Redskins trade for Alex Smith

[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.

[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]

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.

[Eagles1]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

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.

Smith TD’s last 3 years: 20, 15, 26. In 14 he didn’t have one TD to a WR
Cousins last 3: 29, 25, 27.

Take the whole trade into consideration and I don’t get it.

Smith is not an upgrade at QB. At best call it a wash.
Fuller is a good slot corner which is a valuable commodity. Add to it that he’s on a rookie deal and it makes him more appealing. Unless the Skins have an in-house replacement they are going to have pay someone.
3rd rd pick

So basically the Skins gave up a young DB, and a 3rd for a 33 year old QB. There will be some cap savings but not a ton unless they can replace Fuller with another player on a rookie deal. Overall the team is worse now than before.

[MTK]

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

[Schneed10]

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

[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]

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.

[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.

[doughtydoubter]

Damn dude. We have got to be the worst team at trading.

[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.

[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.

[HailGreen28]

This trade looks like a Snyder and Allen smokescreen to cover up their failure with Cousins. While we trade a 3rd and ?someone? for very good QB Alex Smith, meanwhile Cousins walks with at best a 3rd or so comp pick for us?

Getting an older cheaper QB that his old team apparently was dumping anyways (for Patrick Mahomey), doesn't seem like a recipe for success. Smith is underrated, he's better than a "checkdown Charlie" type player, but not the long ball threat Cousins is. Guess since our only deep threat WR can't hold on to the ball, this isn't an issue? lol.



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[WillH]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

This trade looks like a Snyder and Allen smokescreen to cover up their failure with Cousins. While we trade a 3rd and ?someone? for very good QB Alex Smith, meanwhile Cousins walks with at best a 3rd or so comp pick for us?

Getting an older cheaper QB that his old team apparently was dumping anyways (for Patrick Mahomey), doesn't seem like a recipe for success. Smith is underrated, he's better than a "checkdown Charlie" type player, but not the long ball threat Cousins is. Guess since our only deep threat WR can't hold on to the ball, this isn't an issue? lol.



:crying-

Smith had the most plays and tds and highest completion percentage over 30 yards this year.

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