BREAKING: Alex Smith traded to Redskins

Hi, some breaking news happening and I'm here to talk about it:

This all started this past off-season. Alex Smith (Chiefs QB) was coming off a great season in which he lead the Chiefs in the Divisional Playoff Round and another AFC West division title. Smith is known as a pretty consistently average to good starter in football. His passes are all pretty on the mark and he even at 30+ years old is one of the best rushing QBs in football. The Chiefs though were for some reason not satisfied. The Chiefs were thinking about drafting a QB but didn't hold a top position in the first round, pick 27. There were 3 quality QBs in the draft Deshaun Watson, Mitch Trubisky, and Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs were rumored to be looking at and desiring rising draft stock QB Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs never made a deal to move up until John Ross was selected 9th overall by the Bengals. The Chiefs struck a deal with the Buffalo Bills to move up to pick 10 and give them a package of draft picks. The Chiefs took their QB of the future in Patrick Mahomes and

Alex Smith (11) and Patrick Mahomes (15)

was planning to start him either at some point this year, or the next season so he could have a whole year of learning. As the off-season came to an end, there were whispering rumors that if Alex Smith underperformed in week 1 against the Patriots, Patrick Mahomes would start over him in week 2. Well Smith didn't underperformed, he overwhelmed. The Chiefs bashed the Pats in New England for an opening night win and Smith lead the Chiefs to a 5-0 start in which he was the frontrunner to win MVP. As the rest of the season went by, Smith went back to being average and the Chiefs fell out of their top spot and finished the season 10-6 and made a wildcard berth in which they fell to a comeback effort by the Titans. As most assumed, that was Smith's last game as a Chief.
As the season ended for the Chiefs, there were a lot of questions surrounding Smith. He had a great year but everyone knows the Chiefs are eager to play their 2017 first rounder Pat Mahomes and have great confidence in him. I would be excited too but don't know how happy the Chiefs should be to give Smith away. Mahomes needed a lot of development and they might be almost done with him but usually young signal callers aren't great at the start of their career, the Chiefs may not make the playoffs again next year. So now as we know, Smith has been traded to the Redskins. This is a bit of a surprise. The Bills and Broncos were the more obvious options but now we have more clarity on another situation. We now look at the Kirk Cousins situation in Washington. The Redskins keep

Redskins QB Kirk Cousins

franchise tagging their star QB and finally after another great season, it seemed like the Redskins would either pay him big time or let him walk. Now its certain he will walk. Bringing in the vet Smith means the Redskins aren't willing to give Cousins the type of money he deserves and want a QB that can be good for a few more years before finding their future QB. Now the question mark heads to Cousins, where will the star sign? The Broncos, Jets, and Bills seem like the top options here but we still don't know if they will go with a draft QB. I think the top landing spot which is also most likely for Cousins would be the Bills.
(Other news: After the deal, Redskins signed Smith to a 4-year extension)

Anyways, this is breaking news and now we know who the Redskins QB will be, on the other hand, Cousins is now the biggest question mark and I think Buffalo is the most obvious landing here. It will be a fun off-season!
Thanks for reading!

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