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Originally Posted by Frosty
If the Niners fans are right, Smith's YPA and Completion % are high because he refuses to throw the ball unless his receiver is wide open. He takes a lot of sacks instead of throwing the ball away. On the surface, that sounds smart but he kills a lot of drives, which you can see on the poor 3rd down conversion stats that the 49ers have had under Smith, even under Harbaugh.
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Nope he refuses to throw the long ball because he knows exactly where he wants to go with the ball in his pre-snap reads. This is what seperates Alex from other QB's. His ability to make adjustments at the line(something Nolan or Singletarty never let him do). IMO this is what makes him so successful. Only throwing 25 times a game, you don't get a lot of chances so Alex takes what the defense gives him. Statistically Alex is up there with the best as far as long ball percentages, he would rather take a 100% open guy, rather than risk a 50/50 long ball.