Thanks Alex.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Conley is the only WR who played all 16 games but never found the end zone this year. <a href="https://t.co/q9JOGUwiwE">pic.twitter.com/q9JOGUwiwE</a></p>&mdash; PFF Fantasy Football (@PFF_Fantasy) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF_Fantasy/status/829563234550177792">February 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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they love Cian on Le Batard - he has a quote they love to play about Alex Smith ... Cian says Alex Smith is the guy who can see a guy wide open in the end zone and run out of bounds because they are in field goal range.

you know who Cian loves? Tony Romo. Says Romo is the best pocket QB in the NFL. Best at making plays and extending plays in the pocket.

He's also the reason why our TE only had 4 ****ing TDs this year.

That's an off year for Smith. When he's focused he can go an entire season without throwing a TD to any of his WRs.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Kelce&#39;s deep ball drop, Maclin absolutely cooked his DB despite the cushion (S help was shaded to Mac&#39;s side, window still there). <a href="https://t.co/xdhXrTVaU0">pic.twitter.com/xdhXrTVaU0</a></p>&mdash; Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMNchiefsfan/status/832635901192724482">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#39;t mistake not getting the ball with not getting open. Maclin gets corners turned wrong consistently. Ppl don&#39;t notice without the throw. <a href="https://t.co/xBK0eB9hgL">pic.twitter.com/xBK0eB9hgL</a></p>&mdash; Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMNchiefsfan/status/832622785599926274">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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I take a lot of that with a grain of salt. You could probably do things like that for every team and every QB and find instances where even Tom and Aaron miss guys like that.

That's not to say Alex doesn't miss more open guys than most - because, surely, he does.

:rolleyes:

Eh, that 2nd clip wasn't 'open'.

That was a half step of separation on an underneath zone where the reward wouldn't have justified the risk. That LB was dropping right into the zone there and without an absolutely perfect throw it could've easily been picked.

The first one it's hard to say, especially when the clip is acknowledging that the safety is shading towards Maclin there. I don't think it's at all an accident that he just happened to cut the S out of the screen. "The window is there....trust me" - why? Just show me the whole play.

This is a conversation you have to have with Discuss about once a month - bad arguments do a disservice to your good ones. There are good arguments against retaining Alex Smith but trying to point to that second clip as evidence that Smith is some cowardly jackass is just stupid. There are more reasons not to make that throw than there are reasons to make it.

No shit. Just keep posting the Tyreek Hill missed read over and over again - that's a better point, anyways. No QB at any level misses that read.

Smith is such a bum. How can they screw up so bad and bring him back for another year.

Just texted this to my entire family and a few co-workers ROFL

Bullshit cartoon; Smith's wife isn't wearing silver and black.

So what was the turning point that made everyone hate Alex Smith, and why did it take so long? The Pittsburgh playoff loss? It took you guys that long? The Smithers I mean.