Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by Mr.Mcgibblets:
Originally posted by Joecool:
LOL! You just listed a weakness just about every except for THE most important offensive position. Alex Smith has a pattern of being around subpar offensive talent or execution.
As for the KC defense, do tell me what part of Smiths game helps that defense play better? Is it INTs? Is it long drives? What is it? I just want to know which excuse it is so I can easily pull up some better numbers than Smiths but a weaker defense statistically.
This was not a point of contention for me... though I will mirror what others say when stating that Alex rarely leaves his defense in crap situations via turnovers. This is a huge part of football that gets overlooked by those sucking on the toe of a QB like Romo.
Alex also needs to pick up his game... he isn't being completely left free from blame.. whether mentioned often or not. He is capable of better play despite all of the aforementioned issues that the offense is going through.
Why are you fighting this whole thing so hard anyway? What is there to even fight and what for? KC is 7-0 and doing it with a lot of new parts in place. They should be given credit for that. We get it... you hate Alex and are angry that he isn't falling on his face. Well... too bad... just get over it and stop trying to pin every flaw the team has on him. Whatever flaws they do have... they are working through them and still winning.
I find it interesting whenever you mention KC's offense struggling, you point out flaws in nearly every offensive position but the QB. I'm just saying, but, nah, nevermind...the QB can't play a big role in a team's offense struggling...no way...that just doesn't happen.
Guess how many teams have a QB who can throw 5 or less INT's (Smith has 4)? Answer: 18.
Yes, Smith plays a huge role in not fumbling the ball but throwing just 1 INT less than ten teams in the league isn't enough to concluding that the defense is performing much better this year.
- you have been stressing that the offense has been struggling because of the TE, WR, OL. RB. Penalties, and drops.
- you have credited the QB as to why the defense is playing so well due to ball protection yet 18 teams have 1INT less, just as many, or 1 INT more than KC QB.
Here's why the defense is performing better this year. They only allowed 4.8 yards per play, which is 2nd. Last year, they allowed 5.9 yards per play, which was 5th from the worst. You think the defensive coordinator had something to do with it?
I think Smith plays a role in providing field position but the yards per play, he has nothing to do with.
There are also negatives in the way Alex Smith plays, which leads to why the KC offense is struggling. He does forfeit drives for the sake of field position. Which is fine but how many missed opportunities does that also forfeit. And this is why the offense appears to be struggling.
I will clue you in on something joe---as a football fan who respects alex smith a ton, and thinks he is a better quarterback than many give him credit for being, I am not unaware of his "flaws"==every qb has flaws---many alex supporters don't spend a lot of time discussing his "flaws" because there is a always going to be guys like you harping on them...and not always fairly, e.g. the 8 year argument which is a fallacy given that 2 of those years were riddled with injury, one of which he didn't even play...also smith's career turnaround started before harbaugh arrived...he took time to develop, something fans don't seem willing to account for, yet they count the number of starts for other qbs in trying to explain performance