"It's what I've wanted from the start, from when all this trade talk first started, was to end up here," Smith told Rich Eisen on NFL Network. "I'm thankful it worked out and excited to get to work."

Reid told the media he admired Smith's ability from afar during the quarterback's college days at Utah, and revealed he'd kicked the tires about Smith in past years.

"When I was at Philadelphia, for whatever reason we seemed to play (the 49ers) every year, and I got to see him first hand," Reid said, according to The Sacramento Bee. "He was somebody if I had the chance, I would want on my team. So I did inquire about him periodically with the 49ers."

Now Reid has his guy and Smith gets to go from one respected quarterback coach to another. Things don't look so bleak in Kansas City anymore.