Keep f***ing doubting Alex Smith

[Hammock Parties]

The title of the thread says it all....

**** you doubters. He plays with heart, and he continues to get the job done. You people who bash Alex, I don't even consider true fans. He plays his heart out every week, and you continue to bash him...

Keep bashing him, I'll keep backing him.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

This will be thrown back in your face when we win a wild card game 9-7.

Or the defense scores all of the points. Essentially it would have to be against Cincinnati maybe Houston because the other elite teams in the AFC it won't matter.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

The offense should get better week to week, and maybe do something besides make me shake my head in bewilderment more often than not.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

This will be thrown back in your face when we win a wild card game 9-7.

Okay, it has to be within reason, I acknowledge.

If that 9-7 wildcard win involves us going to New England (with all of their players helathy) and winning, I'll still put myself in his camp.

If that 9-7 wildcard win involves going to a feckless Houston team without Arian Foster, Schaub, or JJ Watt, I'll need to see more, sure.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

This will be thrown back in your face when we win a wild card game 9-7.

The Chiefs haven't won a playoff game in 20 years. Im not sure anyone would care about style points would they?

[VONDIPSHIT]

Originally Posted by Mac-NinersChiefs

whatever it takes to achieve a .803 winning percentage!

It's fools gold. It's kind of like a woman or whiskey because they are so much a like. When you need them the most (playoff game) your left high and dry.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by VONDIPSHIT

It's fools gold. It's kind of like a woman or whiskey because they are so much a like. When you need them the most (playoff game) your left high and dry.

Great post bud.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by VONDIPSHIT

It's fools gold. It's kind of like a woman...When you need them the most (playoff game) your left high and dry.

NO ****ING SHIT TO THIS MAN

NO ****ING SHIT

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Mavericks Ace

The Chiefs haven't won a playoff game in 20 years. Im not sure anyone would care about style points would they?

Style points matter here on Chiefsplanet.

Winning alone isn't enough, even though the Chiefs haven't won a playoff game in over 20 years.

[ratchet]

Does anyone find it suspicious that as soon as Alex smith leaves the niners the niners D doesn't look as good and as soon as he arrives to kc the kc defense resembles the niners D of 2011? I'm not saying alex himself directly makes defenses elite but it's too much of a coincidence that all of a sudden we go from a bottom tier defense to looking elite.

Alot of people and media are saying we look a whole lot like the 2011 niners. Last time i checked there's only ONE guy from that team that's on ours now: ALEX SMITH. And the resemblance begins as soon as he arrives. I'm not here to give Alex credit for the D's domination. I'm just here to point out that Alex's style of play and efficiency has a huge impact on not only our offense but our Defense as well. This "game manager" approach sets up his defenses in good field position and provides ample rest for defensive players. These are two of the biggest factors besides good coaching in maximizing defensive success. Sometimes teams don't really get to figure out how great their defense can be because the qb keeps turning the ball over.

In my opinion no coincidence. The Reason why our D is dominant is because they have a qb who's finally understands them has their back.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Style points matter here on Chiefsplanet.

Winning alone isn't enough, even though the Chiefs haven't won a playoff game in over 20 years.

Didn't know it was like that on CP in 1993.


How can people say "some people will never be happy/winning alone isn't enough" if they haven't won shit in 20 years? Maybe, after 20 years, people don't care so much about ~10 win season and care more about what it takes to win in the playoffs? It's mind numbing enough knowing the franchise hasn't figured out how to do that, so I'd figure a lot of people watching from home might have figured it out by now. FFS, it took Joe Montana to win the last playoff game, so that quarterback guy seems kind of important.

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by ratchet

Does anyone find it suspicious that as soon as Alex smith leaves the niners the niners D doesn't look as good and as soon as he arrives to kc the kc defense resembles the niners D of 2011? I'm not saying alex himself directly makes defenses elite but it's too much of a coincidence that all of a sudden we go from a bottom tier defense to looking elite.

Alot of people and media are saying we look a whole lot like the 2011 niners. Last time i checked there's only ONE guy from that team that's on ours now: ALEX SMITH. And the resemblance begins as soon as he arrives. I'm not here to give Alex credit for the D's domination. I'm just here to point out that Alex's style of play and efficiency has a huge impact on not only our offense but our Defense as well. This "game manager" approach sets up his defenses in good field position and provides ample rest for defensive players. These are two of the biggest factors besides good coaching in maximizing defensive success. Sometimes teams don't really get to figure out how great their defense can be because the qb keeps turning the ball over.

In my opinion no coincidence. The Reason why our D is dominant is because they have a qb who's finally understands them has their back.

Seems to me that Reid had given this a lot of thought. He recognized that with a scheme change, this KC defense could be quite special. So then, he asked himself, what kind of QB could I add that would complement this defense? Someone who could quickly learn my playbook, take care of the football, but take the strikes needed to matriculate us down the field? The kind of QB that could utilize play-action passes very well, since we have such a RB threat in JC? The kind of QB that would have experience and patience as this new offense takes time to come together?

"Hmmmm... who would be my ideal and remotely available QB to fit into all of this?" Reid asks to self.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Mac-NinersChiefs

Seems to me that Reid had given this a lot of thought. He recognized that with a scheme change, this KC defense could be quite special. So then, he asked himself, what kind of QB could I add that would complement this defense? Someone who could quickly learn my playbook, take care of the football, but take the strikes needed to matriculate us down the field? The kind of QB that could utilize play-action passes very well, since we have such a RB threat in JC? The kind of QB that would have experience and patience as this new offense takes time to come together?

"Hmmmm... who would be my ideal and remotely available QB to fit into all of this?" Reid asks to self.

Reid: "As much as I'd love to deliver this franchise's first legit quarterback since Joe Montana, there's just no one to take at 1.1. If it wasn't for bad luck.... oh well, who can come in and win 7-10 games every year until we can find a franchise QB?"

Hunt: "You had me at '7-10 wins'." *JIMP*

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Reid: "As much as I'd love to deliver this franchise's first legit quarterback since Joe Montana, there's just no one to take at 1.1. If it wasn't for bad luck.... oh well, who can come in and win 7-10 games every year until we can find a franchise QB?"

Hunt: "You had me at '7-10 wins'." *JIMP*

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by ratchet

Does anyone find it suspicious that as soon as Alex smith leaves the niners the niners D doesn't look as good and as soon as he arrives to kc the kc defense resembles the niners D of 2011? I'm not saying alex himself directly makes defenses elite but it's too much of a coincidence that all of a sudden we go from a bottom tier defense to looking elite.

Alot of people and media are saying we look a whole lot like the 2011 niners. Last time i checked there's only ONE guy from that team that's on ours now: ALEX SMITH. And the resemblance begins as soon as he arrives. I'm not here to give Alex credit for the D's domination. I'm just here to point out that Alex's style of play and efficiency has a huge impact on not only our offense but our Defense as well. This "game manager" approach sets up his defenses in good field position and provides ample rest for defensive players. These are two of the biggest factors besides good coaching in maximizing defensive success. Sometimes teams don't really get to figure out how great their defense can be because the qb keeps turning the ball over.

In my opinion no coincidence. The Reason why our D is dominant is because they have a qb who's finally understands them has their back.

Yes, injuries and distractions have nothing to do with the San Francisco defense playing at a lower level. It's not like their most explosive defensive player is in rehab right now or anything (oh, wait...).

Someone posted the stats earlier this week, but the Alex Smith-led offense actually ISN'T holding the ball that much or providing that much extra rest for the Chiefs D. They are protecting the football, sure, which helps. But the rest argument is overblown.

The Chiefs D being dominant has more to do with:

1) Dontari Poe becoming an unblockable monster in the middle (Nothing disrupts an offense more than a DT who can annihilate the pocket).

2) Health. Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis are healthy and have solidified the pass D so far, though if Flowers keeps playing through nagging injuries, that's a concern.

3) Smart additions. Sean Smith, Akeem Jordan, Nico Johnson have all been nice additions to the team and filled in significant weaknesses from a season ago.

4) Justin Houston improving, Hali being himself.

5) Better scheme that is more aggressive and less reactive.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Mac-NinersChiefs

I do think it was a "best available under the circumstances" sort of thing to some extent, but I realize there are positives to that strategy, too, as far as getting back to being competitive in the regular season, not taking too big of a stretch on a QB in the draft who doesn't fit the system, etc; and he's someone who might not carry the team on his back, but he won't lose games either.

And like I've said all along, he'll get his chances against the big boys, and we'll see what happens. If they sign him to a 5 year extension and then ignore the position in the offseason after winning ~10 games with nothing special to show for it followed by a first round loss, I might start to get the feeling that I've been on this ride before.