Tale of two QB's!
I'm tired of watching Smith stink it up with constant 3 and outs!! With only 5 yards passing in the first half, I really need the niners to draft a QB in the 1st round this upcoming draft.
What I don't like about Smith's game.
- He only does good outta the shotgun. Seriously, this ain't the run and shoot. My QB needs to come out from under snap. Plus, the only running plays outta the shotgun are draws, the niners best player on O(Gore) needs a to take handoffs from the snap.
- He locks on to players. I've seen him look to Vernon and continue to throw to him
even though he's triple covered. Compared to Rodgers who goes through his progressions and moves onto the next receiver when ones covered.
- The balls he throws are more of desperation as opposed to be pinpoint. It's funny as soon as I wrote this, Crabs got his first TD. Congrats Crabs, but if you look at the ball, it was more of a jumpball play that Crabs beat the DB on as opposed to a clean ball that only Crabs could catch. \
I could go on and on with Smith's deficiencies but it's something to discuss as my laptop battery life only lasts 4 hours.
I don't watch must college ball but if Bradford of Mccoy are there when the niners pick, then yeah Git r' done!
I think its more of the situation both guys were in when they were drafted in '05. Rodgers was backing up a future hall of famer QB and had established players in the packer offense. So he had that ready made for him to succeed.
ReplyDeleteIn the other hand, Smith was backing up Tim Rattay...yeah that's all you need to know plus not a good enough offense to help him out.
If the niners drafted rodgers, I think he would have not succeed as well because of what was given to him, which was not a lot.
Simply its more of the niners fault than Alex Smith!!!
yeah, so you wanted the niners to coddle Smith more instead of throwing him to the wolves? One more starting year of Tim Rattay!?!?! Today's Rattay.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Peyton? Eli? Troy Aikmen? It's a 50/50 sucess rate on the rookie QB's that start right away and the ones who sit.
Well the niners did not have the personal to help Alex Smith even if he didn't start his rookie year. It wouldn't have mattered either way. I do not know he wouldn't have been a good QB if he had a better system with the niners or with another organization but it did not help that the niners did not give him a consistent offensive system to work with year in and year out!!!!
ReplyDeletePeyton has had the same offensive coordinator since his rookie year, Aikman, Brady, and Eli has the same type of offense througout their careers. I just think you have a better setup if you have a system your familiar with and after that its all up to the QB to execute.
Also today's elite and good QBs would have not been that good if they were drafted #1 by the niners in 2005 and went through what Alex Smith did!!!!
so you're basically saying that not even Drew Brees or Peyton could help us now. Sounds like we're in Warrior territory now.
ReplyDeleteIf those guys(Brees, Peyton, Brady, or any other top QB) stepped in literally today to takeover as niners QB it would be a definite improvement and niners probably wouldn't have to worry of whether to use the spread offense more.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'm saying was if they stepped in 2005 as a rookie(like Alex Smith), they would not have success because of the coaches, players, and the inconsistent offense system they would have to endure.
hmm... yeah, I get what you're saying. It's been hard for Alex to be successful because he got drafted into an unstable franchise. Most good college players get drafted into bad franchises.
ReplyDeleteBut, I think if a player is going to be good, then he's going to be good regardless of what playbook he has or who coaches him.
Yeah, I know Alex is having his x playbook for x years, but at the end of the day it's making reads, going through the progressions, and making the throws. I just don't think after watching Alex stink it up in the first half of the Green Bay game he has "it".