LNBS: Can Alex Smith be "Fixed"?

[AustinChief]

If by "fixed" you mean downfield passing then yes. He has proven that he can hit open WRs downfield. We just never have any. It won't be a wide open offense because that isn't what we run and we don't have the O-line for it anyway. Our #1 priority has to be WR that can get consistent SEPARATION if we expect to have any success with Smith. Bowe is not that guy, never has been.

If we get the WRs we need and Smith still falters than that's fine, we should (if we aren't idiots) have someone groomed to step in by then. If the QBs we have now (Bray, Murray) look like they can't do it we need to look at drafting another in the 3rd this year.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

If by "fixed" you mean downfield passing then yes. He has proven that he can hit open WRs downfield. We just never have any. It won't be a wide open offense because that isn't what we run and we don't have the O-line for it anyway. Our #1 priority has to be WR that can get consistent SEPARATION if we expect to have any success with Smith. Bowe is not that guy, never has been.

If we get the WRs we need and Smith still falters than that's fine, we should (if we aren't idiots) have someone groomed to step in by then. If the QBs we have now (Bray, Murray) look like they can't do it we need to look at drafting another in the 3rd this year.

Nothing on this roster should keep them from drafting a quarterback in the third AT THE LATEST.

I'd be thrilled if they drafted a quarterback in the first.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Nothing on this roster should keep them from drafting a quarterback in the third AT THE LATEST.

I'd be thrilled if they drafted a quarterback in the first.

Not sure there is one worth drafting in the 1st compared to WR value there. 2nd maybe... 3rd more likely... 4th and beyond is the same long shot garbage waste of a pick.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Nothing on this roster should keep them from drafting a quarterback in the third AT THE LATEST.

I'd be thrilled if they drafted a quarterback in the first.

I don't think the value will be there for one in the first this year.

Maybe a guy like Hundley in the second or something though.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by O.city

I don't think the value will be there for one in the first this year.

Maybe a guy like Hundley in the second or something though.

Alex is 31. They need to try and drAft their high ceiling kid to sit and learn ala Rodgers.

I come into this year less prepared than most. Was very busy and didn't get to watch the qbs as much as I usually like to.

I like the prospect of Andy Reid being given a guy with top shelf tools to free up the cap space Chase Daniel takes up.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Alex is 31. They need to try and drAft their high ceiling kid to sit and learn ala Rodgers.

I come into this year less prepared than most. Was very busy and didn't get to watch the qbs as much as I usually like to.

I like the prospect of Andy Reid being given a guy with top shelf tools to free up the cap space Chase Daniel takes up.

If anything, Daniel will get traded or be here. He isn't making that much.

They can free up money by cutting other shitbirds.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Alex is 31. They need to try and drAft their high ceiling kid to sit and learn ala Rodgers.

I come into this year less prepared than most. Was very busy and didn't get to watch the qbs as much as I usually like to.

I like the prospect of Andy Reid being given a guy with top shelf tools to free up the cap space Chase Daniel takes up.

Andy Reid had that opportunity last draft in Teddy Bridgewater.

He passed.

[Simply Red]

CLUTCH GENE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Simply Red]

Smith is now clearly better than Manning - we unfortunately got Mannings final surge this season - but that's all folks. It was like that last twitch from a squirrel, roadside who'd just got plowed by a Hummer.

[Simply Red]

Clutch Gene owns this bitch of a site.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

If by "fixed" you mean downfield passing then yes. He has proven that he can hit open WRs downfield. We just never have any. It won't be a wide open offense because that isn't what we run and we don't have the O-line for it anyway. Our #1 priority has to be WR that can get consistent SEPARATION if we expect to have any success with Smith. Bowe is not that guy, never has been.

If we get the WRs we need and Smith still falters than that's fine, we should (if we aren't idiots) have someone groomed to step in by then. If the QBs we have now (Bray, Murray) look like they can't do it we need to look at drafting another in the 3rd this year.

He has never proven this. The discrepancy in the WR numbers in SF during and after Smith and the WR numbers here before and during Smith illustrate that conclusively.

[DaneMcCloud]

31 year athletes rarely change their spots.

I think his Buster Douglas moment was the Indy playoff game.

Then he went back to being Buster Douglas.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

31 year athletes rarely change their spots.

I think his Buster Douglas moment was the Indy playoff game.

Then he went back to being Buster Douglas.

He played well against NO in the playoffs, too.

Vernon Davis will probably hit the open market and I expect us to try our best to land him in FA. He will probably be less than 5/yr on a short term deal and that opens things up for is to draft receivers.

What you say is possible, but it's also possible that once we upgrade 3 starting positions that we had f quality players at to guys that are cs and bs (maybe even get a steal with DGB and land an a on a 4 year cheap contract) that they guy can consistently play at a level higher than a typical game manager.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BossChief

He played well against NO in the playoffs, too.

Vernon Davis will probably hit the open market and I expect us to try our best to land him in FA. He will probably be less than 5/yr on a short term deal and that opens things up for is to draft receivers.

What you say is possible, but it's also possible that once we upgrade 3 starting positions that we had f quality players at to guys that are cs and bs (maybe even get a steal with DGB and land an a on a 4 year cheap contract) that they guy can consistently play at a level higher than a typical game manager.

I don't think that Alex Smith will ever be "bad". He's a great leader, great personality, hard working and smart. I think that 2011-2013 proved that he can be good. I just don't think he'll ever be great.

I truly hope I'm wrong.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I don't think that Alex Smith will ever be "bad". He's a great leader, great personality, hard working and smart. I think that 2011-2013 proved that he can be good. I just don't think he'll ever be great.

I truly hope I'm wrong.

He had more than just the playoff game where he played at a high level.

He has flashed the ability to be a playmaker.