Alex Smith's NFL career has been a rollercoaster to say the least. After being drafted No. 1 overall by the 49ers in 2005, Smith battled through numerous coordinator and coaching changes in San Francisco before eventually being usurped as the team's starting quarterback by Colin Kaepernick after an injury in 2012.
Smith eventually was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013, where he performed admirably until another up-and-coming gunslinger once again overtook Smith for the starting QB job in 2018. That gunslinger was Patrick Mahomes, who went on to win the NFL MVP that season and led the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory over the 49ers in his second year at the helm.