Alex Smith's Garbage MNF Showing Proves Chiefs Were Right to Get Rid of Him
 

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ROFL it was sad watching that game

I watched that game rooting for Smith. He let me down once again

Sad I’m the most awesome way possible!

Me too broski!

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It’s a game we’ve watched several times (@Pitt in 2016 burns the brightest), but once Smith is down by 2 scores - you don’t see his back against the wall, you see the checkdowns continue like business as usual.

Redskins Planet.

I’m so glad that all of the media idiots that bashed us for moving Alex are eating massive fistfuls of crow. It makes the Chiefs look like they know exactly what they’re doing.

His performance has really amplified how much Reid did to elevate him (and has likely done with Mahomes as well). He truly is a QB's best friend.

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Credit to Redskins fans for not buying into the Baby Lee-ish bullshit that Alex Smith is a “winner”, highlighted by the fact the Redskins’ stadium was half empty for their season opener earlier this season.

They know Alex Smith=No Hope.

Redskins brought in Alex to teach the QB they will be drafting ROFL

This one's good, too. Regression to the mean.

Alex Smith can help the Redskins win a lot of games. But he’s not going to carry them.

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You should ask for Alex Smith to be your undertaker...

That's really the lesson there. He'd look better under Reid, I'd guarantee it. Reid gets the most out of his QBs... as well as anyone in the league.

Same. I'll root for the guy as long as he's not playing the Chiefs.

It's hilarious given his draft position, but he's almost got this underdog air to him.. and I like rooting for the underdog.

Lets not go here again

Some of us recognized old traits in Smith last week, and it recalled bad memories... no hate here, still wish him the best

Yes we're glad to move on with Money, but going back to this tired old saw is pointless... the new look KC Chiefs only look forward

I commented in the gambling thread after betting on Alex that I tuned in just in time to see his two consecutive drives for field goals to start the game.

I ****ing loved it, so appropriate.

OTW once said that Reid being great at coaching up QBs was a myth.

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Bigger sack of runny dog shit: Alice or Eli?

Redskins defeat the Chiefs in Super Bowl

Because Chiefs.....

The funny part is people are so obsessed with going deep. Arm strength is important for being able to throw the ball into tight windows. This whole idea that the ability to throw deep is the most important thing is such a myth. Alex Smith had as many passes completed beyond 30 yards last year as Tom Brady has in the last 3 years combined. Peyton Manning's arm was shot his final year when he won a Super Bowl. Ain't nobody taking Alex Smith over either of them. But it's all you read about in these articles, on Twitter, fan boards, etc. You need to be able to threaten vertically but it doesn't equate to championships... Alex Smith was great last year at actually completing passes deep and it didn't mean squat.

The difference is in that 11-20 yard pass range. Brady, Matt Ryan, Mahomes, etc... kill it in that range. Alex Smith doesn't. But I guess it depends on what you classify as a deep pass.

Deep passing played a huge part in winning the Super Bowl.

The threat of the deep pass opens up everything else.

It's not the only thing but it is a big thing.

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I love this. ROFL

Obviously it's just my stupid opinion, but I never felt like Alex's arm was his limiting factor. It's average. It's not horrible.

Alex's biggest issue is not being able to deal with pressure, both real and imagined. It stops him from making his progressions and oftentimes leads to "safe" drive-killing decisions.

He also doesn't have that "IDGAF, I have to win no matter what" attitude that every elite quarterback has.

Mahomes, on the other hand, seems to have it all.

And now I will vomit.

Sanity, sweet sanity. ^^^^

No, let's GO here again. Soooooo ****ing sick of hearing that "Alex is just one guy/ it's a team effort"-bullshit for far too ****ing long. No, he wasn't Cassel but he might as well have been for the HUGE and GAPING vagina-hole in talent he created for this team, losing many an important game that could have easily been won by a FIRST YEAR ****ING STARTER.

Just...**** that guy and his dipshit fan club too.

:LOL: See above.

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I like AlEx a lot better as a Skin than as a Chief.

Word. God bless that poor, reeruned tribe.

Alex Smiff the worst scourge to inflict Redskins since smallpox.

It's not just that.

"Deep passing' is more than 50 yard bombs over a defense. IT's also taking those big chunk 28 yard posts that you NEVER saw Alex even attempt. Good lord, there's a whole area between slants/screens/swings and bombs over the defense that Alex ALSO largely ignores. It's where Mahomes has been purging demons all season. I don't think he's completed a single 'deep pass' over the top yet.

Clay, are you doing a highlight video this week?

He hit one to Hill vs the Niners

Would've had another if Sherman didn't interfere

Yeah, it was deep, but there was still a safety over the top when Hill caught it.

ANNNNNNNNND The Sun Comes up in the East.

Alex "heap bad blanket trade" Smith.

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how many teams are there :hmmm:

he ranks 33 :hmmm:

LMAO

Last year was an aberration. He was throwing deep to hill.

His accuracy normally past 5 to 10 yards drops a bunch outside of last year. He has neither the consistent arm strength or accuracy on deep throws. Just go man and he will look for check down if he didn't start with it.

He is horrible down 7 to 20 pts. Plays too conservative to bring most games back on his own. Go for the safe 5 yard pass on 3rd and 8 instead of 1st down throw.

But somehow once he gets down 21plus he starts opening up the throws. He gets his garbage time TDs and yards.

The skins would have been better with a rookie or some cheap backup starting.

Like how rbs are dime a dozen now. I think teams need to grab qbs and limit them like Smith limits himself. Same production for minimum.

Probably because there are numerous quarterbacks who start. For example, Bills have had 2 starters

If both of the Bills QBs (one of whom is Nathan freaking Peterman) are ahead of him... :facepalm:

PTSD plain and simple

Smith was a bum. The only reason some Chiefs fans were patient with him was because we had even worse bums before him.

Not sure how there ever was a doubt? I wanted him gone after his second season.

I got sick of talking to Chiefs fans saying we should have kept Alex another year. Ignorance is unbound :shake:

I did not want him in the first place and let everyone know i wasn't happy about trading for him and my biggest fear of 5 years of mediocrity came true.

I dare somebody to call KK and say they were not a fan of the Mahomes pick, with all of his losses against good teams at TT. That we already had Alex Smith and we should have drafted him more help. And that We should have kept Alex this year and let Mahomes develop for another year. And that Mahomes was throwing INT's in training camp, and that was going to carry over into the season. I was right there with you Kevin on all of these points.

Then listen to the the backtrack by KK. ROFL

Alex taught Patrick every throw Pat throws. Just the way Slex throws it.

I just can't wrap my head around how anyone thought we should have kept Smith. How many games of him not getting tds do you have to see before you pull the plug. He isn't good enough in today's game.

Alex Smith is just a little bit better than Matt Cassel.

Not only did they downgrade at QB, they gave Smith 71 mil guaranteed!! They are stuck with him for three years with a cap hit of about 20 mil per year for the next three years. He's only going to get slower and more cautious each game. Colt McCoy is going to be the most popular player in Washington.

Alex Smith really bad and really good

We all know the really good so here's the really bad:

****ING EVERYTHING

Not our problem anymore.

We are the rest of the leagues problem, now.

Alrighty then. Smith sucks. Thats news to who?

At this point, bitching about Smith sucking does as much good as slamming Grbac, Cassell etc. JUST MOVE ON!

I need to print this and plaster it all over every dipshits desk at work that tried to argue with me it was the right move.

Jimmy Grapes says Hello, lol.

Alex really good at being really bad.

This would of been Alex’s year. We drafted the missing piece in Breland Speaks.

No.

Eh, I don't really care what he does in Washington. He's not our quarterback anymore. Other than making the haters on here miserable if he does well, I have no reason to care. Patrick Mahomes is playing lights out for the Chiefs. That's fantastic! Alex served his purpose here. Now the Redskins can care.

I didn’t need that MNF game to prove anything. If Alex were playing his best and leading Washington to wins I would still be so glad he’s gone.

The Chiefs could be 0-5 right now and it would still have been the correct decision.

That.

Glad we have Mahomes but I’ve got zero problems with Alex Smith. He was the right QB at the right time for the Chiefs. He doesn’t get enough credit for leading the Chiefs out of dark times.

Overall he was probably the most successful Chiefs QB since Dawson. (Depends on how you feel about Montana and Trent Green eras)

Green was absolutely better.

The defense carried this team for most of Alex's tenure.

Better how? Stats? Regular seasons wins? Playoff wins or appearances?

Depends on how you look at it.

Looking at it with your eyes open would tell you Geeen was significantly better.

Yep.

Green only got two seasons as a Chief of the pussified pass defense rules that Smith's had his entire career, too.

Not with leads in the the playoffs

I didn't need confirmation, Smiff gonna Smiff.

After hating the trade from the get go, this is a nice consolation prize. And yes, we could have picked up any schmuck to put up his 3400 yards and 19 TDs he averaged his first 4 seasons.

A better qb. Period. While a Chief.

Correct. And this was my prediction from DAY ONE. Cassel II: Battery-Powered Suck-a-Poo.

And so it was, and so it shall forever be.

LMAO

Goddamn right, Skippy.

How's that working out for you, Sally? At least Mahomes has wiped Smith's putrid stench away prior to mid season, yes.

LMAO

Is the consolation prize Smith destroying another native-themed franchise? Or is it picking up Mahomes who has power-sprayed Smith's doo-doo from the sidewalk of our minds?

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(It's not rocket surgery, is it?)

You can’t understand what it’s like to have Alex Smith as your team’s QB, until it happens.

People constantly defend his stats, but it’s obvious when you watch him that he can’t lead your team. The helpless feeling of knowing you’ll be let down is hard to describe. It’s like watching a movie with a sad ending and constantly hoping the ending will be different this time.

I mean, I still don't agree.

Matt Cassel is unusually awful at throwing the football and a turnover machine.

Cassel led the NFL in turnovers one year and was leading the NFL in turnovers another year he injured his pussy and we were subjected to Tyler Palko.

Don't consider that a defense of Alex. Alex is a legit lower tier starter, which sucks. Cassel is a complete fraud. I'm not sure how the hell he's even employed as a back up. I"ll never forget his failed 30 yard hail mary. Good god.

I look at it like this:

Alex Smith is 1/2 suck.
Matt Cassel is 2/3 suck.

Alex Smith and Matt Cassel are both fractions.

Does that help? Somewhat? :)

I completely forgot about the Haily Mary off the crossbar from 30 yards. I had to watch that on YouTube. Freaking hilarious.