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Think Smith could run Gruden's offense?

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Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 13069176)

Think Smith could run Gruden's offense?

I don't think they really will let Cousins go unless he's demanding Stafford money.

Bills will have 2 firsts and a need...

That would be classic. ROFL

Screw the Bills twice.

Arizona is perfect for Alex in 2018.

Good defense, elite RB, elite QB coach. Palmer and afitzgerald are probably some after this year and I think they'd give us a 2nd.

Alex's $13 million saved can help us pay Logan and Mitchell.

The possibility of you ****ing off...

Sam ****ing Bradford, guys.

If Smith plays his best football this year, we'll get a first.

Bradford's younger, you say? Great, he gives you more years of shitty QB play.

Smith in his current situation and age is tailor-made for a team looking to rebuild through the QB position. He's tailor-made for a team that has a defense in place but no QB.

There's no reason why we can't trade him for a 1st if he plays his best football this year.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 13069108)

Y'know we say that....but would they?

I mean, we can just cross off the top 10, right? Nobody's giving up a top 10 pick for a 33 yr old QB with 1 year left on his deal so they can get the privilege of extending him into his decline years. Nobody would give up a top 10 for Cousins who's younger and has absolutely killed it the last 2 years.

So that leaves us with teams in the 11-30 range. Well most teams in that range are actually pretty good and have their QB situation well in hand for the next few years or have drafted someone relatively recently (The Texans, for instance, who now have Watson and traded next years 1st anyway).

Give me the 'someone'. You need a team on the cusp of competition who's going to be in the middle of the round and sees Alex Smith as someone that can get them to the next step.

For a 33 year old passer, that's just not going to exist. His window is too short; he fits an odd niche. I see one possibility out there - just one. Jacksonville. If Jacksonville can take all that talent on defense and turn in an 8-8 kind of season that has them drafting around 16 so they have to take a more raw long-term option at QB, perhaps they look at Smith as a guy that can stabilize the franchise while the young defense continues to gel. He can keep them all playing meaningful snaps while the young QB develops.

And I guess maybe Washington for similar reasons though if Cousins leaves the 'Skins should probably just tear it down and rebuild; I don't see a long-term core there.

Those both seem like serious long shots and that's assuming neither of them actually sign Kirk Cousins (wouldn't Jacksonville be a perfect spot for him?).

A second is probably the best we'll do. And that's assuming he puts up 3,800 and 25+.

He'd have to really be playing well. I think Arians might do it if Palmer is done. But realistically, I think a 2nd plus is more likely.

You own another thing that would allow Alex's cap hit to come down in 2018?

Extending him.

***DUCKS***

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Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 13069180)

I don't think they really will let Cousins go unless he's demanding Stafford money.

Cousins may never sign a long-term deal with WAS.

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 13069417)

You own another thing that would allow Alex's cap hit to come down in 2018?

Extending him.

***DUCKS***

The Chiefs would be ****ing idiots for burning two firsts for Mahomes if they did this.

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 13069417)

You own another thing that would allow Alex's cap hit to come down in 2018?

Extending him.

***DUCKS***

Cannot extend him...that just pushes the cap hit down the road, and we will need that cap space to stay competitive and get Mahomes talent around him.

Alex costs too much against the cap next year. Chiefs cannot afford to keep him. It is that simple. Mahomes will be ready. Mahomes will start.

But that is next year. Let's just enjoy the ride this year and see where the river takes us.

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 13069588)

Yeah if Smith doesn't regress right back to the Pittsburgh / Tennessee / Tampa Bay version of himself there's no way he doesn't get extended.

Get ****ing used to it.

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 13069594)

Yeah if Smith doesn't regress right back to the Pittsburgh / Tennessee / Tampa Bay version of himself there's no way he doesn't get extended.

Get ****ing used to it.

Bullshit. Let him ball out all year. Then trade his ass.

You don't spend what the Chiefs spent to draft a QB and not play him.

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 13069606)

Bullshit. Let him ball out all year. Then trade his ass.

You don't spend what the Chiefs spent to draft a QB and not play him.

^^^^ All day long.

They aren't keeping Alex.

Jesus