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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I DID watch the 49ers/Saints game. I didn't see Alex Smith do anything to that fairly bad Saints defense that any decent QB wasn't capable of. In fact, his numbers in that playoff game track basically exactly with the AVERAGE performance by QBs against the Saints that year. Around a half-dozen QBs found much more success against the Saints.
Alex is a great guy. I won't argue that. His teammates like him. I won't argue that. He's smart. I won't argue that. He limits turnovers and doesn't make mistakes. I won't argue that.
The only things I'll argue are very simple:
1) He's at his best when throwing a limited number of times per game. Until he proves otherwise, expecting him to throw more and get the same results as under Harbaugh's system is based on hope and faith).
2) He's not an elite quarterback capable of being THE difference maker in a playoff run. He needs a GREAT team around him to do so, including an elite defense.
3) KC has a coach whose history says (1) is not going to be an option, and a roster that suggests (2) is still at least a few years off.
4) The Chiefs gave up too much for a QB with limited upside, and by giving up too much severely hampered their ability to find a QB with that upside in the 2013 or 2014 drafts. It's harder to walk away from a guy you gave up two first round picks for (And had your owner running around talking up in the media). If Smith doesn't work out and they walk away from him in one year or even at the end of two years without significant success, that burns a lot of public trust.
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Everything you said is true. Every single bit of it. And when i refer to the Saints game, you can diminish what he did, but no one thought he was going to lead them, and yes LEAD, and i use that term LEAD when it comes to alex smith on the field very SELDOMELY, but no one thought he could lead them down to score once, much less TWICE, and yes, he led them twice. Thats all i was saying.