offense
You're preaching to the choir. That's what I was saying in a prior thread about this. I said there were enough teams desperate and no QB in the draft. People thought the few of us that felt the Niners had solid leverage were crazy, if for no other reason than Smith would be an expensive backup so they felt the Niners would waive him (but it wouldn't really matter with Kaep making so little - it's just a swap of salaries for the roles). I'm not sure the Niners were going to waive Smith if they didn't find a trade they liked. I think they would have given Kaep more time next year to see whether or not he was a fluke, and if he struggled, I could have seen Harbaugh going back to Smith.
I think the Niners also felt like they owed it to Smith to trade him somewhere he could start. It was rough on the team to bench him when he was doing so well, but Kaep was the future, and JH had to do what he felt was right. Now they're just doing the right thing and trading Smith while he's still in his prime.
You're right, I totally forgot about him. Nice work. He actually had some solid performances and a couple of good seasons.
I can't take full credit. I knew there was one more besides Elvis and Joe, but I couldn't remember the name. Had to look it up.
I had a feeling there was too. I knew there had been a handful of guys going to the Chiefs that had single names made famous by other individuals as well. Elvis, Joe, Bono. Smith is the most bland name of them.
awesome deal, if its the chiefs own pick it is #33, and then a decent pick next year? rad looks like 31,33,61,74,93 1 4th 2 5s 2 6s 2 7s awesome
