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Originally Posted by Mac-NinersChiefs
That's really lame thinking, dude. You are essentially blaming and faulting Smith for (1) doing what is asked of him.. and (2) taking advantage of his team strengths all for the sake of getting team wins.
If Alex was forced to do more, we simply don't know how he will do.
There is nothing similar enough to elicit a reasonable estimation. We can be silly and go back to examples of our offense under Singletary or Nolan... but that would be an irrelevant joke of a source. Far too many variables and things have changed along the way... and we all know that those offenses were screwed, thanks to terrible offensive handling by the HCs.
We can try and look back to some struggles under Harbaugh.. but Harbaugh and Roman didn't build the 2011 offense up enough to have a plan B for the what-ifs of falling far behind. If you are a 49ers fan, you know it be true. We didn't have the team for it, either.
In 2012, we can look at a 2 games. The vikes game week 3, and the Giants game week 6. Against the Vikes, our offense closed the gap in the 3rd quarter to make the game 17-13. Then our D gave a TD right back to them. We pissed the game away eventually on an intercepted pass to Crabtree... shit happens. Do we even really know for sure Crabtree ran the right route? But if that's on Alex, okay... big deal... one game... shit happens. Against the Giants.. did you know Alex was playing with a busted finger on his throwing hand from the week before against Buffalo? Oh... right... excuses! Quarterbacks don't need fully functional digits on their throwing hand to play well!
Yes, Kaep had ridiculous speed for the backyard-ballin' game. Good for him. Not every QB has that going for them. Guys like Brady and Brees sure don't... but what they do have is a scheme so entrenched that they have a plan B to rely on. Our 49ers offense didn't. It didn't with Smith.. it didn't with Kaep... but Kaep has that rare athleticism to make something out of nothing. Good for him.. but also not fair to fault Smith for lacking.
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Stop it. Alex Smith's 3rd down conversion rate has nothing to do with what is asked of him. He is a cautious QB and it shows in his game.
I've heard every excuse made as to why Alex does not put up even marginal numbers. I've heard it for 8 years now. Maybe....just maybe he just isn't that kind of QB? I really hope you don't expect Alex to CHANGE and start slinging the ball all over the field. That's not his game. He's limited and he knows that.
Kaep not only has athleticism but he is also better in the pocket. Don't get it twisted. Athleticism is not the reason why Kaep is better than Smith. He is better than Smith in every category. He just doesn't have the experience yet. Smith's efficiency is all about experience so comparing a guy who started just last year to a guy who's been in the league for 8 years is foolish.
Not downing Smith but he is what he is. A limited QB that is good on paper. I feel bad for some of you who are expecting much more than just an efficient player going into this season. Good QB rating, good completion percentage, no wins. Good luck.