Should Chiefs move on from Alex Smith after 2016?
By John McCarty
The Kansas City Chiefs could move on from Alex Smith after this season, making this an offseason of major intrigue.
As fans are still thawing out over the last-second loss to the Titans, many fans are beginning to see this team and this team simply is not strong enough at quarterback to win the Super Bowl, and possibly, even make it close enough to actually discuss the Super Bowl.
Fans, critics and analysts of all shapes and kinds have been quick to point out (and rightly so) that much of the blame for the previous game lies at the feet of Alex Smith. Which begs the question, after this season, what are the options for the Chiefs if they decide to move on from Alex Smith?
After this season, the team and organization will have a decision to make on whom to move forward with. Do they keep their current starter in place or do they make a change and go with the Foles, who was drafted by Andy Reid while he was in Philadelphia?
Perhaps the most frustrating aspect is that outside of the quarterback position, this Chiefs team, is quite possibly the best we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes. This team is likely the best the Chiefs will field for awhile, as the stars are, or were, aligning for this team to do something truly amazing, Yet here we are, staring down the possibility or likelihood of playing playoff football on the road, having to make the Super Bowl by winning three games in other teams venues. Not a great proposition.
There are multiple reasons the Chiefs can or should make the move away from Alex Smith. We will explore a couple of those reasons here and what a move like that would signal for the teams direction going forward.