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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
If you take away touchdowns scored by his defense/ST, during the regular season the past two years, Smith's offense scored 548 points by my count. Which comes out to just a shade under 23 PPG. That's good enough for 18th in the NFL in 2012 or 16th in 2011. Not bad, but very middle of the road and not the type of performance you'd expect to accompany a guy who is 19-4 as a starter in that timeframe.
Take away a couple of laugher/blowouts against craptastic teams in each year, and the PPG dip to less than 22.
A QB who is putting up mediocre offensive output yet still winning at that ratio is riding his defense.
And yes, his QB rating is shiny and so are his YPA. It's still impressive, but less so when you apply the context of who Alex Smith really is as a QB. Minimal pass attempts, taking no chances, scrambling early or checking down early instead of hanging in the pocket and throwing heavily off of play-action does wonders for efficiency and YPA.
He's better than Cassel and better than anything the Chiefs have had since Trent Green. But he's still a mediocre starting NFL QB.
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Games are not played in a vacuum. The 49rs had a badass defense so they played to their strengths Harbough is a conservative type coach.
Smith did exactly what he was asked to do and that's all you can ask.
It will be interesting as Reid is obviously not conservative.
People continually act like there is only 1 way to build a SB team and that's only with an elite QB and that's simply not true. You need an above average QB.
I think we have one and I think they will draft and develop another one.