Originally posted by Ceadderman:Originally posted by 602_JamestownAve:Originally posted by dtmoney49er:
REALISTICALLY, we need to give Nate Davis or Troy Smith a shot. If it doesn't work then we can all RREALISTICALLY stop drinking the Nate Davis Kool-Aid ( including myself, cuz am sipping it right now). And Realistically and Permanently give the QB coach a Realistic shot at play-calling
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By continuing to believe in Alex Smith, we are now 3-4 years behind schedule because we still have to find our QB for the future. You cant win with a QB who is content with swing passes to the running back and has no heart to go up field. Games like the one against the Saints are few and far for Smith.
The real Smith is the one we've seen for 80% of the time he's been here. Bad accuracy, no guts to challenge DB's down the field, in fact he'd rather throw a check down pass. Some of its play calling but the rest is his own lack of skills at the position.The Alexcuses didn't work for players of the past when Walsh or Seifert was here and they still don't work for 6 year vets still working on footwork. Donovan doesn't look so bad at this point after all now would he?
Yay let's swap out Smith for Smith.
Both can Run and gash the Opposing Defenses. No change.
Both can throw the ball to their Receivers. No change.
Oh but guess what? We're still looking for that ever elusive QB to magically make everything all better.
Will that make the Line better? No.
Will that make Morgan, Tree and Ginn better? No.
Will that open holes for Frank? No.
Will Dixon get on the field quicker? No.
Will that make the Raye's play calling better? No.
Will that stop our D from hemorrhaging yards? No.
So all we did was change one QB for another.
Did you not learn ANYTHING from the Hill experiment?
All the issues remained. Unfortunately Hill brought another issue with him and that was the inability to go deep.
Even Joe could go deep if you were not covering for long Passes. Hill could only throw deep MAYBE once a game and his farthest thrown Pass was 35 yards.
"~It came down like a Punt"
If we change the QB right now we're basically going to sh@tcan any confidence that his teammates have in Smith. Troy Smith doesn't bring ANY credibility with him if we make him QB1. And give me a freaking break, elevating Nate Davis from the Practice Squad isn't even feasible. We would have to IMMEDIATELY cut someone (Please cut Norris, PLEASE) and then bring Davis up and THEN we'd have FOUR QBs' who would be stuck with the same issues QB1 thru 3 face.
So really would you rather just suffer through the rest of Smith's career if that's how it works out, or would you make the change knowing ALL the issues?
One thing that was missing from the Offense today was Play Action. Not ONE play action Pass after the Flea Flicker. Not one.
No fake to Frank. No Reverses. Nothing. I did notice that plays really were not getting in on time either. Much of the game Alex had something like 8 seconds on the average to stand behind Center. No sense of urgency after that Flicker either.
~Ceadder
Wrong.
And Wrong.
Alex Smith cannot do those things.