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Originally Posted by Jakemall
I think Alex is a very good QB. But I'll be the first one to call him out if I believe he could have made a better play.
In a blitz, there's not a lot of time to react. You have to react immediately. He chose to lock on the WR and hold onto the ball rather than avoid the blitz by either checking down or tossing it away. I think that was a bad choice.
Of course, if he hadn't run right into the defender avoiding the blitz he would have looked like a hero for salvaging a broken play...but that didn't happen and here we are.
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Well, I am a huge Alex defender as well, but that wasn't even near the worst missed play on a blitz. The worst was the Baldwin drag. he has to see that, he didn't, and chiefs fans have a right to be pissed.
Even if they had never seen a single play that Alex Smith had made in his career, this is what they heard and feared. A guy who takes too many sacks, fails under pressure, and can lock on to receivers.
personally, I think he is still thinking too much, and he doesn't have much trust in his receivers yet. I think that will come, but that game against the 49ers was hideous at best. And even the Alex guys like you me and mac have to agree with that, and I think we do.