Alex Smith Trade Preferred by 49ers

Yahoo Fantasy Football Rankings is reporting that the San Francisco 49ers are extremely confident that they can make an Alex Smith trade during this offseason.

With that said, the backup quarterback did not receive much interest during last offseason when he was a free agent.

In order for a trade with San Francisco to be executed, an NFL team must send the 49ers compensation on top of paying Smith the $8.5 million salary that he is owed for the upcoming season.

However, if San Francisco does end up finding a team interested, for example the Cleveland Browns, they can dictate what team they pull the trigger on an Alex Smith trade with, and would be able to keep him from signing with a division rival such as the Arizona Cardinals.

Post Super Bowl Off Season Fantasy Football Tip

Now that the NFL season is in the books you might be thinking that you don’t have to worry about fantasy football until summer. But that would be a mistake (unless you are playing against me in a league  in which case, stop reading now).

Every offseason I stay glued to at least two sources of NFL and fantasy football news (my fav’s are the highly addictive ProFootballTalk.com and solid FootballGuys.com email newsletter).

Why?

Because it keeps me up to date on all of the free agent signings, coaching changes, trades, combine news, draft news, etc, etc throughout the offseason. This helps me to internalize all the changes as they come and gives me a good feel for how teams are shaping up “as they are shaping up.”

That way, when it is time to draft, I don’t need to start cramming a week or few days before.

I’m not saying you have to read every day but check in at least 2 times per week on light news weeks.

Give it a shot and I guarantee you will see results come draft time and throughout the next season.