Spot on.

Agreed.

We'll see, but I get the feeling this week will be the week he can shut up the naysayers such as myself that worry about what happens with the d gives up over 20 points.

Every freaking team would be milking clock in that situation with their run game. Every single one.

It's not spot on. It's nowhere close to being on point. It's frankly absurd.

I just hope KC doesn't sign him to a big contract as their long time starter because people will see eventually that he is very limited. Even with all the wins, Harbaugh saw it.

Alex's bread and butter is let the defense set the tone. If they keep the games close...the Chiefs will always be in games. If the D is ordinary. Good luck. It's not a knock on the guy, it's just not who he is. Fanboys have a hard time accepting that.

80 yard TD drive in the 3rd quarter. JC had 2 carries for 3 yards on that drive.

While JC is crucial the offense, it seems maybe the QB is doing work as well.

We're going in circles... I've posted the stats. 2010 Cassel and 2011 Smith are almost identical statistically, and their career stats are just as eerily similar. 2012 Smith had a better rating because his completion percentage was up, but there wasn't a huge difference in projected yardage/TDs/etc. Really, the only significant difference is the win over the Saints in the playoffs, and that yes, Smith continued to improve while Cassel didn't (granted, the 49ers were a better team, but whatever).

I do see it as an upgrade so far... better pocket presence, doesn't curl up into the fetal position at the first sign of trouble, etc... but, being efficient in the first two games while throwing for less than 6 yards per completion doesn't make him significantly better than the 2010 Cassel who had a 27/7 TD/INT ratio and only fumbled twice.

Of course Smith is an upgrade from last season, which isn't saying much, and he has shown more flashes of potential... but, that's it for now. The numbers don't lie. He'll be given a few opportunities this year to possibly win high scoring games (maybe in both of the next two games) and he'll go up against Peyton Manning twice. Of course, he doesn't have to win all of them by throwing for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, but what he does will go a lot further in determining if he can take it to the next level than talking about the past while he was on a different team with different coaches, etc.

You guys like him, I get it... but, again, you have to understand that we're coming from years and years of retread QBs and years and years of believing it'll be different "this time"... and as much as I'd love for it to be true for the first time in 20 years, as someone who has seen plenty of ~10 win/1 and done seasons, cautious optimism is about the best I can do, and even that's a stretch before the end of the month.

2 games into 2010 Cassel had 2 picks 1 TD and 243 passing yards.

If you think Smith is going to project to have the same season this year that Cassel did in 2010, I don't even know what to tell you.

Do you Smith is going to go backwards from here? Being serious.

Love the whole post, but especially this part.

The Chiefs fanbase has been burned by QBs like Alex Smith time and again. The biggest difference with Smith is that there is MORE evidence about who he really is than probably any other retread guy KC has brought in since DeBerg or Krieg.

Very few people are saying the guy is terrible. But we are more than justified in being cautious about a guy who has been a game manager, mediocre QB in the past, and wanting to see him be MORE than that before he's signed to a lucrative extension.

I'll give Dorsey major credit on not extending him right away. If he doesn't elevate his play and they move on after two years, I'll give Dorsey even more (though I'll point out that they paid an awful lot to get him, ESPECIALLY if they haven't won something significant in that timeframe).

If at the end of 2014, the Chiefs go in a different direction at QB and have won 18 games in 2013 and 2014 without a playoff run or even a divisional crown, the trade is a failure, IMO.

Unless Tyler Bray is the lightning strike and becomes a star, thanks in part to Alex Smith's tutelage. But I'm not holding my breath on that one.

'Maybe it's just me, but for me. . . '

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How many total yards of offense were there? How many yards rushing did Charles have? And HE'S THE QUARTERBACK?

LOL..wow. I don't even know what to say.

In 2011 he staged a 20 + point second half comeback, in Philly, to beat the Eagles.

This was addressed. He threw for like 5 yards on the game winning drive.

He means like the Eagles game.

Because a 20+ point comeback requires only 7 points.