Originally posted by vaden:
Originally posted by sincalfaithful:
Originally posted by vaden:
Originally posted by WookieOftheYear:
Jeff Deeney @PFF_Jeff Passes that are thrown 20+ yards in the air: Alex Smith 9-18, 293 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Kaepernick 9-18, 302 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. #49ers
Even if this gets wide circulation, the myth that Alex has a noodle arm will live on. Many of us have been posting such deep ball statistical comparisons for years, and they're always ignored, dismissed, forgotten. Alex's deep ball also improved a lot over the course of the 2011 season. He had a great stretch from that Rams game when he threw a 50-yarder to Crabs (and another perfect deep ball that VD dropped in the end zone), to the deep sideline pass to Crabs in Seattle that set up the game-winning fg and then of course to his numerous bombs to VD in the playoffs. So people who claim Alex is just a game manager with no big play ability are only exposing their own ignorance. I'm excited for him to hopefully get a chance to play for an offensive-minded coach who is aggressive and will let him throw 30-35 times a game.
Except Kaep has done this in 5 starts which proves that we're pushing the ball downfield more with Kaep
No one ever said otherwise. The point is people continually claim Alex can't or won't make these throws at all, yet he's done so successfully repeatedly, especially in the playoffs.
No one said he can't or won't make deep throws. Alex can't or won't make the tight deep throws or the ones where the WR IS actually covered but the ball placement gets the completion. His accuracy is also slightly off on most of those throws. Now consider the fact that teams gear to stop gore vs Alex.
[ Edited by Joecool on Dec 21, 2012 at 12:03 PM ]