You are an Alex apologist.

If you're going to watch him play and simply ignore his poor play or pass it off as a byproduct of the failings of others, then there's essentially nothing he could do for you to castigate him right now. That's being an apologist.

When Smith does get a look, he misses it. When he does have a throwing lane, he misfires. When he does have a guy open downfield, he's busy staring at the rush and bailing.

Blaming the WRs at this point doesn't wash. He had guys all over the place during the Broncos and Bears games. I can't speak to the road games because you don't get that view but from the stands, you can see that there are people to throw to...often. He simply won't stand in and make a damn read. Even when he has time, he's looking to quit on the play.

The guy is playing poorly - period. He's doing nothing to help his O-Line either. I'm going to make the same point I made for years with Cassel and that I refrained from using on Smith until this season -

The 1993 KC Chiefs:
Montana -- 298 passes attempted; 12 sacks. 1 sack per 24.83 attempts
Dave Krieg -- 189 passes attempted; 22(!) sacks. 1 sack per 8.59 attemps

Was our line 3 times better when blocking for Joe Montana? Of course not, but Joe Montana made his line better by knowing where to be in the pocket, when to step up and when to throw. He knew how to play the position much better than Krieg.

Smith makes his line worse. His limitations make our playcalling more predictable, which in turn makes everyone worse. Is he the only problem on this team? No, no he is not.

He is, however, easily the biggest problem on this team.

Cassel made the line look decent in 2010

it's all about QB play if you hold on to the ball for way to long (Alex Smith) your line is gonna look like trash.

We're Chiefs fans....we never get our wish.

He believes in other unsupported beliefs as well, so you have to give him a partial pass.

Hey, don't look at me. I'm the biggest Wade Phillips fan a Donkey hater can possibly be.

Just because I'm not a constant asshole about it like Claynus and SDAutumnWind doesn't mean I don't have bitterness there.

ROFL How True!

LOL...KC's looking to draft top 5 next year, and this yokel recommends another lineman. I cant do anything but laugh.

I honestly dont know what another TE or #2 WR would do for Smith unless they're running routes behind the LOS. Smith does need help, but I think it's psychological.

Ultimately I think he still views Alex Smith as though he's Trent Green.

If you gave Trent Green this line and these weapons, he'd succeed. He wouldn't be nearly as good as he was with the God-like line he did have, but he'd be successful. Trent Green was a guy who could be a product of his weapons and even make those weapons a hair better.

Smith isn't. Smith, for whatever reason, has regressed to the point that he's pretty much Matt Cassel 2.0 at this point. He's gunshy, he's inconsistent, he damn sure appears to be losing the lockerroom. Are we really going to say the same stuff that the Cassel apologists were saying until banners were flying overhead?

I hate it. I liked the guy. I wanted him to succeed badly. He's not going to and in fact I suspect it will get much worse the longer he's under center. Those throws the last 2 weeks are just so completely unacceptable. The guy has lost so much that he looks injured back there. If this is who he is now, this may be a 3 win football team.

Albert Wilson broke open clean for a 15 yard gain that would've moved the chains and kept a potential game-winning drive alive.

Smith throw late, he threw low and he threw with absolutely no power behind it.

And then he did it all over again on the next play.

This season has not been about a lack of available weapons. It has not been about guys being unable to get open. Smith simply isn't making the throws. He's the problem.

If it's after 2016, nobody's getting their wish.

I've never seen a QB recover once he starts watching the rush.

Once that happens, it's all over. Sure, you could try to put a $40 million O-line in front of him, but why bother with a veteran QB? A) It can't be done because a veteran starting QB runs $15 million/season these days so it's cost prohibitive to build a super-line at that point and B) To what end? Just about any rookie could succeed if given 4 seconds to throw. Just cycle through mid-round QBs at that point.

Once a QB starts watching the pass rush, the amount of clean space he needs around him to feel comfortable and run the offense becomes so great that the QB is effectively paralyzed. He'll never be comfortable and he's shot.

That's where Smith is.

Cut him some slack. He's still recovering from a stroke.

I had a buddy texting me that we need more wrs last weekend.

Shit, albert wilson looks fune, even better than I thought. Maclin, kelce, wilson, oshitwhatever, Conley etc. The needs more weapons thing doesn't hold water.

It's paxton lunch 2016 or bust for o.city

Tank with Alex Smith in 2016, draft UCLA's Josh Rosen #1 overall in 2017.

Did he say 'more' or 'MOAR'? Cuz if just 'more', tell him to GTFO.