Absolutely it lies with AS. But I really couldn't give a shit about stats.

manning only threw for 8.1 ypa against us

Stats matter when they indicate future performances.

So the Chiefs already lost in the playoffs? I guess we better tell the players.

And what would it be if you included dropped passes as catches and added those yards, like we're doing for Alex Smith?

There's also the small difference between facing the Chiefs defense and the Champ Bailey-less Broncos defense.

Still just a one-game sample, too. Doesn't erase a career's worth of "meh."

They have a chance to win a few games in Arrowhead, if they can get homefield advantage. Otherwise? Pretty unlikely.

We'll know a lot more after the next two weeks. If Denver gets through that stretch 1-1, I don't see the Chiefs catching them for the division title.

Truth... i hope and pine for the day that kid not only sticks here but actually becomes a contender for #1.

But theres just no chance he gets the nod over Daniel, particularly this year... they paid too much for the guy to not want to see what he's got.

The kids a pure project this year and next, barring something bizarre.

And it's for that reason they have to hedge their bets and draft one high next year regardless. Even if they like Bray long term.

You can tell half of them.

Of course not football isn't about winning it's about yards,YPA,YPC,YAC yards don't you know that

Football is about winning championships. Alex Smith will not win us a championship. I want a QB who can.

lol ... now you're just grasping for straws.

1. we add drops for Smith because it was a big problem in the game.

2. drops add directly to the discussed completion %

3. i didn't notice a big problem with drops for Denver

You don't like Alex Smith ... fine.

Just don't pull stuff out of your ass to try and make it seem like a black and white situation.

Do you mean that this team can not win a championship with Alex or that Alex can not win a championship for this team?

I think he means with Alex at the helm, this team pretty much cannot compete for a championship once in the playoffs. No way an Alex Smith led team can win 3 - 4 games in a row against teams with far superior QB's (at least the odds would be very low, < 5%)... With Alex Smith, the points are just not going to ****ing be there, and the defense will not be able to drown out opposing offenses of good teams for 3 - 4 games. AS makes us not competitive in this regard, and your proof is pretty much every ****ing game we've played this season.

I mean that when we need a QB who can take the team down the field and put it in the endzone, Alex Smith is not that guy. You need that guy to make it to the dance.

Sweet, a new topic!

Dilfer did it with the Ravens and Alex is far better than he was. The offense certainly had struggles with getting down the field but the season isn't over. We will see if that improves.

This defense isn't that good.

And we don't have a 2,000-yard rusher.

You need to give up on the pipe dream. We're going down hard in the wild-card round.

Boom!

It's like some people will just go to any depth of denial purposefully to avoid seeing AS for what he really is.

Your dumbass does know Jamel Lewis only had 1364 yards right?

Sorry, wrong year.

But the Ravens did have the #5 running game.

We don't have that luxury.

Also, interesting note that is lol:

2000 Ravens: 10.8 YPC, 6.2 YPA
2013 Chiefs: 10.3 YPC, 6.0 YPA

The hits just keep on coming!

Did you really think the Ravens would win it all last year? Anything can happen when you get in the dance.

Alex is far better than Dilfer was? Are you sure?

Other than INT's, the Dilfer 2000/Smith 2013 statistics are damn similar when extrapolated out for an entire season.

Alex wins the yardage battle by 420, but does so with 124 more attempts.

Dilfer's completion percentage is fractionally better. 59/58%

Dilfer throws 6 more TD's, again with 120 fewer attempts.

YPA - Dilfer, 6.6 / Smith 6.0


Not sure how Smith is "far better" than Dilfer, when they have similar stats while Alex plays in a pass-first offense, in a QB dominated, passing league - while Dilfer played on a run first team in a league still ruled by defenses.

There is a huge difference in passing games 13 years ago, too.

If only someone had thought about bringing up the 2000 Ravens several months ago, we could have put this thread to rest.

LMAO

I already posted dead horse beating gifs, including one featuring rain man. I don't know what more you want from me Bearcat. I can't arrest this madness.

True, but the odds of an Alex Smith led team winning 3-4 games in a row in the playoffs is statistically very, very low. An Alex Smith led team puts way too much pressure on the defense and special teams to win the game and it is really hard to picture a team winning a Superbowl with a non-functional offense (although statistically it can happen as you point out).

Based on the fact they were a 12-4 team that was a dropped pass away from the Super Bowl the previous year, yes.

Flacco had shown he could step up in playoff games.

Flacco was 3rd in deep completions, too.

Flacco > Alex

Since that's settled, let's talk about that Saints game!

Trent Dilfer is the Alex Smith lovers' last line of defense. You know you have them desperate and pitiful when they bring him up.

This is the house from that SI cover in the OP...

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/17...58141413_zpid/


Thoughts?

:facepalm:

For the millionth time, the league has changed radically since then. More than ever, it's a quarterback league now.

How come Rivers has never won?

Poverty coaching and absolutely terrible management.

"Quarterback league" =/= "every quarterback with a pulse wins a Lombardi."

no disparaging Smith. Niners fans rules....

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Mental fortitude
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Seems like a nice neighborhood, but not sure I'd spend over half a million on it... :shrug:

Actually lack thereof
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LMAO

2010 wasn't that long ago.

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I don't understand are you saying that Rivers is not that good, barely has a pulse???

No, are you special needs?

Learn to read.

It's just strange that it went for that price with other houses around it going for half that, and in this economy? There must be something more to the story.

I missed something, what's the deal with this house?

Dilfer leases it out to AS, duh.

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It's the address in the SI photo of the OP.

You've never wondered about it? It's the most interesting thing in this thread right now.

I went to Hartford for a few days for work once and it seemed nice, but for that money, I'd rather live in Manhattan with a few roommates or something.

ROFL

Never even noticed it.

The magazine in the first post has an address on it.

It's walking distance to a big park and UConn Law School, and pretty close to central Hartford and several golf courses... and it's a pretty nice looking house, which of course it should be for $570,000. It was sold 2 years earlier for $290,000.... talk about a flip. :eek:



http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...pse4aeb03b.png

I misread the Zillow then - I thought it sold for $570k back in 2011 and they estimate the current value at $290k now.

Yeah, the estimate is $250, then there's the price history...

Price History
Date Description Price Change $/sqft Source
03/09/2011 Sold $570,000 -4.8% $121 Public Record
03/05/2011 Listing removed $599,000 -- $127 Keller Williams Realty
11/25/2010 Price change $599,000 -4.8% $127 Keller Williams Realty
09/29/2010 Listed for sale $629,000 117% $134 300 PLUS LLC; 400 PLUS LLC; 500 PLUS LLC
11/16/2009 Sold $290,000 31.8% $61 Public Record
02/18/2009 Sold: Foreclosed to lender -- -- $0 Public Record
06/28/1996 Sold $220,000 -- $47 Public Record


I wonder how many subscriptions to SI you could buy with $570,000.

The LB 10 yards from Bowe, who BARELY puts his fingers on the ball.

I did you a favor. I made you an appointment for Monday at the eye doctor for a new set of glasses.

You have the vision of an NFL Referee.

There is no reason you can't win a Super Bowl with Alex Smith as your team's quarterback. He is better than Dilfer ever was. It is not likely that the Chiefs offense can score enough points to best a Super Bowl opponent, but it certainly is possible if your Defense plays well enough.

Comedy gold.

Please post your thoughts on the house when you get to that point in the thread, kthxbye.

OK, this is funny, arguing which mediocre QB is more mediocre. :D

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Not a fan of two story brick homes. Give me a brick ranch with the square footage of that two story.

Is that considered a colonial?























Also Alex Smith is a bum.

Well?




http://i.imgur.com/P5y21mk.jpg

It mentions several updates... "Completely remodeled West End Colonial. 6 bed, 3 1/2 bath, walk-in closet, custom baths, new state of the art boiler, new roof, finished hardwood floors, amazing master suite with fire place." ...but damn, it cannot appraise well. Maybe it's haunted or something.

And can you imaging paying $10,000 in property taxes?! Holy crap... I'm sure they have money to burn, but that's pretty crazy.

I bet it's off to its second job, doing whatever it can to chip in on the mortgage. Hell, it probably has its own bedroom for private chicken parties.

Rivers is a loser.

Alex smith Career QB rating: 79.4

That includes playing with injuries and all the stuff that Alex fans have tried to dismiss.

Alex Smith Career single season high QB rating 104.1



Tent Dilfer Career: 70.2 Single season Career High: 92.0


I'd say that's a lot better.

He's comparing Alex this year with dilfer's super bowl year, which makes sense
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Well comment was AS could not win a SB.

So yeah it kinda makes total sense.

Let's just compile that list from the other thread!

Alex Smith's career record when the opponent scores at least 24 points: 2-30-1

Brady: 34-31
Manning: 39-58
Romo: 15-30
Ryan: 12-24
Flacco: 12-14
Rivers: 14-32
Green: 15-43
Cassel: 8-26
Huard: 3-6
Bono: 2-11
Geno Smith: 2-3

I'm betting Geno rolls off 29 straight losses in this scenario to even things up a bit.

Not sure how the AS apologists are going to argue/spin this one. Clearly AS led teams do not score sufficient points or else his record would be a 'touch' better. 2-30-1 is appalling. I honestly wonder if Reid & Co. are aware of this statistic, and perhaps it would be something to ponder before signing AS up for 3+ more seasons to big dollars...

Good trolling.

LMAO

They don't give a shit about that. They just want a warm body to go .500 so Clark will give them another contract.

Alex is perfect for that.

LOL, really? Peyton Manning couldn't have made the play-offs with the 9ers pre-2010...they were THAT bad.

It doesn't matter

Bowe is a big,physical jump ball type receiver and that ball hit him in both hands. He should of caught the ball.

Everyone kept screaming ... "throw Bowe the ball even if he's covered, let him make a play"

Well .......


Alex Smith has been playing well enough to win a Super Bowl the last 3 games. He has been very Eli Manning-ish. If that keeps up we are fine if our defense and receivers stop sucking ass.

Lol, ok, they are going to blame the team. That is how the AS apologists are going to sidestep this alarming statistic. I should have known. It is never going to be AS's fault.