Chiefs HC Andy Reidย made it clear that Alex Smith will return as the team’s starting quarterback for the 2017 season.
โAlex is our quarterback โ thereโs no question about that or anything else,โ Reid said during Pro Bowl weekend, via the Kansas City Star. โI surely didnโt want to insinuate that (was not the case) at all.โ
โThe workโs never done โ heโll continue to improve,โ Reid said. โThere wonโt be the huge jumps, but there will be little things heโll continue to get better at.
โBut heโs pretty good right now, though.โ
A few weeks ago, Reid implied Smith was going to return as their starter, but his recent comments are much more definitive.
Smith,ย 32, is a former first-round pick of the 49ers back in 2005. After seven years in San Francisco, Smith was traded to the Chiefs in 2013.
Smith will be entering the fourth year of his five-year, $76 million contract that includes $45 million guaranteed and stands to make a base salary of $10.8 million for the 2017 season.
In 2016, Smith has thrown for 3,502 yards while completing 67.1 percent of his passes to go along with 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
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