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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
No, but that situation might have informed future generations about how to handle the hot hand at QB.
Nice how you're not only concentrating your AS eggs, but you're doubling down on CK eggs [2nd year QB in gimmick offense . . . . who was a play away from winning the SB.]
I KNOW you'll be eating crow on that remark in years to come. |
I'm not a big Kaepernick fan. I realize I'm out on a limb there, but I think he'll have to do a lot of work to repeat his 2012 success. I don't think the run option/pistol will be as successful moving forward. I think his season was and is more of a testament to just how good that SF team is put together, and it does color my impression of Smith.
And I've never said that Smith can't be successful here, at least to a limited degree. All I've ever said is that I believe they vastly overpaid for him. Although I don't believe he'll find success unless they rely heavily on the running game the way that San Francisco did. I don't believe he has the arm to execute the kind of deep throws that Reid usually incorporates into his version of the WCO, and I don't think an offense centered around passing rather than running (which is Reid's MO) will be effective here with Alex Smith behind center. I think, if they're a playoff team under Reid with AS behind center, it will be because he's shifted away from his normal offense, and we're relying heavily on Charles. Which is why I didn't and don't think the trade made sense. Alex Smith doesn't fit what Andy Reid generally does, any more than Matt Barkley did.
So that's my thoughts on Smith, just so I'm not lumped in arbitrarily with everyone else who just throws out "he sucks". I think they can win games with him and I think they may even win a playoff game with him behind center, but I don't believe that if they ever become a contending team with him at QB that it will be
because he's at quarterback. I think he's an interchangeable piece.