Originally posted by JayBee:
Originally posted by BobS:
Freaking hilarious that the Alex Smith lovers site he averaged over a 90 passer rating the last 4 games of 2010. What they forgot to mention was three of the pass defenses he faced (STL, SEA, AZ) averaged 19th, 23rd, and 27th in yards allowed. When he faced the good defense of the group (SD), he put up a 66 rating with a 5.7 YPA. So Alex is a great QB to have to roll up stats on crappy defenses. So the 49ers should re-sign him and platoon him with someone who can play well against good defenses.
They're also NFC West teams. Alex can't beat a good non-divisional team. 6 years and counting.
Well, the 90.6 passer rating was actually including every game after Jimmy Raye was fired.
However, your point may be a good one, Bob. If you remove the NFC West teams in addition to the teams Alex played with Jimmy Raye, his total passer rating would be 70.8... if I did my calculations correctly... which isn't a certainty.
I know it probably means very little to you, but there is more statistical information:
Average QB Rating Allowed vs. QB Rating Allowed to Alex
Seahawks: 89.7 vs. 81.9 combined (52.5/w Raye; 130.9/w Johnson)
Cardinals: 83.7 vs. 107.8
Rams: 80.4 vs. 91
Chargers: 76.2 vs. 66
Panthers: 81 vs. 87.4
Raiders: 85.6 vs. 87.4
Eagles: 80.8 vs. 92.8
Falcons: 82.2 vs. 65.6
Chiefs: 78.1 vs. 68.8
Saints: 83.2 vs. 82.2
Make of it what you will. It means very little, really. I just get a wild hair about statistics sometimes.
At the end of the day, I don't care what he's looked like in the 54 games he's played in over the past 6 years (9 games/year average (56% of max total) for those keeping track).
I'm ready to move on, but if Harbaugh wants him to stay... I'm not going to argue. I wanted us to hire Harbaugh in large part due to his reputation developing quarterbacks. It would be silly of me to disagree with him now.
Basically, whatever Harbaugh wants. I won't judge until I see the results.