Alex Smith is the best QB in the division!!!

[Alex Smith 4Ever]

A lot of people have been criticizing Alex this season, and some of it has been fair, I won't lie, but a lot of that criticism hasn't been fair. People act like we can just trade Alex and immediately replace him with a better option. Take a look around the division and check out the other quarterbacks.

Manning/Rivers - Both are washed up and completely done
Carr/Osweiler - Might be good in a few years but they're horrible right now

None of them can matchup with Alex. The reality is that Alex is quite a bit better than what most teams are throwing out at the QB position. Listen, I know we all want Tom Brady or Cam Newton as QB, but since we can't have those two, Alex is the absolute best option for this team to win the division and ultimately the big game.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Smith is contributing. These are team efforts that you can't attribute to just one phase of the game, but Alex has been pretty good lately.

Exactly. The Royals should have taught us this.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by New World Order

I'd rather have an elite Tom Brady.

i) you are never gonna find Tom Brady performers at the current Tom Brady price
ii) Pats got away with Brady throwing 5 yard passes against a Seattle defense limping around on one leg.
iii) how many SB teams the last 15 years have had QB's on their roster that were paid in the top 20% in the league at the position? Maybe 1 or 2?? Brees, Manning, Brady, Rodgers weren't able to do it...

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

i) you are never gonna find Tom Brady performers at the current Tom Brady price
ii) Pats got away with Brady throwing 5 yard passes against a Seattle defense limping around on one leg.
iii) how many SB teams the last 15 years have had QB's on their roster that were paid in the top 20% in the league at the position? Maybe 1 or 2?? Brees, Manning, Brady, Rodgers weren't able to do it...

They all have done it.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

he still has ZERO game winning drives in KC,

He should probably throw more INTs so the team is behind late to boost his stats.

Moron.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

I saw a game played by an above replacement level of quarterbacking. We are just so used to garbage that this game probably looked amazing. It was an improvement over last week, which was awful besides the one really long catch and run. He converted more 3rd downs this week, but he just doesn't look good putting the ball downfield.

Sorry his 0 TD passes ****ed your fantasy team.

JFC, this place is chock-full-o-morons any more.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

He should probably throw more INTs so the team is behind late to boost his stats.



Moron.

Are you serious?

As an NFL QB you're going to be placed in situations in which you need to win some games on the last drive. Boneheaded early INTs or not, EVERY QB is tested at some point.

Smith's been put in that situation more than a handful of times and hasn't delivered one.single.time.

You don't think that's an issue?

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by milkman

Give me an O-Line and weapons, I am taking Rivers all day, every ****ing day.

I could not agree any more. All ****ing day.

[Ming the Merciless]

If we keep playing games where we don't NEED ass11 to get TDs or NEED him to throw deep or have much pressure on him, we will probably go all the way!

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

If we keep playing games where we don't NEED ass11 to get TDs or NEED him to throw deep or have much pressure on him, we will probably go all the way!

Didn't we all (or most of us) already know this coming into the season?

Defense, the running game, and special teams all have to be on point. If that happens, the Chiefs have a chance to succeed with Smith at QB.

I know it's not the ideal way to win. It's the "off the beaten path" route to post season success. But it's really a more likely scenario than Smith suddenly playing like a franchise QB.

Play defense. Win turnover battles. Kick field goals. And Alex Dilfer does his best Trent Smith impersonation. That's the team the Chiefs have to be this season.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

He should probably throw more INTs so the team is behind late to boost his stats.

Moron.

Alex Smith is 1-14 with the Chiefs in games where the defense gave up more than 20 points. But yeah, that's a really sustainable way to win big games. We should be thrilled that Alex Smith doesn't throw any TDs because he's not throwing INTs.

Homer.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by TimBone

I could not agree any more. All ****ing day.

ALL ****ING WEEK

[Ming the Merciless]

I agree 100% Yes most of us know and knew this!

I just think it's bound to fail at some point...I think it's flawed, to be so transparent.

But I can enjoy it for what it is...I would be incredibly happy with a playoff win.

[O.city]

I thought he played well today?

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Are you serious?

As an NFL QB you're going to be placed in situations in which you need to win some games on the last drive. Boneheaded early INTs or not, EVERY QB is tested at some point.

Smith's been put in that situation more than a handful of times and hasn't delivered one.single.time.

You don't think that's an issue?

Take this for example. KC vs, let's say Cincinnati on the road in January.. seeing as their are people here saying the Chiefs could take them in a rematch.

Start from the opening kickoff, where every Chiefs' possession is mirrored in outcome exactly by the Bengals. The Chiefs punt after six plays, the Bengals go five and out and punt. Santos hits a 43 yard FG, Nugent hits a 45 yarder. West runs in from 14 yards out capping off a nine play drive, Bernard rumbles in from 8 to finish an 11 play drive. Et cetera. It's the epitome of a perfectly matched game.

It's ****ing tennis match of a game with neither team leading for longer than two total changes of possession, until the clock winds down to 2:05 in the fourth quarter and Dalton lasers a strike to AJ Green for a 40+ yard TD catch and run, leaving 1:50-something on the game clock and the Chiefs are now down by seven points.

What happens then? Probability says the Chiefs' likely don't tie the game with Smith under center, and that's the issue most posters who aren't Smith homers have. Smith's track record on third downs (throwing a comical amount of yards short from the yard to gain marker, namely), in the red zone and under the two minute warning are all glaring problems that have surfaced here and were apparent in San Francisco. But pointing this out is dismissed as bitching because he's not scoring fantasy football points, is trolling or isn't Smith's fault because it's a team game.

Until it's not a team game, I.E "He's good in that one stat that matters: wins!"

But who am I kidding: if the Chiefs and Bengals were to play in January in game that played out exactly as I've hypothesized above, I'm sure there was a key drop by Albert Wilson at some point that would been the difference between a Colquitt punt and maybe a Santos field goal and that could have changed the whole game. Or something.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

300+yard quarterbacks don't win rings like most people want to believe. I'll take game managers like Wilson, Aikman, Elway, Smith, and young Tom Brady backed by a solid run game. Balanced offense, strong defense is the key

God damned you are a reerun.