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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
So in your mind Alex Smith is Troy Aikman/Joe Montana? OK.
I don't think there is a "correct" definition of game manager. It's kind of like obscenity. You know it when you see it. Common traits of a game manager include being risk-adverse, always choosing safe throws, relying heavily on defense and running game.
Factually correct. I think we both understand each other's opinion regarding the 2011 season and Alex Smith's performance there. You give him a lot more credit than I do. (And I actually watched that team a lot, because of Aldon Smith).
I finally told Lucy to go **** herself, I wasn't kicking the football this time. She's going to need to put that thing on a tee and go stand on the porch while I kick it.
I stayed a Chiefs fan because that's what you do. Fandom becomes cheap if you bounce from team to team because your team isn't winning. That's my dad's influence.
I'm not pissing all over Alex Smith. Taking a wait-and-see and want-to-see-more approach to him before I BELIEVE in him as the Chiefs long-term QB is not pissing all over him.
Smith has an awesome winning percentage of late. He also has been paired with great (in some cases, surprisingly so) defenses and strong (at least in San Francisco) running games.
I don't question that Alex Smith can win games in the regular season. If he's paired with a top 5 defense, he can a lot of them. We've seen a lot of Chiefs QBs win a lot of games with those
I question his ability to lead a team to victory in the playoffs against other elite squads, that have stronger play at the QB position. The Saints win is not enough to convince me in that regard (the playoff loss to the Giants is much more damning than the Saints win is praising, IMO). I want them to look at upgrading if he doesn't raise his play and show he can consistently make the big-time plays (over the course of an entire game) a QB often has to make to win playoff games. If he does (what I honestly hope for but don't BELIEVE yet), there is no need to upgrade.
Entirely a preemptive strike.
Your love of and focus on players from the state of Utah is not exactly a secret around here. I think that creeps in with Alex Smith.
3-0 is great. It's exciting. But I'm not going to excuse myself for tempering some excitement and having some concerns and questions about the way the ride ends.
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I think you've changed your argument as time as gone on. You pretty much pooed on the acquisition of Alex Smith since it happened because like most Chiefs fans you wanted to draft our franchise QB. Now suddenly it's tempered excitement.