Alex Smith: "I think [the Chiefs] are only committed to me through this year"

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Straight from the horse's mouth.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ed-only-season

Spoiler!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In his first public comments since the Kansas City Chiefs traded up in the first round to select Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes II, Alex Smith acknowledged Wednesday that his time as Kansas City's starter might soon be finished.

The Chiefs view Mahomes as the eventual replacement for Smith, who has two seasons left on his contract.

"I think [the Chiefs are] committed to me [only] through this year,'' Smith said. "That's just the nature of it. If you don't go out there and perform, I mean, coach [Andy] Reid and [quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy] are very honest. You've got to go out there and do your deal. We all have to.

"Whether or not we drafted Patrick, it doesn't change that, right? If you're not good enough and didn't get it done, you're not going to be around long. That's just our culture. I know it. That's the nature of the position.''

Smith went through a similar situation earlier in his career when he was with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers drafted Colin Kaepernick in the second round in 2011. Midway through the following season, Kaepernick replaced Smith as San Francisco's starting quarterback, and Smith was traded to the Chiefs after the end of the season.


Quarterback Alex Smith has two seasons left on his contract but acknowledged Wednesday in his first public comments since the Chiefs drafted Patrick Mahomes II that his time in Kansas City might soon be over.

"There is a little similarity,'' said Smith, who turned 33 earlier this month. "I'm an older quarterback and they drafted a kid that's coming in young and they're looking to develop.''

One major difference is that Reid and the general manager who brought him to the Chiefs, John Dorsey, are still in place. The coach and general manager who drafted him with the 49ers were long gone by the time San Francisco brought in Kaepernick.

"This is a completely different coaching staff and a completely different team,'' Smith said. "I think I'm a much different player.


"In that sense it's very different. They did bring me here and I've been here four years. I'm in my fifth year now. It was different there. Those were still new faces, so to speak, and I wasn't necessarily their guy or anything like that.''

Still, the addition of Mahomes represents the first legitimate threat to Smith's starting job in Kansas City. Reid and Dorsey have said Mahomes is some time away from being ready to play, and that they are committed to Smith for the interim.

"I've been through it,'' Smith said. "I'm in a different place than the last time I kind of dealt with something like this [but] I get it, right? If any of us were the GM, this in my opinion might be the most important position in all of sports. You'd be crazy not to be stockpiling talent.

"So I get it, going into year 13. You understand it. At the same time it doesn't change my focus, right? I still feel I've got a lot of years left in me. I still feel like I'm getting better, to be honest with you.''

[Hammock Parties]

Alex balling out.

Nice day for Alex Smith & Demarcus Robinson. Smith connected on couple of deep balls. Robinson looking much more comfortable in 2nd season.

— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) May 24, 2017

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Alex balling out.

Nice day for Alex Smith & Demarcus Robinson. Smith connected on couple of deep balls. Robinson looking much more comfortable in 2nd season.

— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) May 24, 2017

Yay. Until he hits the regular season and continues his streak of 180 yards, 1 TD and relying on the defense.

[RealSNR]

Can't wait for Demarcus Robinson to look like Frankie Hammond and ball the **** out during preseason when Bray and Stave are throwing him rainbow TD passes!

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

The impatient folk on this board are the same imbeciles who have been wrong time after time. The kid deserves two years to learn and integrate into the game. We want to be an 11+ win team EVERY year, starting him sooner than later jeopardizes that and would likely end in a .500 season

You. Don't. ****ing. Know. When. Mahomes. Will. Be. Ready.

Get that through your fat ****ing skull, you ****ing idiot.

You know nothing about the kid. Quit acting like you do.

It MIGHT be two years. It MIGHT not.

[dls6501]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

You. Don't. ****ing. Know. When. Mahomes. Will. Be. Ready.

Get that through your fat ****ing skull, you ****ing idiot.

You know nothing about the kid. Quit acting like you do.

It MIGHT be two years. It MIGHT not.

Co****ingsign!!!

No one has any idea. He could be ready tomorrow. He could be ready in a year. He could be ready in two years. He could never be ready.

It's funny that only Alex Smith fans claim to know when he will be ready. It's a joke.

[mcaj22]

from a business and salary cap standpoint, I can give you 17 million reasons and cap relief why Mahomes will be ready in a year.

I just cant wait for our starting QB to be on a rookie contract it gives you so much flexibility to go all in and stack the rest of your roster. Cant wait to do what the Raiders are doing, yea it catches up to you, but it does give you a window. Much better than being locked into 17-20 million dollar QB that deep down you know cant get it done. That goes for every team in that spot not just the Chiefs

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

You do understand the Chiefs can shift dead cap into the following year?
And complimenting the raiders? You do realize how tight their cap gets after this year, right?

[RunKC]

The Chiefs aren't going to create a problem by shifting dead money into 2019. One of the purposes of drafting a QB early is $$. We aren't wasting it on ****ing Alex.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

You do understand the Chiefs can shift dead cap into the following year?
And complimenting the raiders? You do realize how tight their cap gets after this year, right?

Do you check shit before you just spew it? Yes, they have to give Mack and Carr new deals, but they can also dump the following players with ZERO dead money.

Kelechi Osemele - $10.2M
Sean Smith - $8.5M
Rodney Hudson - $8.35M
Bruce Irvin - $8.25M
Michael Crabtree - $7.75M
Marshawn Lynch - $6M
David Amerson - $6M
Jared Cook - $5.3M
Cordarrelle Patterson - $3.25M

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

And how do you propose they replace all that talent? ?? Practice squad players ??!

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

And how do you propose they replace all that talent? ?? Practice squad players ??!

1. I never said they were going to cut all of those players.
2. There is this crazy thing called the draft. They've already replaced Smith with Conley. I could totally see the Raiders cutting Smith, Lynch, Cook and Patterson. That's $23 million in cap space that they get back and it wouldn't be super hard to replace those positions.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

And how do you propose they replace all that talent? ?? Practice squad players ??!

They have one of the best GM's in the NFL. They'll be fine. The point is you were vastly overstating the Raiders cap "issues" especially in comparison to what the Chiefs are going to have pretty quick here.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

1. I never said they were going to cut all of those players.
2. There is this crazy thing called the draft. They've already replaced Smith with Conley. I could totally see the Raiders cutting Smith, Lynch, Cook and Patterson. That's $23 million in cap space that they get back and it wouldn't be super hard to replace those positions.

I don't know how the Raiders will replace those guys, but to your point, Dorsey will certainly have no problem with it.

McKenzie is solid, but he's not Dorsey.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Release osemele and Hudson so they can't keep Carr upright?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Release osemele and Hudson so they can't keep Carr upright?

Read again you ****ing reerun. I NEVER SAID THEY WOULD CUT ALL OF THE PLAYERS I LISTED.