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Originally Posted by Molitoth
Winning and losing has nothing to do with evaluating Alex Smith properly.
The Chiefs Defense is playing good enough right now where almost any QB in this league would be put in a good enough situation to take advantage for a win.
Alex Smith has come through when it really matters (4th quarter drives), but the rest of the time him and the entire offense has been garbage.
Alex Smith is the leader of this offense, therefor he gets the blame.
When someone states that Eric Fisher sucks, I don't see everyone coming to his defense claiming "3-0!!!!". Shouldn't be the same for Alex Smith either. Winning is a TEAM goal, and the Defense is pulling most of the weight.
Alex Smith can Surely play much better and I hope he does, but just because this team is 3-0 doesn't relieve ANYONE on this team of criticism if they deserve it. Does anyone think Andy Reid is at the facilities right now saying to his offense, "it's okay guys, we are 3-0... no need to stop sucking ass."
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The team was perfect in the redzone for the first two games, both of which he walked out of 2 TDs 0 INT passing. That's the Alex Smith, as advertised, we're going to get. Even the best QBs in the league have bad games and if you want to call the Eagles game a "bad game" then I'll settle for "no critical mistakes, play well enough to stay competitive while making critical and sustaining drives when it matters the most" as his version of having a bad game.
Compare that with (who else?) Kaepernick:
At best, 400+ yards passing 3 TDs (week 1 win).
At worst, 6 turnovers, 0 TDs 139 YPG passing average (week 2+3 losses)
Alex may not ever have that high of a game but he won't have that low of a low.