Redskins trade for Alex Smith

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Brody81

Let’s hope this is true.


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Adam Shefter is a regular John Denver, full of shit.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Is the player to be named actually named to a small circle or is it still being negotiated? I've always wondered that. You see this in baseball a lot.

[MTK]

Funny to note that Smith is a McLoughan guy. Hmmm

Influence still in the building?

[Schneed10]

I’m trying to consider our alternatives, which were shitty. Cousins didnt want to be a Redskin, so keeping him would have required a tag. Not an acceptable solution.

Colt and a rookie? Not an acceptable solution.

Bridgewater coming off a knee? Bradford? Fragile his whole career.

I hate giving up Fuller, that’s a valuable piece. But if you asked me if I’d rather give Fuller and a 3rd for Smith, or go for one of these other bad options, I think I’d take Alex Smith.

Here’s why:

Smith INTs the last three years, 5, 8, 7. Cousins, 13, 12, 11.

Smith’s fumbles 2, 7, 4. Cousins, 13, 9, 9.

[MTK]

Let’s hope “sources” jumped the gun on Fuller.

[Schneed10]

Grant Paulsen tweeted that he’s been told it’s not Fuller.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by MTK

Funny to note that Smith is a McLoughan guy. Hmmm

Influence still in the building?

Fucking great observation, I didn’t think of that.

[CRedskinsRule]

Inside the 10 half of Smith's passes were TDs. KC was 1 in 3. Smith had 5 ints none in the red zone. KC had 3 in the red zone alone. Gruden can win with Smith.

[Schneed10]

By the way, an unappreciated piece of this news, it frees us to apply the tag to someone else. Increases the chances we can retain Zach Brown.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I’m trying to consider our alternatives, which were shitty. Cousins didnt want to be a Redskin, so keeping him would have required a tag. Not an acceptable solution.



Colt and a rookie? Not an acceptable solution.



Bridgewater coming off a knee? Bradford? Fragile his whole career.



I hate giving up Fuller, that’s a valuable piece. But if you asked me if I’d rather give Fuller and a 3rd for Smith, or go for one of these other bad options, I think I’d take Alex Smith.



Here’s why:



Smith INTs the last three years, 5, 8, 7. Cousins, 13, 12, 11.



Smith’s fumbles 2, 7, 4. Cousins, 13, 9, 9.

The only acceptable solution to me would have been going with a rookie but that’s such a big roll of the dice with not having a top 10 pick.

Maybe a trade for someone like McCarron I could have lived with too. I’m not a Bridgewater fan at all, Bradford’s injuries rule him out for me too. McCoy? Absolutely not.

Honestly I wasn’t even thinking seriously about Smith.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Inside the 10 half of Smith's passes were TDs. KC was 1 in 3. Smith had 5 ints none in the red zone. KC had 3 in the red zone alone. Gruden can win with Smith.

Agree. The difference is mobility.

Kelce and Reed, equal red zone targets. Even if you excuse Cousins for games when Reed didn’t play, the red zone numbers are still better.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Fucking great observation, I didn’t think of that.

I can’t take credit saw it on Twitter. It’s interesting though.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Agree. The difference is mobility.

Kelce and Reed, equal red zone targets. Even if you excuse Cousins for games when Reed didn’t play, the red zone numbers are still better.

Not hating on KC but I think he tended to get the red zone jitters. I will be interested to see if going to a new team and presumably a long term deal helps him by reducing outside pressures

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Not hating on KC but I think he tended to get the red zone jitters. I will be interested to see if going to a new team and presumably a long term deal helps him by reducing outside pressures

Yes this was definitely a personality thing. He struggled in Week 1 and Week 2 games too, it’s like he needed to get his feet wet to feel fully comfortable.

[Schneed10]

It looks like it is Fuller after all. He tweeted that he hasn’t been told so he’s trying to find out what’s going on.

But Schefter and Rap Sheet continue to report it.