Depends on the length of time he's asked to be great.

Aaron Rodgers has to be or is great all the time, basically. Alex Smith will never be that.

Great for a game? Sure.

Great for a 3 game playoff stretch? Dunno, doubtful.

Its not to make excuses for Smith, most of us are well past past that... but given Aikmans line from the 90's or even Flaccos serviceable line from last week... we would have seen better production, theres no question about it.

Smiths line was all timer bad in 2014, and he promptly played down to the internal competition... Smith is ****ed, but not blaming anything else is truly intellectually dishonest.

Smith sucks, the line sucks, the receivers sucked... its a perpetually compounding equation of suck. Get the mfer some real help and we just might make the AFCCG before we have to ditch his ass and start over.

If anything, Daniel will get traded or be here. He isn't making that much.

They can free up money by cutting other shitbirds.

Albert Wilson will not have 1000 receiving yards in any season from Alex Smith.

That's why I prefer to draft them.

Dorsey had an eye for WR talent while scouting college players for GB.

He had more than just the playoff game where he played at a high level.

He has flashed the ability to be a playmaker.

500 of it would be from YAC.

You keep looking at averages. Consider a situation where the Chiefs are down 10 in the 3rd quarter and we are facing a good defense. The opponent's DL will get pressure and our WR won't get Alex Smith open. This will never be fixed.

His cap hit is 4.8 million next year.

Cutting him saves 3.8 million.

That's a lot

Like the Buffalo game this year?

Sure but that playoff game was his career apex. It would be shocking if he could repeat that performance once, let alone multiple times per season. He's just never been that guy in the NFL.

He's got too much of a mental block. I don't think he's got a gun slinger gene in him.

I think he is ultimately a slot receiver that can get you 800/8 every year if the top 2 wideouts are respected.

The guy was getting open and was on time so he gained a lot of trust from Alex as the season went on.

I really like that kid

We drafted Bowe and he had three 1000 yard years and a 995 year with shit QBs before Alex Smith showed up.

Alex Smith becoming your QB is worse than getting Lyme disease if you are a WR.

I think he could play outside.

He seems to really have the mentality, Steve Smith kind of mentality (who he models his game after, or tries to) to play outside.