Redskins trade for Alex Smith

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Originally Posted by MTK

A few thoughts here:

- Cousins was as good as gone so what did you prefer to Smith? Teddy B? Bradford? McCoy? Cousins also wasn't taking $23.5M per year.

- Smith is 33, no question he's still got some good years left in the tank, I'd say at least 2-3 which is enough to get us to the next option.

- With a compensatory pick coming back from Cousins leaving it's essentially Fuller for Smith. I love Fuller but I wouldn't have said trading him was a deal breaker.

- KC wasn't going to let him go for a ham sandwich. He was still under contract and no doubt several teams were very interested.

You said it perfectly, MTK. I needed to sleep on this before I made my official heavy metal statement. I hate the part about Fuller. I had wished it was Cravens. Having said that, we essentially got the same QB back. Older, yes, but slightly better wheels, slightly better decision makings, and fits into Gruden's offense. I think I mentioned is awhile back that Alex Smith could be available and he would be one out of all possible available QBs that I would take. So, I'm happy the Redskins took Smith, and for a bargain compared to what they would've paid for Cousins. I still say the 'skins need to draft a QB for the future.