Chiefs' pick is #34. Good deal for the Chiefs, too, IMO. If they can provide protection for Smith, he'll be a solid addition, a QB that come in and provide solid work immediately, rather than trying to develop a rookie. He's better than anything they'd get for a QB at #34 (without hitting the lottery, like Seattle last year or Pitt with Roethlisberger, etc), and I suspect they felt the same way. He is still 28, so he's still on the young side for a starting QB.
I know this was a joke, but I'm pretty sure the games in ATL proved otherwise. Both teams went down big. But the better team was able to overtake AND win.
Now, Flynn is someone I can see being waived. That's one expensive backup. Or I could see some team offering a late-round pick and take a flyer on him.
The draft is in late-April. The SeaChix kind of need to make a decision by April 1. If he's on the roster as of April 1st, his contract is fully guaranteed (or they could waive him and save the money, which is what I suspect teams will want to wait and see if Seattle does), and they may not want to tie up that much salary in a backup quarterback that has, frankly, has really done nothing in his career (not saying he can't, but he's a bit risky right now because he's a very unknown quantity). He really has more trade value prior to April 1st than draft day. Even then, I can't see the SeaChix getting much for him. I could see the Cards going after him. They are so desperate, and they were after Smith. If Seattle is willing to deal him to help a division rival, I'd have to believe they believe he's garbage. I'm surprised AZ hasn't learned from their experience of picking up other team's hot steaming piles of poo (aka retread backups).
I think the Cards are going to know ahead of time if they think they will get a guy in the draft around when they want so I don't mean that they will wait until after the draft to trade for someone necessarily.
NFL/MLB trades are to exciting at all like the NBA\NHL where they can mean more at the time of the trade.
The Niners made dumb mistakes (several of which you don't routinely see in NFL games). The played poorly. Big deal. We also beat you guys earlier in the year. I forgot one game makes a season. All that matters is one team played in the big game, the other didn't. Both team were down big to ATL in ATL, and one of the teams ended up winning. We know which team that was, and that's all that matters. Sure the Niners lost the Super Bowl, but they could have (and should have) won. Nobody will remember the SeaChix were even in the playoffs.
Am I the only one that thinks the Niners made out like bandits here? They weren't going to pay Smith all that money to back up Kaepernick. The Chiefs blew their load giving up a VERY high second round pick for a guy who the Niners had to get rid of sooner or later. I get the argument that X player at pick 34 won't be as good as Smith is next year, but A. Smith will be 29 in May. Hes a game managing QB, not a playmaking QB. He cannot win a game for you. Perhaps thats all KC really needs short term, but I'd still rather have that draft pick than a 29 year old QB who is nothing special.
niners would have likely waived smith if a trade hadnt happened, so yeah, total bandit style robbery imo baalke is a shrewd negotiator apparently (not so bad at drafting either)
