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Originally Posted by TEX
People said the same thing about Rich Gannon in Minnesota. Just saying...
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Anything is possible. Good luck with that.
Rich Gannon's weakness was that he was a died-in-the-wool perfectionist. He was very hard on himself.
Alex's weakness is that he is risk averse, which prevents him from attacking and going for the jugular.
I don't see Alex overcoming that cautious nature that prevents him generally from taking the appropriate risk for the appropriate reward at the critical time. If Andy can fix that, there is nothing else in his mental and physical skill sets from preventing Alex from being a top 10 QB.
I've long said that if Alex Smith had Aaron Rodgers's attacking mindset and appetite for the appropriate risk at the critical moment, then Alex would be a top 10 QB.
Caution is the key weakness keeping Alex in the middle tier of all NFL QBs. If he can be fixed to not be so risk averse, then you have your top 10 QB.
Frankly, I don't believe this can ever be fixed and it is not coach-able.