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Originally Posted by SanDiego49er
Win? What are you trying to win? More games than last year? I'd say almost definitely you do. Better QB play than last year? Almost certainly.
Win the Super Bowl for the Chiefs this year? Your team is not good enough.
Alex Smith went 13 - 3 in 2011 and would have played in the Super Bowl if Kyle Williams didn't drop 2 punts. 1 in the 4th quarter and 1 in overtime. People forget that. But they were up in the NFC Championship game in the 4th quarter. And they would have gone to the Super Bowl with Alex Smith as the starting QB if they could catch punts.
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Why did the 49ers go 13-3 in 2011.
They had a historic run defense, breaking records back to 1911. They gave up their 1st rushing TD and 100-yard rusher in game 16.
The kicker had an MVP year, hitting on 44 field goals, 11 more than the second place kicker. Alex kept killing drives on 3rd down, but Akers just booted field goals from mid-field.
The kicker by HIMSELF scored some 166 points.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/pl...ints/year/2011
Frank Gore ran for 1200 yards with 8 TDs.
How soon you forget HOW the 49ers got those 13-wins. Dave Akers, the FG kicker, won more games than Alex did, by a long shot.