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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
I don't play Madden, either. Also has nothing to do with this.
Yes, a win is a win. And getting them in the regular season is much easier than getting them in the postseason.
I don't need to see Alex Smith win a Super Bowl before I get on the bandwagon. I need to see him step up his game and be more aggressive. That could happen next week, in two weeks, next month, etc.
Sorry, but I don't get the unabashed optimism from some around here. As DeezNutz said, we have seen this movie before. I'm not going to apologize for expecting "Game manager QB, great defense Part 6" to end like the first 5 films.
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It's not him stepping up his game. It's him playing into the system and working with the template given to him by Reid.
I see a guy working through progressions quickly and taking advantage of what the defense gives him on a given play.
I see a guy being able to quickly assess a deteriorating pocket and get positive yards out of it with his mobility.
I see a guy knowing where the first down marker is and making sure the ball is there.
I see a guy who is operating behind an offensive line that has been a penalty machine and sieve so far and still hasn't turned the ball over.
People are quick to use the "game manager" tag simply because a guy isn't throwing for 400 yards every time out and taking risks with the ball. Smith has been prolific in terms of his distribution of the ball, precise in his ball placement, efficient in his use of game clock and creative in his ability to scramble.
He's simply a different QB than, say, Drew Brees or Peyton Manning.
Like I said before, he's 22-5-1 with an NFC championship under his belt the past three seasons.
I think people are putting way too much stock into what he was prior to 2011 when he was forced to play under some of the worst coaches in the NFL in the past decade and six different offensive coordinators. And Reid is the best he'll have worked with in terms of his style of play melding with coaching philosophy.
One needs to remember that it's only game three in a completely new system playing behind an offensive line that has been downright horrible so far. And were still 3-0.
That's not optimism, that's reality. And I don't need Smith to be more aggressive versus calculating if he keeps putting up the wins. Aggressive can lose you games. We are already winning them.