Peter King: You have to go back to 1997 to find a draft like this one

[Sully]

My problem with Alex Smith is this...
His coach (who happens to be pretty good), decided he wasn't good enough, after a season and a half of decent play, and, for all intents and purposes, benched him.

As for Foles (he's not going anywhere, btw), if he were to be traded, once again you've got a guy who was deemed not good enough.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Sully

My problem with Alex Smith is this...
His coach (who happens to be pretty good), decided he wasn't good enough, after a season and a half of decent play, and, for all intents and purposes, benched him.

This.

Jim Harbaugh made the change because he felt Alex Smith's upside was something LESS THAN THE SUPER BOWL. That's the only reason to make that change when he made it - because he felt Kaepernick had Lombardi upside and Alex Smith didn't.

Why anyone would want him here is beyond me. At VERY BEST, it's another Joe Montana lose in the AFC Championship scenario. Our team isn't NEARLY as good as the SF team, especially on defense.

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by Sully

My problem with Alex Smith is this...
His coach (who happens to be pretty good), decided he wasn't good enough, after a season and a half of decent play, and, for all intents and purposes, benched him.

Another way to look at it is:

Harbaugh inherited a good Acura which he tuned up and drove. But before he could be sure of the Acura's performance he bought himself a Cadillac and kept it in the garage. When the Acura had an accident he fired up the Cadi and drove it. Having experienced driving the Cadi he now won't drive the Acura. The Acura is still a high end Honda, but not quite a Cadillac. That's all. I would buy an underpriced Acura in a scenario like that in a heartbeat.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Frankie

Another way to look at it is:

Harbaugh inherited a good Acura which he tuned up and drove. But before he could be sure of the Acura's performance he bought himself a Cadillac and kept it in the garage. When the Acura had an accident he fired up the Cadi and drove it. Having experienced driving the Cadi he now won't drive the Acura. The Acura is still a high end Honda, but not quite a Cadillac. That's all. I would buy an underpriced Acura in a scenario like that in a heartbeat.

Why would you buy an underpriced Honda when you know that, in order to get to your desired destination, you NEED the Cadillac?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Why would you buy an underpriced Honda when you know that, in order to get to your desired destination, you NEED the Cadillac?

Because you don't.

Joe Flacco isn't a Cadillac.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Because you don't.

Joe Flacco isn't a Cadillac.

Alex Smith isn't Joe Flacco.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Alex Smith isn't Joe Flacco.

Eh, 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other.

They're different players, but Alex Smith would be far better in the WCO that Reid runs than Joe Flacco would be.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Eh, 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other.

They're different players, but Alex Smith would be far better in the WCO that Reid runs than Joe Flacco would be.

Better than bad does not equal good.

I have no doubt Alex Smith would be ADEQUATE.

I don't want adequate.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Frankie

Another way to look at it is:

Harbaugh inherited a good Acura which he tuned up and drove. But before he could be sure of the Acura's performance he bought himself a Cadillac and kept it in the garage. When the Acura had an accident he fired up the Cadi and drove it. Having experienced driving the Cadi he now won't drive the Acura. The Acura is still a high end Honda, but not quite a Cadillac. That's all. I would buy an underpriced Acura in a scenario like that in a heartbeat.

I'd rather buy a lottery ticket where I have 3 possible outcomes of getting the Caddy, getting the Acura, or getting a Volvo than settling for a sure thing Acura.