Redskins trade for Alex Smith

Once again when it's all said and done and we are in the mix for a deep playoff run next season everyone will say Jay and co. did a great job. We lost a good 3rd CB for a proven winner at the most important pos in football. I'll take that everyday

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as did the browns and Jags according to reports over the last week, in fact some here said Smith the the Jags makes them a SB team

Once again when it's all said and done and we are in the mix for a deep playoff run next season everyone will say Jay and co. did a great job. We lost a good 3rd CB for a proven winner at the most important pos in football. I'll take that everyday

Not with this team right now...gotta lotta things to take care.

Not with this team right now...gotta lotta things to take care.

we will man, I still have faith in this damn team, call me crazy

For the record I do not think Alex Smith is a significant down grade at qb as many have argued he might even be slightly better. I just do not like giving up the talent and the draft pick to get someone who is not the qb of the future. It is a lateral move with a loss of future talent in Fuller and a draft pick.

Once again when it's all said and done and we are in the mix for a deep playoff run next season everyone will say Jay and co. did a great job. We lost a good 3rd CB for a proven winner at the most important pos in football. I'll take that everyday

Deep playoff run ? with what exactly

Not with this team right now...gotta lotta things to take care.That may be true, but this move let's the team address those areas both through free agency with more available cap room and the draft with a settled qb we don't need to go chasing one.

I'm mostly nervous about a second year player and a former WR starting for us next year. Dunbar has played admirably, but I was hoping he would just be depth. I THINK Moreau should be a starter, but we really don't know.

If anything about the Skins, they're exciting, for better or worse.

If we hadn't botched negotiations years ago, Cousins would still be here, but this might be the best situation we could have hoped for without going pure Joe Flacco on the team.

I think Kevin Sheehan summed it up best this morning saying the Redskins made the best out of a mess they created, and it’s a move that will allow the team to stay competitive the next couple years.

I don't like losing Kendall, but let's think about it this way.

With Kirk - $34 million this year, lose him next year. We still have Kendall and our 3rd next year.

With Alex - Cap hit probably around $18-20 million this year, still have him next year (at around the same cap hit), pick up a 3rd round pick next year (for losing Kirk), and we have to replace Kendall.

So, the question is:

1. Can we replace Kendall (and upgrade other areas) with the $14 million in savings for this year?

2. Is it good to have some guarantee that our quarterback this year will still be our quarterback next year (and for basically as long as we want him to be in the foreseeable future)?

If Alex can perform even close to the same as Kirk in our offense (or even better), then the QB's are even, the 3rd rounder cancels itself out, and you are left weighing Kendall versus $14 million this year and actually knowing who will be our quarterback next year.

Not saying this is an overwhelming success (and that I wouldn't rather have kept Kendall), but it ain't bad either.