The spotlight is shining on the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback situation. How does Alex Smith stack up to other options? Here’s a breakdown of Smith and Jimmy Garoppolo.

If the Kansas City Chiefs are looking to replace Alex Smith at quarterback, there really aren’t a lot of great options. If you have been following along this week, you have seen how Smith remains a better option for the Chiefs than most of the other potentially available quarterbacks. So far I have only found Kirk Cousins to be a better option. However, that might change today.

The fallout from this last postseason is very real. The fans are mad. The media is talking about other options. Even the team leadership has reportedly been concerned. There may even be some blowback from players on the roster if we’re reading Marcus Peters right.

Alex Smith has been a contentious figure for a while now. There is no doubt that the Chiefs could do much worse at quarterback. We all know that to be true, even if the hyperbole out there doesn’t show it. However, we also know that we could do much better. That’s the whole crux of this. Alex Smith is about as middle of the road as it gets at quarterback.

If the Chiefs decide to invest in improving the quarterback position this offseason, there are some avenues to pursue. However, it will likely cost a good deal of resources to get the job done. There is a shortage of quality quarterbacks in the NFL these days. That has inflated the market on the position to astronomical proportions. So a team must invest wisely.

Where do the Kansas City Chiefs fall in that scenario? Well, it’s hard to know for sure. So I’m going to go through this one option at a time and we’ll see if we can find that better option. I have covered Tony Romo, Tyrod Taylor, Kirk Cousins, and Jay Cutler so far. Next up is Jimmy Garoppolo of the New England Patriots. So let’s see how they compare…