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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Indeed there is.
Why do you believe Alex Smith is the latter?
We've seen Smith's mentality through college and his early years in SF - he's not terrified of the downfield pass. In college he was quite the bomber, actually.
He's been coached very heavily to work underneath now. Now that's arguably because of his downfield passing limitations, but it is what it is.
Smith's not a turtling little bitch that looks to check-down first. He's a guy that runs an offense where it's primary passing game is built around 2 big, strong guys that run short routes all day.
Smith's absolutely "a QB running an offense where the short yardage guy is the primary option"
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Excellent, excellent post.
I don't view Smith as some savior, but he's getting hammered here on things that just aren't true.