Is Alex Smith Who We Thought He Is?
 

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Is Alex Smith Who We Thought He Is?
Jordan Foote , KC Sports Talk on November 16
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Coming into the season, Chiefs fans were looking for a lot less of this:


And a LOT more of this:


Anyone that has watched Alex Smith play during his 3 and a half years in Kansas City knows that he is a mobile quarterback with playmaking ability. Those same people also know that Smith is not as good at stretching the field compared to other quarterbacks. The eye test gives pretty solid evidence for that. The GIF above shows you the playmaking ability, but also: Alex is stretching the field! With a revamped offensive line, developing receivers and a fantastic RB Core, Alex should be ready more than ever to push the ball down the field, right? Right? Right?

Sadly, statistics aren't on our side. Alex has averaged 6.7 YPA (Yards Per Attempt) this season. Compare this to last year's average (7.4) and you are saying to yourself "Wow! I had no clue he had regressed in the YPA department this season..." The famous eye test sure doesn't do it justice, but our reality is that Alex is throwing the ball shorter than he was last year, which we didn't know was truly possible.


This doesn't mean that "Captain Checkdown" is making a return. This doesn't mean that Alex Smith isn't capable of throwing the deep ball. This simply means that Alex Smith is throwing the ball a shorter distance down the field compared to last season. Now, many factors can contribute to that. Below is a table of Alex's opponent, attempts and yards per attempt.

Opponent
Attempts
YPA
San Diego Chargers
48
7.56
Houston Texans
37
5.03
New York Jets
33
7.18
Pittsburgh Steelers
50
5.74
Oakland Raiders
22
10.18
New Orleans Saints
24
8.92
Indianapolis Colts
19
6.68
Carolina Panthers
38
4.68
7.1 YPA is the NFL Median so far this season, meaning that 7.1 is the middle of the road in terms of YPA. Alex Smith has thrown for above 7.1 YPA in 4 out of 8 games this season, with 4/8 below the median as well. His average in a game OVER YPA is 2.72. When he performs under the median level, he does so at an average of 1.57 YPA. This data may seem meaningless, but there is actually a lot that can be interpreted from it.

2.72 is greater than 1.57. When Alex Smith is stretching the field, he is doing so very well. When he doesn't stretch the field, he does so at a bit better of a distance from the median. He has great moments and bad moments.

Good moment:


Bad moment:


To make a long story short, Alex Smith is what we thought he is. Coming into the season, we wanted him to stretch the field more and make more big plays. He has done so, but there has been no in between. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I am not going to go in depth about how many good defenses he's faced or how his progressions look, etc. but I am going to say this: Alex is who we thought he is, a QB that can make throws on occasion, but can not make them consistently. Stay tuned for more analysis. Until then, here's what we used to put up with:

No, he's worse, because now he can't run.

He has one more year of being a guy who can get you a one and done, and then he's done as a viable starting NFL QB.

Rest in peace, rich mother****er. Hope you enjoyed ripping off KC and the Hunts, now get the **** out.

Oh hey, another Alex Smith thread!

I am sick of Alex Smith and Alex Smith threads... Someday he will be gone and we can have hope and peace.

I'll answer after Sunday...

Positive waves, baby/Oddball

Positivity? Is that you Chris616?

Hey look threebag and dartgod came under there rock to complain about complaining

Oakland hater, its gotten to the point where im starting to seriously consider if your are mentally OKAY.

You have constantly hated on Smith on any topic/thread that he is discussed in, and you now probably hold the record for anti-alex thread starters on CP..

You seem to be emotionally-invested into hating our QB, for reasons I dont think anyone outside of you could completely understand. You are really, really, starting to give off this stalkerish type vibe towards alex smith. No sane person would be this heavily-invested into hating a Quarterback.

Now his begging to be flushed

I barely ever post about smith you freak I hate the whole offense not just smith lmao.

You apparently hate punctuation as well.

Hey shit for brains, I am not complaining about shit. You are a ****ing whack job. "Go easy Leonard, Go easy man"


You type like you Left4Cigarettes

Well, he does still suck. So I guess so.

All this winning really sucks.

ACL! ACL! ACL!

Oh hey! Another Claynus mult.

OP needs thread starting privileges revoked

Clay???

He's expressly admitted that it's personal with Alex.
I've expressly alleged it was sexual between Alex and his wife or daughter.
He has not denied the latter.

Yea! Alex Smith!

Did you ever see this board during the Cassel era? There were some posters who hated him so much that he was discussed in several threads for tons of pages every single day...during season and offseason.

:doh!:

Alex Smith ****ing sucks

This is like my 1st alex smith thread this season.

Funny I don't see Alex in the title almost looks like a Foles thread.

Noodle arm

FANTASTY FOOZBALL HAS RUINED THIS PLACE

it hazzz, now we expect QB's to try and score real TDs and not hide them from the fanbase...

So is he mad that Alex boned his wife or because Alex didn't bone him?

so does getting your dick stomped in the playoffs cause you cant count on your QB to effectively move the offense and put points on the board...

That sucks 100 times more than winning regular season games.

They have not gotten their dick stomped even without JMac and Houston.

Now, how bout we see how they do with them actually playing?

Most reeruned argument ever in the History of this place

Our offense was a total dog fire in Houston and New england

What I said was Alex did a publicity stunt looking for a girl who went missing here in the bay not the main reason I don't like Alex just one of the many reasons I think he is a shit player and even worse person.

Winning meaningless games with one of the worse offenses in the league that's living.... meh

Welcome back Clay

JMac has been sucking way more dick than Dwayne Bowe ever did when Reid came to town.

Not sure if it's mental or what, but I'm not so sure we're going to become a real offense even with Maclin fully healthy.

Yeah this one is very obvious. Hates Alex Smith, loves Trump, space between every line in all of his posts. He's not even trying to be discreet anymore.

Because expecting an offense to score at least two TDs a game = fantasy football circlejerking.

Step 1 Alex Smith is a limp dick in the playoffs

Step 2 Tony Romo is a surprise signing by the Chiefs and Alex is drop-kicked into the trash

Step 3 Profit!

Being the QB of the Chiefs is like being the President of the USA. I'm going to hate whoever it is!

Wow. Just when I thought you couldn't be more pathetic and ignorant.

You do know that Smith created a non-profit Youth Foundation to help less fortunate kids?

http://alexsmithfoundation.org/

http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2013/02...-profit-model/

You really think he was concerned about publicity for himself while searching for that missing girl?

I don't think I have ever said this to a person before, but you should probably kill yourself. Being this stupid is beyond belief.

I was kidding before about ever putting someone on ignore here over these years, but congrats.. you are there now. Worthless pile of shit, you are.

The dude never took any personal responsibility for any of the loses that he caused on ninerdom during the dark he would always sit there with a stupid look on his face during the press conference.

And for looking for Lamar I was there you were not he was giving interviews galore there was so much press there the search got called off early.

I have it on good authority from a fat ass witch a coaches whistle, that he be goin' to da' hall of fame!


Maybe he meant the KC BBQ Hall of fame...

There will never be hope or peace here. CP is full of people who live to bitch.

What is Smith's W/L record as a Chief?

Team game.

Smith's W/L record as a Chief is akin to getting to kiss the somewhat cute girlfriend of the hot chick, only to find out you now have lifetime Herpes.

So, Smith's record of Herpes-spreading is Hall Of Fame.

Don't care what's his win/loss record when the other team scores more then 24 that's what I care about

Right. Unless we lose, then you guys always blame Alex Smith.

Idiot.

Keep walkinthe blind mans path at 28th overall offense we ain't winning shit look at our neighbors

:facepalm:

You have an irrational hatred of him dating back to when he was in SF. You need to seek professional help. Your obsession is not healthy.

http://www.tpriskblog.com/wp-content...-wear-down.gif

Still Going...

I'm more pissed off at you guys now then the offense at this point I know our offense is shit


But at least when our defense was just has shitty as our offense you guys held the Chiefs accountable the blind homerism here lately is ridiculous it wouldn't fly in 03 and it shouldn't fly now

Except that we have been.

We typically lose when Alex can't dig into his jock and find his balls.

The San Diego game this year is one of the lone exceptions to this. It's unfortunate that Alex began this year with such a promising sizzle and gamesmanship that we haven't seen in a Chiefs QB in quite some time, only to instantly revert to a downright Casselian level of play after his fake concussion.

So because we are defying he odds with historic bad offense let's just stick our heads in the sand ?


We were winning in 03 despite our shit defense fans didn't want to stick there head in the sand then

We are a top 5 team on pretty much every power rank list. I'll gladly take that. But I don't wish the team to lose because I hate the QB like you. I am actually glad they are winning. You should try it sometime, you miserable ****.

Yea and ESPN called us a faker because our offense is trash it's rank 28th for god sakes you cannot rely on turnovers vs good teams

Some guys on ESPN. ESPN has us ranked 5th.

It's based off wins dude it won't last with or offense at 28th I'm so tired of it


He defensive bias on here is godamm ridiculous

Arguing with you is like arguing with my dog. Except my dog is smarter. And understands football better.

It's cool splat I learned something no matter what if we are winning with defense people wont care if we go to the Super Bowl scoring zero touchdowns they will make excuses for our offense I'm done going around in circles spineless cowards

And the personal insults low moral fiber

If we go to the SB I don't care how we got there.

Hypocrite.

He also said a few days ago he wasn't going to continue all this bullshit.

You can't say that shit when you were tossing out insults before me Moron.


I swear to god when the birds meltdown you bitches need to eat your godamm words

You need to learn what the word "hypocrite" means, dumbass. I'm not the one who said insults are bad in the post just before insulting someone.

I'll help you out: dictionary.com. You're welcome.

Put. Him. On. Ignore.

Hey Clay, doesn't someone own your Sig and avatar rights for the rest of the season?

Oh-muh-Gawd you have so much venom and hostility inside that rotten soul of yours!!! You need help, Elizabeth...you really do. You have been REPORTEDEDEDED!!!! We should not have to be exposed to your animosity!!! You are soooo banneded!!!!

That's the thing, our offense isn't rolling, but it isn't 'historically' bad. It's missing a lot of time from Maclin and Charles, has tons of dings on the line, and even went without Ware for a bit, but it's doing enough to win.

The 2003 defense WAS historically bad. As in, never ever seen in the 100 years the game has been played, bad. As in no one even needs to bring the punter on the plane bad.

You equate the two because Alex cucked you in SF, nothing to do with the sport of FB.

Can you please just stop.

Even if your overall point is one that I can agree with, you are such a ****ing moron that it's hard to defend your arguments.

No, its kind of fun watching him struggle (and fail) to come up with a coherent thought.

I Bide my time