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Jaworski rates Chiefs QB at No. 20 among NFL starters
Jaworski rates Chiefs QB at No. 20 among NFL starters
The Kansas City Star Former NFL quarterback-turned-broadcaster Ron Jaworski ranks new Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith No. 20 among the NFL's 32 starting quarterbacks. That's according to Jaworski's ratings on ESPN's MediaZone site, transcribed from his three-minute daily segments dubbed "Jaws' QB Countdown" on SportsCenter and NFL Live. Smith, of course, was acquired in a trade from San Francisco this offseason, and has yet to throw a pass in Kansas City (aside from OTAs, that is). Here are some excerpts from Jaworski's evaluation of Smith: “A year ago, Smith was coming off his best season in the NFL, having led the 49ers to the NFC Championship. This year, he’s the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a great move by (Chiefs coach) Andy Reid to acquire Smith. “The defining element of Smith’s play is efficiency. He executes the offense the way it’s designed, and he makes very few mistakes. Last season – for the second year in a row – he was exceptional on first down. In 2012 he led the NFL in first-down passing, with a quarterback rating of 119. Much of it came off play-action, or in the case of the 49ers, hard run-action out of base personnel. There was no better play-action quarterback last season than Smith. He had a quarterback rating of over 132. “Smith has been outstanding out of multiple tight end personnel over the last couple of seasons. No quarterback has thrown the ball more with three tight ends on the field. You don’t see that very often in today’s NFL. “This play was beautifully designed with all three tight ends to the same side. First, look at the impact of the run-action on the two linebackers and the safety. This was hard run-action. Then you see that Delanie Walker’s vertical route occupied the corner. That left Vernon Davis matched on a safety, a safety that initially reacted to run. He had no chance on Davis’ wheel route. “One area Smith improved in 2012 was in the pre-snap phase of the game. He was much better at the line of scrimmage checking and audibling. “It will be interesting to see what Andy Reid does in Kansas City. Don’t be surprised if he turns Smith loose a little bit and features an up-tempo offense with an emphasis on quick throws. Remember, Alex Smith played for Urban Meyer at Utah.” Other QB's that Jaworski has analyzed so far: No. 32 Matt Flynn No. 31 Jake Locker No. 30 Kevin Kolb No. 29 Chad Henne No. 28 Mark Sanchez No. 27 Christian Ponder No. 26 Brandon Weeden No. 25 Michael Vick No. 24 Ryan Tannehill No. 23 Carson Palmer No. 22 Sam Bradford No. 21 Josh Freeman |
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Jaws had Cassel at 22 last year. So according to Jaws, we gave up a 2nd and a 3rd that could become a 2nd to move up 2 spots.
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Jeez, you are as big a dumb**** as Knowmo. 37 turnovers for a + - of -24. 10 worse in the ratio department than any AFC team.
New England and Baltimore only turned it over 16 times. Houston only 17. The 5 teams with the fewest turnovers in the NFC all made the postseason as did the best 4 in the AFC.
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The 7 best teams in + - in the NFC all had winning records, so did the Top 4 in the AFC.
Yeah guys taking care of the ball still matters quite a bit.
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28 turnovers would have been 24th in the NFL last season. Sounds like 11 wins to me! |
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In 2010 the Chiefs only had 14 turnovers as a team, so all the extra turnovers may be a fraud anyway.
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Oh, for ****'s sake. You can be aggressive with the ball, while still being smart and picking teams apart with the short passing game. See Brady, Tom and Brees, Drew.
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Yeah, Alex wasn't utilizing the short game enough. That was the problem. By the way, Brady threw 84 passes of 20+ yards. Brees, 80. Smith threw 19. |
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This is what Alex Smith can't do.
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Dude, no one wants to watch the goddamned Saints on this board. No one.
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They really are. They are for lil kids, basically.
There are 5-6 excellent QBs (that still have flaws, but get overhyped) stick around into the mid-high 90's +) There are over a dozen good QBs (that hover in the mid-low 90's/upper 80's, yet have their occasionally abysmal games) And then, there are the rest of either unproven, lucky to get into the 80's, flawed but occasionally decent, barely clinging to a job, backups at best and lucky to be a #2. |
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http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-h...for-52-yard-TD 52 yard deep bomb to Crabtree from Alex. Ooops... you iz stoopit! nlm |
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I liked the Saints better when they were irrelevant for all those decades.
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Way to miss the point. There is a difference between reckless and aggressive with the ball. Yeah, he's going to throw the ball downfield more, doesn't mean that it will lead to more turnovers. Damn, you are a horrible poster.
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