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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy
So you want him to beat an elite team in the playoffs. He beat a team that won the SB less than 2 years prior to when he beat them. The team that has an all-world offense, and that he answered 2 late scoring drives against?
There's one thing to really hate Alex Smith but it's another to discredit a playoff win. I'm not sold on committing to him past next year right now either, but A 21-5-1 record over his last 27 games is a hard to ignore stat for me.
While I'm on this, who exactly is an elite team that's not flawed on one side of the ball?
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We're really not that far apart. I'm saying that's one of the things (a big one) I'd hope to see before they sign him to a lucrative contract.
As for the playoff game... Alex Smith didn't do anything to that Saints D that wasn't done to it all season. In fact, his performance against them was almost exactly the AVERAGE performance by a QB in 2011 against them.
Just not that impressed by it. Sure, it was dramatic and he made some clutch plays (including some higher-degree-of-difficulty throws I wish he would make ALL the time, not just when he has no other choice). But in the end, it was a very median effort against a bad defense.
The 49ers D/ST also set Smith up to score 10 points on a grand total of 10 yards of offense (TD from the 4 after the Goldson INT return, FG after taking the ball at the 13 off teh kickoff).
I just would want to see more before he gets a lucrative extension and they commit to him long term.