In all fairness, the 49er line is tremendous; the Colts have a sieve.

Rooky QB vs a 9 year vet. How many hits do you think Alex Smith can take this season?

41, but he played behind maybe the worst line in football, and threw it more than almost anyone.

Meanwhile Alex takes 44 playing behind an excellent line, throwing it less than almost anyone.

The stats don't support Alex very well.

Andrew Luck isn't known to have durability issues that is something Alex Smith takes with him to Arrowhead.

26 ppg with Colin in the regular season.
23.6 ppg with Alex in the regular season.

not much difference there. Stop acting like it was suddenly the 49ers were scoring a ton more points. They really weren't.

Davis runs two routes well: crossing and wheel routes to the outside. He can also get behind the defense if they try to guard seam routes with a LB (most teams now put a safety on him). He does not read defenses well nor does he have the agility to quickly find and move to the opening in the zone on blitzes. Consequently he is a matchup problem on deep routes but does not run the routes a QB needs in order to be able to get rid of the ball quickly under pressure. He is just not good inside the hash marks. That is one reason Smith took so many sacks in SF. It is also the reason many are predicting they will use the #34 pick on Zach Ertz who is more the traditional TE that can be a quick relief valve for a QB.

How convenient that you ignore the postseason, dipshit.

Alex is one of the toughest players out there man. He played in 2007 about 5 games with a separated shoulder.

That shitty Vernon Davis, if only Alex had a real TE.

45, 28, 31 aren't just BINGO numbers.

A fair enough post.

This somehow reminds me of posting my own personal epiphany about Reid no more than 48 hours before he was signed, long after i had made many impassioned posts saying how incredibly stupid choosing him would be... i was startled with myself for changing so quickly.

But i literally changed my view 180 within fifteen minutes of seriously pondering why Reid would still be coaching football after his ordeals, and i thought...

"Here is a proven winner with all of the pedigrees, who is going to forego any kind of life break whatsoever in his singleminded chase for the Ring... and he wants to BURN IN here in pursuit of it?"

Thats EXACTLY the kind of fanaticism that changed my mind that night... if a driven guy like that isnt yet satisifed with his accomplishments, and wouldnt have a clue what to do with himself without football... then PLEASE feel welcome to fix it with my team.

Point is, if he covets Axl even half as much as some say, then his one track mind has spent many a feverish hour considering all of the angles... Axl will do -for now-, reid surely knows he isnt getting any younger, he wants to get back to contention NOW.

Throw in a no nonsense Dorsey to control the rudder... and i'm trying to be hopeful and believe theres a method to the madness.

Alex Smith averaged just over 200 combined passing and rushing yards per game

Colin Kaepernick averaged well over 300

Of course.

Suffice to say, the Chiefs will have the best WR corps he's ever had, NCAA or NFL, and there's no reason to think that Reid and Dorsey are finished.

I realize that most Chiefs fans aren't familiar with San Fran teams since 2005, but Smith has truly had nothing but shit for the overwhelming majority of his career.

Bowe, Avery and even McCluster are upgrades. HUGE upgrades, IMO.

Who ****ing cares?

Please link us to even ONE person that's said that Smith is just as good or equal to Kaepernick.

Cause 4 points isn't important right? No difference? Chump change? LMAO, stay off the Niner forums Alice lover.