Thread: Chiefs Alex Smith did, does, and will always suck.
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Old 09-03-2013, 04:08 PM   #1776
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Originally Posted by Jakemall View Post

What it tells us is that Kaep was not as consistent at getting completions but still averaged more yards per attempt than Alex by an ever so slight margin. It doesn't tell us if that was a result of YAC or deeper throws. Now based on what I saw, I'd agree he did throw deeper. That is a completely different thing than "throwing to his backs" which by the way, Kaep did more than Alex did.
Kaepernick and Smith both threw 218 passes for the 49ers last year. It is easily observable and quantified that Kaep threw downfield far more often than Smith.

Kaepernick threw nearly twice as many (82.4 percent more) passes 21+ yards downfield than Smith did. There's no way around it. San Fran threw deep MORE often with Kaepernick. By a lot.
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