Originally posted by goodthings19:
Originally posted by WillBow:
It only takes two teams to create a market for Alex. There is no chance the Niners just let him go. They will pay the roster bonus if needed. I bet you a team is willing to give up a first round pick for him. The draft is really weak this year for QBs.
The fact that the draft doesn't hold any top shelf QB prospects will certainly help raise Smith's trade value. There is no doubt that he will at least be worth an early 2nd rounder. Between the weak 2013 QB class and a very weak free agency pool, Alex should be several teams best option. This will be Baalke's first real test in the trading game. Let's hope he comes out a big winner!
The problem with the "early second rounder" theory is that most likely a team that would be interested in Smith and drafting that low, would select a QB in the draft over trading for smith.
Remember, there's still a lot of idiots that believe Matt Barkley is worth a first rounder. I'm positive, after the combine, that there will be a slue of QB's not worth a 3rd or 4th round going in the first and second.
It happened to the 49ers when Nolan was hired
[ Edited by Geeked on Dec 1, 2012 at 7:12 PM ]