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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
Yep, but you stated:
Remember that this was a 2-14 team just last season. These same guys that Alex Smith is working with now were directly associated with the epic shitfest of last season. Now, with them being 5-0, the rest of these 2-14 guys are world beaters and it's Alex Smith that's the standard bearer of mediocrity?
Smith is 26-5-1 over the last three seasons, and that includes QB'ing teams that were coming off of horrendously bad seasons like the 2011 49ers and the 2013 Chiefs. That sure makes a case of him being able to win plenty of games. In comparison, both Raperburger and Eli are coming off recent Super Bowl victories and yet are QB'ing two of the worst teams in the league this season.
So, which is it? A mediocre guy like Smith takes the reigns of tragically bad teams and leads them to division first place status, or two Hall of Fame QB's with recent SB winning teams leading their teams into the cellar?
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Alex Smith isn't QBing a 2-14 team from 2012. He is QBing the 7-9 team in 2011 (that could have been even better, if not for the poorly conditioned first 2 games, and having to play behind Tyler Palko for the other games).
I said these guys can win regardless of supporting cast. I'll make one exception. They need some hint of a Running Back. Their Running Backs are embarrassingly bad. I guarantee if you give both those guys a decent RB, they're elite QBs again. And with those guys, I don't take much stock in the regular season. They've both taken bad regular season teams to Super Bowls.