Smith to start 1st Pre-Season game, at home to the Cardinals
| Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Arizona Cardinals (0-0) | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (0-0) | 7 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| | Kansas City Chiefs | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | G.Smith | 5/11 | 106 | 1 | 0 | | M.Cassel | 32/62 | 400 | 3 | 2 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | P.Hillis | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 0 | | J.Charles | 8 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | | S.Draughn | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | D.McCluster | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 1 | | P.Hillis | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 1 | | T.Moeaki | 7 | 100 | 14.2 | 1 | | T.Copper | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | | J.Baldwin | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 1 | | D.Bowe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
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Geno Smith played the 1st Quarter of The KC Chiefs first pre-season game at home to the Arizona Cardinals Smith completed just under 50% of his passes but through for over 100yds - 1TD & no INTs.
After the game Head Coach Andy Reid stated 'the starting job is up for grabs, Matt excelled after an excellent start from Geno, we're going to go with the hot hand, the man who protects the ball the best.