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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Just throwing out 3 game manager sorts. Not banging the table for any of those guys.
Alex Smith is somewhere between the 15th and 20th best QB in the NFL. Even after his last two seasons. He's still a game manager. The difference between Smith and someone like the 20th to 25th best QB managing games for you is what?
1 game? 2 games? MAYBE 3 games?
So a team that would go 6-10 with Carson Palmer goes 9-7 with Alex Smith instead? Best case scenario?
What is there to be excited about there? What is there to say "Yes, it was worth trading two second-round picks for this guy"?
More money in Clark's pocket, and that's about it.
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He's certainly not the 20th and is probably better than the 15th. He's probably something like the 12th or 13th. I've said all along that I feel like his ceiling is something like 2003-2005 Trent Green, who was perhaps the premier 'game manager' type QB of the modern era. He 'managed' the #1 offense in football for a few years there. If we can get that sort of performance out of Smith I think we'd all be thrilled.
As far as getting excited, I'm getting excited about 1)massive upgrade in the coaching 2) general upgrade in overall personnel. Smith was simply the only real option at QB this year. Wish it was different, but it just isn't.