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Originally Posted by Coogs
I guess my expectations are a little higher than yours.
We have a starting NFL QB who was 13-3 two seasons ago, and had his team on pace for something similar last season at 6-2 before suffering a concussion.
I'm not expecting 7-9 or 8-8 as the ceiling for this team. Not by a long shot.
Sure, Smith was not great out of the gate as an NFL QB. But the last two season he completed 64% of his passes for 30 TD's and 10 INT's.
In the playoffs, he out dueled the best QB in the league that season in Brees, who threw for almost 5,500 yards, in a great 4th quarter. Smith made plays when he had to. Not once, but twice. 3 TD's and 0 INT's in that game on 42 passing attempts.
Against the Giants, he had his team in position to win, but didn't. We have been through reasons why many times. I tend to side with the muffed punts being the reason, but that is JMO. For the record, 2 TD's, 0 INT's.
I don't think it is being unreasonable to expect our team to compete for championships... starting this season.
And sure, I would like to have a drafted QB we can call our own like the 3 teams last season, but that doesn't guarantee Super Bowl. Look at Dan Marino. Super Bowl 2nd season, never made it back. The 49ers may never make it back under Kaep's watch. Time will tell.
In the mean time, I expect more this season than 7-9 to 8-8.
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I don't think the 49ers defense is walking through that door. Smith has similar offensive weapons to what he had in San Fancisco (though I don't think KC has a pass catcher who presents the pass catching matchup problems that Vernon Davis does), but the D that carried Smith is not here.
I will not put the same stock in that Saints win that you do. The saints d was terrible, and smiths performance against it was average against that team for the year.
His performance is a big part of why they lost the next game.
I can see 5-6 more wins this year. But even if they win 8 more, that's still likely nothing more than another empty playoff birth. Not worth the price.