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SybErkRimInAL
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LAFortyNinerfan
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Originally posted by darkknight49:
Originally posted by Kilgore_Trout:
Originally posted by 49erRider:
First drive - A
Rest of game - C+
Overall - B
Yea, something like this, maybe I'd bump it up to a B+.
yea, play calling certainly didnt help him tho.
Sure did't. I'm not at all a Smith believer but I thought Raye failed him this game. I would think it's the plan since it's preseason and we may not wanna give any details in our offense away, but I saw the same type of play calling during the season last year. The main guys on offense were out and there were some drops that definitely should have been caught. I'd say a solid B.
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jreff22
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Originally posted by ZRF80:
first drive -
rest of game -
Typical Smith..........inconsistent. But I'll give the homers this one. He came out and led a pretty good drive. We'll see what happens next week.
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sdninerfan
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Originally posted by LambdaChi49:
B+
And who the hell gave him a "D?"
you can't please everyone apparently.
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Joecool
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B+
He played very well. After that first drive, 1st down penalties or no gain in a run play hurt the drive but he's got to pull through on some more of those 3rd downs.
I have never seen Alex have multiple read, cancel, shift in the pocket, and hit the 2nd or 3rd receiver in one game before.
This is without Gore, Crabs, and Vernon.
If he hit more 3rd downers (not all his fault) then he would have gotten an A-.
What I was most disappointed in was that he seems too comfortable with the TE and does not seem as comfortable throwing to the Wide Receivers.
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SoCal9ers
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I give Willis an AAAA++++ for knocking Favre for the sack!!!
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baybreaker707
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Originally posted by znk916:
Originally posted by TheNef77:
A- - Great pocket presence.
- Managed the game very well without his top talent
- Smart with the football, threw it away instead of forcing bad throws
- Just one bad throw over Ted Ginn. Crabby could've caught it but then gotten laid out by that nearby DB.
- Considering the run game was shut down, he did a great job throwing the rock.
What more could you ask of the guy?
We've seen enough out of Smith to know exactly what his shortcomings are, which is to say that no one should be surprised when:
- he scrambled right when he felt pressure and then threw it out of bounds...there may not be a more conservative QB in the league when it comes to broken plays
- barely missed a big completion because he threw high again
He is what he is, and if you can accept that, then last night was a good game for him.
Hater alert. That high throw was catchable. When do we start holding our receivers accountable for dropping passes? I mean have you guys forgotten that those types of throws happen and are caught through out the league on sundays?
It's preseason throwing the ball away keeps him from getting hurt and if everyone was covered what would you rather him do. Force it to a receiver that needs to be wide open to catch the ball? If it's a little too high and the receiver is forced to make a play on it, they might get hurt. You wouldn't want that to happen right? After all this is pansyball, where players don't ever get hurt and need to have the perfect pass every time in order to catch it. GOT DAMN STFU!
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SybErkRimInAL
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BTW, that first 3rd down conversion. where Ginn caught the ball just past the marker and was pushed back, shouldn't of been a first down. He bobbled the ball and didn't have possession until he was back behind the marker. I thought they were gonna challenge it.
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Chief
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7 points in 7 offensive drives.
Meh..
He looked great on the first drive but after that he fizzled and so did the rest of the offense.
I will give him a B, because he earned an A on the first drive and a D for everything after that.
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mrgneissguy
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I gave him a B...and I'm pretty sure I've been placed on the Hater list. The first drive was very good. The rest of the half didn't have the same results, but I still think he played well.
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dtcomposer
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Originally posted by Chief:
7 points in 7 offensive drives.
Meh..
He looked great on the first drive but after that he fizzled and so did the rest of the offense.
I will give him a B, because he earned an A on the first drive and a D for everything after that.
what an ignorant statement.
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Joecool
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The only issue I have is that he still doesn't seem comfortable throwing to his WR's. It was a problem Jeff Garcia had which turned into lack of big plays from the deep ball.
Remember during that era, we were desperate for wanting to stretch the field. That was the main knock on Mooch. The QB having the confidence to throw it to the sidelines to the WR's makes a huge difference on this.
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redmanc07
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Originally posted by Joecool:
B+
He played very well. After that first drive, 1st down penalties or no gain in a run play hurt the drive but he's got to pull through on some more of those 3rd downs.
I have never seen Alex have multiple read, cancel, shift in the pocket, and hit the 2nd or 3rd receiver in one game before.
This is without Gore, Crabs, and Vernon.
If he hit more 3rd downers (not all his fault) then he would have gotten an A-.
What I was most disappointed in was that he seems too comfortable with the TE and does not seem as comfortable throwing to the Wide Receivers.
B+ Some receivers don't look comfortable catching the balls lol (ginn)
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