Chiefs agree to trade Alex Smith to Washington

[Quesadilla Joe]

Now you wait until March 14th for it to become official...

Fuller was PFF's #6 OVR CB last year, is a FA in 2020...

https://www.profootballfocus.com/nfl...l-fuller/10718

Spoiler!

On a more serious note i cant wait to get to Kansas City! Im excited to be a Chief!!

— Kendall Fuller (@KeFu11er) January 31, 2018

Quarterback Alex Smith has a new home, as sources tell The Star that the Chiefs have reached agreement to trade their veteran starter of the last five seasons to Washington.

There is no word on the compensation yet, and any trade involving Smith can’t be completed until the first day of the new league year,

which begins at 3 p.m. on March 14. But the sources say the deal is in place and will proceed.


Smith, 33, is coming off a stellar season in which he set career-highs in passing yards (4,042), touchdowns (26) and passer rating (104.7).

However, Smith was entering the final year of his contract with the Chiefs, and he has a cap number of $20.6 million for 2018. By trading

him, the club stands to save $17 million.

The deal also clears the way for 2017 first-round draft pick Patrick Mahomes to become the Chiefs’ new starting quarterback. Mahomes’ regular-season NFL debut, a 27-24 win over the Denver Broncos on Dec. 31, was a success.

Mahomes completed 22 of 35 passes for 284 yards with an interception in the game and showed poise while leading the Chiefs’ game-winning drive.

“I think he’s got what it takes man,” Denver cornerback Aqib Talib said at the Pro Bowl. “He’s got a super strong arm, he can make all

the throws. He made great reads in our game. I know we had a simple game plan on defense, but he made great reads and took control of the

game.”

Smith was acquired from San Francisco in 2013 for two third-round picks. He posted a 50-26 record as a starter since arriving in

Kansas City and has made two straight Pro Bowl appearances.

This story will be updated.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...197508249.html

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

yes, but we do not run a pure WCO..and now with mahomes I think we will open it up even more

But we do run one. Even if its not pure.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

so you make a claim that he was shit at deep passes

show me where I said this

I was talking about YAC yards vs AIR yards and how he is very low % wise compared to other QB's.......

I understand this season he had a crazy good year....but you are:

1) taking what I said about yac vs air and over ereacting

2) acting like i said smith had a bad year when i didnt

3) claiming i said smith was shit at deep passes this year



He had one good year of deep passes...and now he is gone....all I am saying is this year , like all of his others, his air yards versus YAC is quite low....he had a lot of yards this year ...but the % was still low

thats it

thanks alex smith , you had a great season...good enough to score us a great value trade...best of luck to you!!

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

But we do run one. Even if its not pure.

its not a "wco" we use the WCO sometimes....but we do other things too like a spread and RPO

using your logic you could just say "we run a RPO" but that would be not accurate too

we dont just "run a wco" that isnt correct

[Best22]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

yes, but we do not run a pure WCO..and now with mahomes I think we will open it up even more

Favre and the Packers used to run a WCO

NFL offenses have different flavors and styles. A WCO with Favre and one with Smith is gonna look different though

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Best22

Favre and the Packers used to run a WCO

NFL offenses have different flavors and styles. A WCO with Favre and one with Smith is gonna look different though

i hope mahomes plays as long as favre!

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Best22

NFL offenses have different flavors and styles. A WCO with Favre and one with Smith is gonna look different though

and mahomes will probably look more like favre than smith , IMO

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

show me where I said this

hmm let's see:

Originally Posted by TripleThreat

I could've sworn we had most 20+ yard passes, and most accurated 20+ yard passes...

I forsure know that our Most deep yards is #1

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

its with yac, trust me

But okay, whatever.

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

He had one good year of deep passes...and now he is gone....

thanks alex smith , you had a great season...good enough to score us a great value trade...best of luck to you!!

See? That wasn't so hard was it? You can be reasonable once you dial back the unreasonable delusions

[New World Order]

[Pitt Gorilla]

Again, I'm ecstatic about the trade. I will say, though, that Smith appeared to run the RPO to just about perfection. Unfortunately, that led to a lot of short throws. It'll be fun to see how Andy et al. implement these reads with Mahomes.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

hmm let's see:

so where did I say he was 'shit'?

I said he was probably about 20th on air vs yac yards

I never said he was shit, as you claimed...

How bout you post up the list of yac vs air yards for 2017?

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Again, I'm ecstatic about the trade. I will say, though, that Smith appeared to run the RPO to just about perfection.

this season, its hard to argue with that,,at least in most of the regular season

but in the losing streak, and in the second half of the titans game something went wrong ......

[notorious]

Even food tastes better today.

[Ragged Robin]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

so where did I say he was 'shit'?

I said he was probably about 20th on air vs yac yards

I never said he was shit, as you claimed...

How bout you post up the list of yac vs air yards for 2017?

Nah, I already proved my point that he lead the league in 20+ "air yard" throws. If you want to make a separate claim then the burden of proof is on you I don't really care either way about that one but I know for sure it's not over 50%.

[Shields68]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

show me where I said this


I


He had one good year of deep passes...and now he is gone....all I am saying is this year , like all of his others, his air yards versus YAC is quite low....he had a lot of yards this year ...but the % was still low

thats it!

More by the eye test then anything, Smith lacks the arm strength to throw deep. His good year throwing deep was attributable to Tyreke being a freak. Most of his deep balls seemed to balloon and be behind Tyreke who was able to adjust and out battle DB's. It looked like he was throwing a back shoulder to someone 10 yards behind the DB.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

I don't really care either way about that one but I know for sure it's not over 50%.

yeah, its under 50

im guessing 45 or maybe less but i dont have any really good links to the 2017 advanced stats

i do care about it though, because when i see those charts, its the guys who have more % air yards (brady, ben) who seem to win afc champ games

and I would sure like to see us win one of those b4 i die