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Originally Posted by Mac-NinersChiefs
Never about what a player was or did many years ago. It is about the player he is in recent times and today. Sure, Alex was underwhelming and sometimes horrible in his early years. So were the 49ers and revolving door of coaching. Once the coaching became stable and capable, once the player personnel improved, so did Alex. Imagine that... a QB that needs good, consistent coaching and decent players around him. No way!  |
History lesson:
Matt Cassel took over for Tom Brady in 2008 and had a "statistically" great year and "led" the Patriots to 11-5 and just short of the playoffs. He, then, went to a no-talent Chiefs team and went 4-12. There were already questions about Cassel's ability at that time, but we decided to give him the benefit of the doubt due to the lack of talent on the team.
Then, in 2010, the Chiefs developed an identity and Cassel simply didn't screw anything up, thus making the playoffs. Again, I must add that the Cheifs asked Cassel to do NOTHING but a random play action pass every once in awhile, seriously. Then the next two years, the real Cassel showed himself to be the horrific QB that we all started thinking he was when he was forced to actually do something.
What I'm trying to say to you, oh great Alexcuse whisperer, is that a QB can really florish and mask his weaknesses if the system is REALLY good and if the talent is REALLY good. If things unravel the way they did for Cassel to where he has to win games himself, we'll all know what will happen with Alex Smith.