Alex Smith is a frog that won't sing or dance

[RealSNR]

There's this hilarious post on reddit that was made by a Bengals fan right after their playoff loss to the Houston Texans for the second consecutive year.

"ANDY DALTON THROWS 47 TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS FIRST TWO YEARS, GOOD FOR 3RD ON THE ALL TIME LIST IN THAT NARROW CATEGORY BUT WHEN EVERYONE LOOKS, HE TURNS INTO THAT GODDAMN FROG IN THE HAT THAT WON'T SING OR DANCE!"

For people who don't know what the hell he's talking about:


And here's what happens when the guy tries to show the frog to a talent agent:



I mean, it's brilliant on a few levels. One is its connection to Andy Dalton as a TCU Horned Frog. The other is the portrayal of the hobo who discovers him, who knows that if he can make the frog sing and dance at any important event in front of any important talent agent, he'll have all the success and money he could dream of. The reality is very few coaches are able to make their Andy Daltons sing and dance like this, and very often it can be the very thing that gets them fired. At the end of this cartoon, the man puts the frog back in the box and buries him deep under ground, haunted by his explosions into song. Another guy digs up the box by accident, discovers the frog talent, and the process begins all over again. Another *****, another Cassel. Another Gailey, another Fitzpatrick.

And dare I say... another Reid another Alex Smith?

Look, you have Bengals fans that are getting sick of Dalton's shit. You have Texans fans getting sick of Schaub's shit. I have no idea if Falcons fans are sick of Ryan's shit, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were.

My point is I think Alex Smith is doomed. Because at his BEST, he's a singing and dancing frog that performs for the talent agents, but when he gets on stage for an audience, he turns into a ribbitting piece of crap. And you already have fans of these teams that HATE their singing and dancing frogs.

We haven't had a singing and dancing frog since Trent Green. We've been hobos for a long ****ing time. Cassel sang and danced once, but that was only because we were on acid. If we're lucky enough for Alex to be a singing and dancing frog, we're just going to want him replaced anyway.

Umm... actually I don't really have a point here. But there it is anyway.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by DaveGrantt

It the same Story every off Season. Alex is the best QB in the league in MAY/JUNE/JULY. He does everything that is asked of him in the off season. I been hearing this same tune from every different OC or HC the Niners have had since 2006. It is always" wow Alex looks sharp", " Alex is teaching others the play book", Alex taking command of the Offense" etc. Then Come Sept..............Offense starts off slow, relies of Def and SP.
I don't see Alex Smith doing much more than his 175-200 yards passing, and little ovr 1 TD a game. The less the Niners asked of him the better he played.

Wrong. Alex Smith played great in weeks one and two last year. Week one at green bay, and two at home on sunday night football vs the lions. He played GREAT in both of those games. So sit down, and shut up. Your lies wont be tolerated.

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

If he sucks, we can get a new QB, which is what I want. If he's good, I'll watch the rest of the team drag him to the playoffs.

Either way, I get whatever I want, and you get to dictate nothing.

Negged.

Pretty much the way I figure it anyways. If he does well, ie the team is winning, babies will cry and say that the rest of the team is carrying him. Which, is pretty much typical.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Maverick91579

Wrong. Alex Smith played great in weeks one and two last year. Week one at green bay, and two at home on sunday night football vs the lions. He played GREAT in both of those games. So sit down, and shut up. Your lies wont be tolerated.


Pretty much the way I figure it anyways. If he does well, ie the team is winning, babies will cry and say that the rest of the team is carrying him. Which, is pretty much typical.

If he's doing well, it MEANS that the team is carying him.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

If he's doing well, it MEANS that the team is carying him.

lol, if you say so. I like the fact that Alex Smith has no ego when it comes down to checking to a run, or throwing a pass to a guy short and giving him a chance to make a play. That's just me. Shrugs. The big play is nice, but keeping the other offense off the field, is just as nice. Especially when you have as good of pass rushers as you guys do, the more time their offense has to spend trying to hurry up and score, the better off you will be.

Just my line of thinking.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Maverick91579

lol, if you say so. I like the fact that Alex Smith has no ego when it comes down to checking to a run, or throwing a pass to a guy short and giving him a chance to make a play. That's just me. Shrugs. The big play is nice, but keeping the other offense off the field, is just as nice. Especially when you have as good of pass rushers as you guys do, the more time their offense has to spend trying to hurry up and score, the better off you will be.

Just my line of thinking.

Those things are great... as long as he can flip the switch and try to make tougher throws on 3rd down.

Flipping the ball short to a guy - the checkdown pass - has its place. But on third down? All it really leads to is a team that punts. A lot.

That's fine if you have a truly elite defense. It's unlikely Alex Smith will have such a luxury in his time in KC.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Those things are great... as long as he can flip the switch and try to make tougher throws on 3rd down.

Flipping the ball short to a guy - the checkdown pass - has its place. But on third down? All it really leads to is a team that punts. A lot.

That's fine if you have a truly elite defense. It's unlikely Alex Smith will have such a luxury in his time in KC.

We wont know that until the season starts. No one thought the 49ers defense heading into 2011 was going to be elite either.

I agree, he has to pick up the 3rd downs, agreed completely. He also has to feel free to take some chances, and give guys a chance to make a play.....

Agreed on all of the above.