The Chiefs called Alex Smith to tell him they were trading up for Patrick Mahomes

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The Chiefs called Alex Smith to tell him they were trading up for Patrick Mahomes

Andrew Sendejo Jersey Not to beat a dead horse, but the made to grab Mitchell Trubisky. One of them was not telling , who they just signed in free agency, from .So kudos to the , who made sure to tell that Patrick Mahomes was coming to town after making a first-round trade of their own for the rookie QB. , Chiefs GM John Dorsey said that once the team had a deal in place to move up, they made sure Smith knew what was coming."You know, Alex is the consummate profe sional. He's been through these types of situations before and we made sure we T.Y. Hilton Jersey communicated with Alex leading up to the draft that we may make a move like this," Dorsey said "And when we were on the clock and traded up with Buffalo, we made sure we again got in contact with Alex and he's all on board with this."Listen, Alex Smith, his Donald Brown Jersey four years here, has the fourth-winningest record in the National Football League since he's been here. That guy understands -- this is his team. And the young guy understands -- he's going to learn and develop these certain traits that it takes to be a quarterback in this league."Dorsey , a guy with whom he's comfortable going to war. Ryan Pace has . The situations are not di similar. Smith is under contract through 2018, but the Chiefs can basically get out of his deal after the 2017 season. And likely will, because they would avoid a $20.6 million cap hit and only face $3.6 million in dead money. That's a lot of savings.Glennon signed a three-year free agent deal this offseason with Chicago but the Bears can get out of from that deal after 2017 Alec Pierce Jersey as well, and could avoid a $16 million cap hit while trimming Glennon down to $4.5 million in dead cap space.It now seems likely that both of those teams will move on from their current quarterbacks after Braden Smith Jersey 2017, barring some sort of really impre sive season from either Smith or Glennon (or a disaster situation with either Mahomes or Trubisky). The guys who are probably starting this year know that this is a busine s and nothing is guaranteed. But the way that the Chiefs handled the situation is drastically better than the way the Bears handled it.
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