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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
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.
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He put up 4 TDs and two of them being lead changes in crunch time--like I said, a feat no other QB in NFL history has done. That's not quite "average." He played well enough to win against that ferocious Giants front the next week--in 3 point game the Giants had 10 points directly from both special teams turnovers. Oh and that was WITHOUT 3 of his top 4 wide outs from the start of the season.
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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
The guy has been so far this year about what he has been the past two years: Somewhere between the 15th and 20th-best QB in the NFL. Not a star QB, but not a guy who hurts you.
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I find it hard to believe that there's 15-20 better quarterbacks in the league right now. Please don't list Bradford, Newton, Tannehill, or Palmer in there either. Oh and by the way, the last time he played Philly (against Andy Reid and Vick @ Philly) was in 2011 where they were down 23-3 and won.
I'm also not sure about this obsession with discrediting anything he does. At what point is it because of him? Every comeback in the history of the league is made by a team effort--defenses giving the offense another chance, an ST turnover, good field position, etc. It's more ridiculous that tards bring this down to the play level too--oh well the corner played the ball late, the DE tripped before hitting him, the safety fell down, etc. EVERY SINGLE PLAY is made at the expense of someone else messing up but apparently anything positive done by players named Alex Smith is done in spite of him instead of because of him right? He owns the 49er franchise record for most game winning 4th quarter drives in a single season (2011) -- oh well he had a good defense and run game. LOL ridiculous.