The Facts: Smith is about to enter his 13th NFL season, and there isn't much that will surprise him anymore. So allow the Chiefs' QB1, the man with a .671 winning percentage as a Chief who has nevertheless caught heat for the team's disappointing divisional-round home loss to Pittsburgh in January, to explain to you why his team will be adding another quarterback soon, likely in this year's NFL Draft. "This is the NFL, I've been playing long enough," Smith explained. "You pretty quickly realize we have three guys right now in the quarterback room, right? We're a guy short. Someone's coming in."
Diehards Line:The previous four seasons under Andy Reid, the Chiefs have had four quarterbacks for offseason practices, which start in May. Including Smith and young backups Tyler Bray and Joel Stave, the Chiefs only have three. Add that to the fact the Chiefs have done exhaustive research on the quarterbacks in this year’s draft, via formal interviews at the NFL Combine and precious predraft visit over the last month, and all signs point to the Chiefs investing one of their 10 picks -- and possibly a high one -- in the game’s most important position. Fortunately, Smith understands that he can’t control who the front office brings in to compete at his position. Smith, who began a six-week program in March, said he started throwing — via the long toss — earlier than he has in recent years, in an effort to build up arm strength and condition his arm to make the tougher throws he wants to this year. Smith will have an opportunity to show the fruits of that training when offseason workouts — which are essentially glorified 7-on-7 sessions — start in May. And we'll all see who he's competing with when that happens.