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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
I'm going to quote this because duncan is one of the more thoughtful, purposeful posters on this forum, one who would never get lumped into a category of "drafturbators" or bullshit like that.
And this is his assessment of Alex Smith.
This is when you have to look around the room and decide if you might be on the wrong side in this "debate." Quotation marks because I don't think it's arguable to say that Smith is an average-at-best QB.
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How much is a QB responsible for the most important passing stat, YPA? Sure, Alex Smith's isn't very high this year, 6.3 YPA. In many fans' minds, the greatest QB of all-time is Tom Brady, whose YPA is under 6 this year after being near the top of the league most years. Trent Green over a 3-4 year period probably was in the top 3 if not #1 in YPAs. Does Tom Brady suck now? Is Trent Green a HOFer? How does NE's O-line and receiving corps this year compare to ours?
When I watch our offense, what sticks out to me is not Alex Smith's performances, either good or bad, but a shitty O-line. This is not 2010's O-line where JC was averaging 6.4 yards per carry.
Alex Smith surely is not a HOF QB, but I think most if not all QBs would struggle behind this O-line.