Originally posted by susweel:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by aman49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
49er fans and WZers are a really whinny bunch when it comes to the QB. They expect him to be 50 / 50, 500 yards, 8 TD's, 0 Int's in every game. That's not realistic. Alex could have 3,500 yards, 23 TD's, 9 Int's this year and they would say he sucks. That's a pretty good year and a pretty good QB albeit not great. If he can win that's what matters. He was 13 - 3. But for KW's 2 muffs we would have been in the Super Bowl. Even the biggest haters have to admit that much.
Reasonable analysis of Alex is not appreciated. You either think Alex is God, or you think he is worse than Ryan Leaf. No other options are acceptable.
The truth is he is in between. And it's time both sides admitted that. He's not "Alex Leaf." He's improved every year under horrific circumstances and injuries and HC's throwing him under the bus. But he's not Drew Brees or Peyton or Eli either. I suspect he will be better in year #2 in the same system for the first time in his life. Why would that make him worse?
I've said repeatedly that he is a middle of pack QB. Maybe 15th-16th best QB out of 32 starters.
He was ranked 9th. I think you could make an argument that'a about where he truly is. Low interceptions, good decisions, NFC Championship game (made it that far). He's by far not the worst QB in the game he is portrayed to be. He's easily better than 20 + QB's out there IMO. Some are very young QB's or interception kings (gunslingers). He's better than a lot of those. There are a lot of teams with worse QB's than him.
I see no reason why in year #2 in the same system he can't improve more. If elite QB's are top 3 or 4 and great QB's are top 7 or 8 or whatever he's not currently in that group. But maybe "good QB's" or "higher end game managers" are 9 - 15 or something. The Saints game in the playoffs shows more than game management to me.