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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Cutting Smith outright (before his roster bonus is due on 3/11) and then playing Foles under his present contract would put the Chiefs about $1 million worse off from a cap standpoint than they would be if they kept Smith and released Foles.
Not enough to matter either way.
So like I said earlier, I've reached the point now that even if I can't get Foles to restructure, I just cut Smith and Foles is my starter. If Foles absolutely eats shit, we've moved into the top 15 of one of the better QB classes in a long-time come 2018 (and if we've already drafted a QB in 17, that puts us in a prime position to trade back in '18 and recover some of the assets we surrendered to get our QBOTF in '17).
Best case scenario is that Foles actually throws that !@#$ing pass to Tyreek Hill the next time it's wide the **** open and we win a goddamn Super Bowl.
In either event, I prefer the range of possible options under Foles more than I do under Smith. With Foles, on one end you have 6-10 and a top 12 draft pick, on the other end a championship. With Smith on one end you have 10-6 and a probable first round loss to 13-3 and a probable bye...with a first round loss.
Yeah....I'm done with this.
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We actually saw Foles make the throw against the Colts when Tyreek had nobody within 20 yards of him. Just like we saw Smith curl into his shell and run away in the same situation