Alex Smith's 2nd year looks alot like Trent Green's 2nd yr w/Chiefs

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I think what that really shows is just how fallacious the quarterback rating statistic really is, which was why they developed QBR in the first place. His rating was high basically because a bunch of short passes inflated his completion percentage. His QBR is probably a more honest representation of his actual value.

I agree with you. I believe Total QBR to be a much better metric. But you have folks like PB, who will use Passer Rating, and I'm sure Smith fans would rather believe they have the 13th best QB as opposed to the 23rd.

If you split the difference at 18th; I think any and everyone can agree that isn't franchise QB material and he's pretty much stealing paychecks relative to his ranking against his piers.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Pablo

I agree with you. I believe Total QBR to be a much better metric. But you have folks like PB, who will use Passer Rating, and I'm sure Smith fans would rather believe they have the 13th best QB as opposed to the 23rd.

If you split the difference at 18th; I think any and everyone can agree that isn't franchise QB material and he's pretty much stealing paychecks relative to his standing against his piers.

I said a long time ago that Alex was 15-20 and then made a list, at the request of 49er trolls, and I believe I ranked him 18.

Even agreeing that he's 18th, you'll still get a bunch of people acting like there's really not much difference between the 8th ranked QB and Alex Smith.