Smith is the best QB on the roster right now

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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

That's a fair response. There's a variety of factors but generally if you are a bad QB there is no way you are going to put consecutive winning seasons together like Alex Smith has the past, what is 6 seasons now? Maybe one fluke season but eventually teams will catch on to your style and shut you down. That has not happened with Alex.

The reason I use W-L with Alex is because I can tell just by his interviews that he uses a style that he knows works for him and tends to do enough to win and that is it. He doesn't care about stats.

He plays it safe and doesn't make the big mistake. If he needs to be more aggressive he will, particularly in clutch time. But in general he plays not to make the big mistake which when you combine with a good defense makes Alex Smith led teams pretty hard to beat.

I always point to Alex quote on Cam

"This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith said. "I think that's a totally overblown stat. Because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what? You're like the Carolina Panthers and you're going no-huddle the entire second half and, yeah, Cam Newton threw for a lot of 300-yard games, that's great. You're not winning, though."

Obviously Alex went a little overboard but you can tell that he isn't a gunslinger because his style is what he feels is most effective for him and it clearly works based on his W-L record with us.

And I always laugh at that quote.

2016 Top 10 in passing yards per game:

Saints
Redskins
Falcons
Patriots
Colts
Steelers
Packers
Chargers
Cardinals
Seahawks

2015 top 10 in passing yards per game:

Saints
Cardinals
Steelers
Chargers
Patriots
Falcons
Giants
Ravens
Lions
Jaguars

I could keep going. How many of those teams I just listed were losing teams that had to do nothing but pass? 20%? 10%? If that?

Just a ridiculous idea that passing yards per game equates to teams who are constantly losing in the 2H. Yes, there are some examples of this (2015 Jaguars). But an overwhelming majority are winning teams.