Alex Smith

[Danchat]

The Chiefs are complete idiots. They are handing the 49ers the first pick in the second round! That's basically a 1st round pick! PLUS a conditional 2014 pick!
The 49ers are geniuses. Jim Harbaugh is going to win a super bowl, you can't possibly not with him.
Chiefs will be OK....but they won't contend with him. They're at least better than the Raiders.

[DarthViper3k]

I have to agree... The Chiefs seemed determined to find their franchise QB from either unproven backup washouts or from old veteran washouts.

Seriously.... the best QBs in the NFL are almost entirely home grown players... The Patriots drafted Brady, Packers drafted Rodgers, Joe Flacco- Drafted by Ravens... Manning by the Colts....
Other than Drew Brees (And Manning now obviously) I can't think of a top 10 QB who isn't on the team that drafted them.
Granted these teams all have a real good office as well... something KC seems to lack.

Granted this is a bad year to be needing a QB... but its not like the Chiefs haven't had their opportunities to draft a franchise QB so my point still stands.

[Danchat]

I like this review by Walterfootball.com:
Chiefs acquire QB Alex Smith from 49ers for 2nd-round and conditional mid-rounder
Jim Harbaugh is a genius. Alex Smith was considered to be a candidate for release when Harbaugh took over as head coach of the 49ers. However, Harbaugh claimed that he was a fan of Smith's when the Utah product entered the league. Harbaugh then coached him up and turned him into a solid starter. It was obvious though that Smith would never lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl because of his limitations. That's why Harbaugh made the obvious choice to go with Colin Kaepernick.

Well, it was obvious to everyone except the Chiefs. This is an absolutely terrible trade for them. Smith, without Harbaugh, is a pedestrian signal-caller at best. He'll regress without Harbaugh, just as Matt Cassel did when he lost Charlie Weis. Andy Reid has been good with quarterbacks, but he's no Harbaugh.

It's true that Kansas City didn't have many other options at quarterback, but Smith is just a short-term stop gap until Andy Reid acquires a legitimate franchise quarterback. With that in mind, why didn't the Chiefs just pursue Matt Moore in free agency? He's just as good as Smith and would have been much cheaper. More importantly, he wouldn't have cost Kansas City a valuable second-round draft pick.

Based on PFCentral's report, I gave the Chiefs a C when it was speculated they gave up a third-rounder for Smith. But a second this year and a mid-rounder next year? What a joke. Again Harbaugh deserves all of the credit for duping a team into thinking that Smith is a solid starter. He's not. Andy Reid must have lost his mind. The Chiefs will continue to struggle for a long time.

Meanwhile, the 49ers now have 15 draft picks, including Nos. 31 and 34. They obviously can't keep all 15 because that's too many rookies. They're obviously plotting some sort of trade. The two strongest possibilities are for Percy Harvin and Darrelle Revis. Both would fill the 49ers' second- and third-greatest needs (see 49ers team needs here.) They may also want to move up for someone like Sheldon Richardson or Sharrif Floyd, should either fall into the bottom half of the top 10.

Grade for Chiefs - F
Grade for 49ers - A+