ALEX SMITH RELEASED

[stevegroganfan]

Many if not most Niners fans soon regretted losing Alex Smith and many of them felt he never should have lost his starting position when he did to CK. Chiefs fans here are underrating the guy out of frustration/scapegoating of not going further in the playoffs. (Most NFL teams don't even make the playoffs in a given year). Whether the was worth all of his contracts is a different story. I didn't pay much attention to that.

Smith was never a top 3-4 QB but he was a top 10 for several years. And if you have a top 10 quarterback, far from impossible to win one Super Bowl. Unlikely to win more than one.

But Alex Smith didn't join good teams record wise when he went to the Niners or Chiefs. He joined bad teams and that has to be taken into consideration.

What Smith is right now is obviously different than what he was years ago when he was healthier and in his 20's. He is not only older but he has undergone an absolutely brutal injury and a ridiculous amount of surgeries. I don't think there is an NFL team out there that should sign him to be a starter right now but it would be a different story if he hadn't suffered that brutal injury.