I'd say 8 wins in that scenario is pretty impressive compared to 2.

One drive killed when our only 2 passes were perfectly thrown and dropped
One drive killed with a bullshit grounding penalty forcing a 2nd and 20
One drive made more difficult by Dex backing us to the 3 on a horrible decision to field a punt
One drive hurt by a holding penalty forcing a 3rd and 18

I got on Alex's case for a shitty performance last game against Denver. It's really, really hard to pin this one on him. He made his share of mistakes, but his teammates made points a shitload harder than they needed to be.

The 49ers (and Chiefs) defenses really limited the amount of times Alex was in that kind of situation.

The fact he still only has two wins in three seasons says quite a bit about him.

This is bullshit. He got three throws to tie the game. Found wanting.

Big Ben last 3 years when teams score 24 points or more

1-9 My god Ben must suck

I'm not pinning the loss on Alex.

He is always going to be incapable of winning a game where the defense falters, though.

Always. Or at least 9 times out of 10.

Eli 8-14
Ben 1-9


Just the first 2 QB i looked up should i do more?

So you basically want to compare the only good period of Alex's career against Ben's lean years.

That's bullshit, son.

At the very least you need to compare Alex's good seasons against Ben's entire career.

But even that is questionable.

Waaaaaaa Alex played on bad teams. Waaaaaaaa.

That still doesn't excuse ZERO wins in that situation.

Flacco 6-7

heyoooooooooooooo

And obviously, his field generalship is in question, based on his panicky game management in the red zone.

Yes and that's still 4x as many as alex

Nobody is saying hes Manning, Brady or Brees. But how many guys are??? If you dont have one of those guys, you can still win with decent QB play, but the rest of the team has to pull its weight as well.

I think the last 2 games proved that he can carry a team even if the supporting cast is reasonably bad. He can't carry a team when they are unreasonably bad. Few QBs can. I thought Smith's performance the last 2 weeks is very acceptable.

I'm not yet sold he can pull this kind of performance off against a defense that isn't as terrible as San Diego's and isn't as beat up as Denver's.

So you agree that he was almost good enough.

It's usually on the one who questions the stat to disprove it, but I'll help you out. I won't even look at elite guys. I'll just pick some guys whom many have disputed are better than Alex Smith:

Tony Romo is 7-15 over the past three years. Better.

Philip Rivers is 5-19. Better.

Joe Flacco is 6-8. Better.

Matt Ryan is 5-10. Better (and before this disaster of a season, was 3-2).

Matt Schaub is 5-9. Better.