Quote:
Originally Posted by LowExpectations
Alex Smith received more YAC on a per completion basis than Kaepernick did, so sorry.
This isn't a Kaep vs Alex on the whole thing(I can do that later). This is a "Mac9er loves talking out his ass" thing. The minute a new QB started playing for the 49ers, they went vertical a whole lot more with the same talent. So no, Harbaugh did not "play it safe" because of sub par WR talent.
|
Are you sure about the YAC thing? I seem to remember a lot of the pro-Kaep people point to Kaep's improved yac as a way of saying that Kaep had better placement on the ball so that the recievers could get more yards after the catch.
Quote:
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
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.
|
I didn't disagree. I said that he had thrown deeper. What I said is that the stats he listed don't say that by themselves. More, my comments were related to his post re: throwing to the backs. He tried to take it a different direction.