The last thing CP needs is another Alex thread, so I'm not going to start a new one, but this is a pretty fair assessment of Alex's performance last game.
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2016/1...s-the-panthers
Overall summary:
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Overall, Smith just looked OFF. His timing didn’t seem to quite be there, and he spent a lot of the day looking flustered upon re-watching. I have no idea what the problem was. It could be that Smith is still hurt. It could be that Carolina’s VERY zone-heavy defense (I bet they’re in zone twice as often as any other team I’ve watched this year, if not more) messed with Smith’s presnap reads and he had trouble compensating. I don’t know. But he absolutely needs to play better if the Chiefs want to make a run this year. That’s on him.
The flip side of that coin is that more than a few times, Smith DID make the correct play and/or the offense was finding a rhythm, and something totally out of Smith’s control happened.
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If the rest of the offense plays an average day, I’m not sure we would be looking at the Carolina game the same way. If even a couple of those dropped throws are caught, the Chiefs very likely put up another six points or more on the scoreboard. If a few of those false starts and free blitzers go away, several drives are quite likely sustained that were later snuffed out on 3rd and long. What you had with Carolina was a situation where Smith was playing “meh” football and the rest of the team followed suit. As a result, the offense as a whole completely stunk and Smith is now receiving the lion’s share of the blame (which hey, is part of being the quarterback and pretty deserved).
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