receivers getting open?

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by excelsior:
While Alex was QB, he was often criticized for being indecisive, for unnecessarily throwing the ball away or for checking down, for which some derisively labeled him "Captain Checkdown."

I give Alex credit for being smart and reasonably experienced, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt that it was because he couldn't find open receivers downfield. Occassionally, the TV camara would look downfield and you could see that the receivers were covered and were not breaking open.

Alex did what any competent QB would do, and he went elsewhere with the ball. Often, we would see Vernon go downfield and he would not turn around when the QB desparately wanted to throw to him. This happened again near the end of yesterday's game, only this time Troy was the victim.

Bottom line: our receivers often let our QBs down. If its Alex, it's Alex's fault. If it's Troy, it's on the receivers.

If this is true, then...




...Troy should still start. He has made better throws in 2 games than Alex has in his entire NFL career.

I ain't saying Troy is the second coming...I'm saying Alex just sucks that bad.

Troy hasn't made better throws than Alex, he just has better luck than Alex does.

The problem with luck is that it eventually evens itself out.

Originally posted by verb1der:

Originally posted by Wodwo:

Originally posted by verb1der:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

no the same play calling and OLine that made Troy Smith look below average helped out with that.

Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

no the same play calling and OLine that made Troy Smith look below average helped out with that.

geezus f**king christ. when will people stop making excuses for the guy. alex smith has always sucked! he's the common denominator. get over it ppl!

Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

no the same play calling and OLine that made Troy Smith look below average helped out with that.

geezus f**king christ. when will people stop making excuses for the guy. alex smith has always sucked! he's the common denominator. get over it ppl!

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

no the same play calling and OLine that made Troy Smith look below average helped out with that.

geezus f**king christ. when will people stop making excuses for the guy. alex smith has always sucked! he's the common denominator. get over it ppl!

soooo it's ok for Troy Smith to look like a hot pile of dog s**t behind a poor oline and bad play calling but when Alex Smith was behind that same Oline with the same poor play calling it was all his fault?

Troyexcuses

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.

no the same play calling and OLine that made Troy Smith look below average helped out with that.

geezus f**king christ. when will people stop making excuses for the guy. alex smith has always sucked! he's the common denominator. get over it ppl!

soooo it's ok for Troy Smith to look like a hot pile of dog s**t behind a poor oline and bad play calling but when Alex Smith was behind that same Oline with the same poor play calling it was all his fault?

Troyexcuses

Originally posted by Leathaface:
Yea b/c putting Smith in the shotgun was the only thing holding him back from being an average QB.