Covitz:Alex Smith will play entire first half of Sunday’s preseason game

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth

Not quickly. He'll drop back, scan the field, pump fake and then decide he has to run when he should be stepping up and getting rid of it. Then he "extends the play" by running all the way out to the right sideline and either running out of bounds for a loss, running for 1/2 yard or dumping it out of bounds. 1 time out of 10 he might complete a pass.

It's a really annoying thing and he does it every game.

Because he's scared to make a mistake.

His scramble % was right at NFL avg.
Guys who don't step up and throw it are Kaepernick or Geno for example. They were closer to 2x the NFL avg.