A quarterback respected by his coaches and loved by his teammates is having the best season of his life, and here he goes, likely gone after this postseason, the first man in NFL history to play for a new team the year after leading the league in passer rating.
It’s an entirely bizarre set of circumstances that could only be made more bizarre by this fact:
The quarterback has lived a similar story before.
This is about Alex Smith and the Chiefs, of course. A playoff game against the Titans on Saturday is the focus, but the mind tends to wander, and with Patrick Mahomes waiting and apparently ready, it is likely Smith will be somewhere else next year.