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Originally Posted by Go to Hell
Here's a bone-chilling fact:
The 49ers have been no higher than 25th in third-down conversion percentage for Alex Smith's entire career.
32nd
26th
32nd
29th
29th
31st
25th
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Exactly why so many niner fans were hoping he would be gone a long time ago.
That stat did NOT improve much under Harbaugh. The niners won a LOT of games last year thanks to the leg of David Akers. He set the record for field-goals last year. We won a TON of games scoring in the teens and having our D get turnovers. We had one of the highest turnover ratios ever recorded last year.
Alex didn't lose us games. THAT is the point. We relied on special teams, defense and not turning the ball over to get to the championship game. It was when we got down big/early that the true Alex showed. He is not capable of overcoming big deficits. His third down percentage is low because he is so afraid of making a bad throw that he immediatly goes to the checkdown if the first read is covered.
Alex has never been accurate on his second reads. If he has to move in the pocket he loses sight of the field. He panicks. He doesn't have the arm strength to stretch the field.
If not for Vernon Davis, we would have not even made the playoffs. Alex can hit the wheel route like nobody else, but the reason it worked so well for the niners is Davis' speed. He's the fastest TE in the NFL. Alex will NOT make those throws to your TEs unless they are WIDE open.
He completed 1 pass....................ONE PASS to a wr in the NFCCG last year. He reverted to captain checkdown in the biggest game of his career.
I don't hate the guy, but I am very happy he's gone.
I'm just trying to prepare you guys for what is coming. Your punter will become the MVP of the team. If your defense can get turnovers and your special-teams units can score some points you have a chance at the playoffs, but you will never win a SB with Alex Smith.