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Originally Posted by milkman
There is a difference between the designed short passing game that you bitch about from Reid, and the checkdowns by Smith.
He isn't making smart decisions when the game is being played.
He makes the safe decisions.
The fact that he's a hard worker and is a quick study doesn't change the fact that he doesn't play smart.
He plays scared.
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I swear you are like a pitbull who will never let go of a bone. You can't let go of your anger long enough to think rationally about an issue.
Alex Smith won't be teaching playing scared or not scared, he will be teaching the offense, film study etc. He will be showing leadership, work ethic and how to interact with the coaches and teammates.
If we draft someone, that draftee will already be aggressive or conservative. That is about the personality of the person, not something that they will learn from Alex Smith.
A coach can sometimes beat the aggressiveness out of a QB like the 49ers coaches did to Smith, but that isn't being taught from a fellow QB. If you want to worry about a young QB learning to play too conservatively, then you should worry about Andy Reid, not Alex Smith.
Look at Tyler Bray, he went into games ignoring progression and flinging it deep. He basically got benched by Reid for it. Unless you think it was Alex Smith that dropped Bray down to 3rd string and signed Foles.
