Namor40 |
02-27-2013 02:42 PM |
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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
(Post 9446527)
Translation: He is an average at best QB who won't stretch the field and take chances because he is only capable of playing within the offense and cannot create offense on his own or throw people open.
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Seemed to do plenty well as his yards per attempt was one of the highest in the NFL. The notion that he can't get the ball down the field is absurd, you should ask Vernon Davis about his ability to get the ball down the field.
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That is just flat out wrong. Senior QBs putting up video game numbers in in a BCS conference with ridiculus TD:INT ratios and 70% completion percentages don't just fall to the 2nd round because the media idiots say so and they are too stupid to stop comparing this year's QBs to Luck and RG3.
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Its not the media that is setting the value for these players. You have scouts and personnel people all across this league holding their noses at this mediocre QB class. Geno Smith is a system player that needs to further develop to start at the next level, he's not an out of the box QB, he's someone who will take time and should start off on the bench, watching. Put him in right away and he'll implode and have the bust label put upon him in 2 years or less.
He's the best QB in a very very weak QB class, being #1 of a lousy bunch doesn't mean you have #1 pick value, or even 1st round value.
Once again, if Reid thought he was worth a damn, he wouldn't have traded for Alex Smith.
Stop letting fantasies of watching guys like Kaepernick and Newton color your view of Smith, that somehow he'll be just like those guys. He isn't, and he won't, he's a potentially good QB that needs time to acclimate and develop before becoming a full starter.
Perhaps you haven't seen this:
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Matt Cassel's career stats as of today: 58% completion, 6.6 yards/pass, 173 yards/game, 82 TD to 57 INT, 160 sacks, and 24 40+ yard plays.
Alex Smith's career stats as of today: 59% completion, 6.6 yards/pass, 178 yards/game, 81 TD to 63 INT, 196 sacks, and 33 40+ yard plays.
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Compare their last 2 1/2 seasons of performance and then get back to me. Alex Smith was drafted #1 and then thrown into the starting lineup on a team with no OL, no WR's and no running game. He had two clueless head coaches and a new offensive coordinator every single year for years on end. What is relevant is that this is a guy who was ranked 3rd in the NFL in QB rating and had a 70% completion rate before he went down with a concussion. Matt Cassel hasn't put up numbers like that in his dreams.
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