Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 9831648)

Its like there is a Bat Signal when something is said about Alex Smith that all of the Alex Smith Dicksuckers just swarm to.

Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER (Post 9831472)

We all know Alex Smith's yards per attempt was a deceitful indicator of his ability, so don't go quoting that shit, please.

Dude was near the bottom of the league in yards per completion, because he doesn't throw the ball down the field.

That is the truth, please adhere to it.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 9831648)

Its like there is a Bat Signal when something is said about Alex Smith that all of the Alex Smith Dicksuckers just swarm to.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9831638)

Smith's actually going to be a very interesting case study for me.

Last year, when I was watching Joe Flacco mis-fire on every other pass, be it 8 yards or 40 yards downfield, I realized that guys with erratic accuracy like Flacco and Eli Manning should be firing the ball downfield. Afterall, if you're going to miss on your pass, you might as well have some risk/reward for your efforts and if its picked, its no worse than a punt.

But if you're a really accurate passer, especially in the short and intermediate zones, long passes aren't necessarily needed.

Alex Smith's yards per attempt over the last 2 years bear that out. His accuracy was so sharp that he was averaging more yards per attempt than virtually every QB in the league. He was, by any measure, a successful and productive NFL QB despite not pushing the ball downfield.

And as the efficiency numbers and yes, the highlight clips show, Smith does have that club in his bag. He doesn't have a cannon, but he's absolutely capable of making a precise, well-timed, on target deep throw. I don't know why you keep saying "can't" when the operative word really is only "hasn't". We've seen the skill-set and the numbers support it - Alex Smith can be an above average downfield passer, IMO.

But if you can sit there and throw it through a swinging tire over and over again at 12 yards, a short passing game is probably the better way to utilize those skills. Whereas if you're someone like Flacco who isn't going to be much better on short passes than long ones, then firing the thing downfield is the most efficient use of your talents.

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate (Post 9831671)

Alex "stone soup" Smith. A PERFECT metaphor.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9831676)

Perfectly stupid, just like you.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9831650)

But that's why I don't see how you're going to ignore the highlight reels.

You can find a lot of instances of him doing a really nice job of dropping the ball into closing windows and onto his receivers hands.

What he's not going to do, and what he shouldn't try to do, is rifle a ball into a tight window. His arm's not that strong; it'll get batted away. And his pass diagrams suggest that he's smart enough to know that. You're right in that he doesn't try those Stafford throws into small windows...because that would be quite stupid for Alex Smith.

But he absolutely will go over top of a WR and try to drop the ball into a hole in the coverage. And when he does, he's actually pretty good at it.

I won't try to guess raw numbers because I truly have no idea what Reid's going to do with this offense. But in Smith we're going to get an efficient passer that's smart with the ball and works with the strengths of his personnel. In other words, he's not going to be Jake Plummer; nothing in his career suggests that he'd be that kind of wild card.

You know who he really could be, though? Jeff Garcia. Garcia was athletic, smart with the ball and didn't force the issue but when he had an opening downfield, he took it. He disguised his average NFL arm strength through scrambling when needed and through making smart decisions with the ball. He was a very solid NFL QB that had his teams in legitimate SB contention on a fair occasion.

I think that's a very fair bar to set for Alex Smith.

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate (Post 9831678)

So when the Cassel II era begins, you'll still be swinging upon his nutsack, then? Good to know.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9831638)

Smith's actually going to be a very interesting case study for me.

Last year, when I was watching Joe Flacco mis-fire on every other pass, be it 8 yards or 40 yards downfield, I realized that guys with erratic accuracy like Flacco and Eli Manning should be firing the ball downfield. Afterall, if you're going to miss on your pass, you might as well have some risk/reward for your efforts and if its picked, its no worse than a punt.

But if you're a really accurate passer, especially in the short and intermediate zones, long passes aren't necessarily needed.

Alex Smith's yards per attempt over the last 2 years bear that out. His accuracy was so sharp that he was averaging more yards per attempt than virtually every QB in the league. He was, by any measure, a successful and productive NFL QB despite not pushing the ball downfield.

And as the efficiency numbers and yes, the highlight clips show, Smith does have that club in his bag. He doesn't have a cannon, but he's absolutely capable of making a precise, well-timed, on target deep throw. I don't know why you keep saying "can't" when the operative word really is only "hasn't". We've seen the skill-set and the numbers support it - Alex Smith can be an above average downfield passer, IMO.

But if you can sit there and throw it through a swinging tire over and over again at 12 yards, a short passing game is probably the better way to utilize those skills. Whereas if you're someone like Flacco who isn't going to be much better on short passes than long ones, then firing the thing downfield is the most efficient use of your talents.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9831696)

You must live in some bizzaro world where believe that your posts and opinions actually matter to anyone outside of your damaged noggin.

Cute.

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis (Post 9831670)

Abso-freakin-lutely. There's been quite a few of us saying this for quite a while. Moreover, this type of passing efficiency affects the entire complexion of the game; an efficient, intermediate passing attack keeps the O on the field and the D off of it. I've said it before, and I will say it again: I believe that one of the reasons why the 49er defense was so good is because of what they were doing offensively. I don't think they were propping ASmith up during the year; I think it was a symbiotic relationship because--get this--football is a TEAM sport.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9831656)

Solid insight.

By all means, offer any sort of substantive discourse whenever you'd like.

Mouthbreather.

Originally Posted by Jakemall (Post 9831703)

Alex's pre-reads don't show up on a stat line...and according to people smarter than me about football, he's one of the best at that. They say the best defense is a good offense...but that doesn't always mean how many points you score..somtimes it means how long to you have the ball. A fresh defense looks pretty damn good.