Finally figured out how to categorize AleX Smith!

Much like watching Alex Smith in so many games.

I think your on to something here. Nice post.

Only worth getting if you have zucchini to go with it.

If Trent Dilfer is your Day-Old McGameManager, Alex Smith is more than just the same pattie on a six-dollar bun with a squirt of Bullseye over bacon. I feel like there’s this sort of willful amnesia as to exactly how bad Trent Dilfer was. Dilfer’s best was Matt Hasselbeck in a down year (read: 2008-2010). Heck, Day-Old McGameManager is a compliment to Dilfer because, at least for 99 cents at 1 in the morning, it’s still a value.

No, Smith ain’t no steak. He’s not even a delicious steakburger. But you don’t buy him at the same place you get Day-Old McGameManager. You put your car in D, head down the street with your coupon, and run through the drive-through of that other burger place. You know, the one that doesn’t have a 99-cent menu. The one that, at least, makes your fries when you order them. And you pick up a nice single-single (11 on the menu) and try not to get thousand-island on your tie as you drive back to work for the afternoon rush.

Since Peyton Manning, the following QBs have been picked #1 in the draft:

Cam Newton, Sam Bradford, Matt Stafford, JaMarcus Russell, Alex Smith, Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, David Carr, Tim Couch, Michael Vick.

Of those QBs, only one has had any season where he completed a higher percentage of passes than Alex is completing this year. Half of them have never had a season with better than SMith’s 7.1 Y/A. And unless you count Vick’s 13-attempt season, only one of them has had a year with as low an INT% as Smith has.

Of course, Smith has to keep that up, and it seems unlikely that his INT% will remain quite so low (although his YPA is trending up). But nevertheless, it’s telling.

had me laughing. really funny and interesting!

I too am impressed with the way “Saint” Alex has played this year. And for those not familiar with me….I HAVE BEEN ONE OF HIS HASHEST CRITICS HERE AT NN! I have heard for years off all the greatness Alex possess as a QB, and for the past 6 yrs I haven’t SEEN it. All the stats in the world to me has been for nothing as his play simply didn’t manifest into WINS! However, I have watched all the games form this season and I must say….the turn about is like night and day. Gone (hopefully) are the days of Alex passing for almost 300 yds and 4 picks. Instead, Jim has him passing and average of about 18-19 times a game for 150 yds. 2 td’s and maybe 1 int. But, what is most impressive is that as a game manager, he hasn’t LOST games for the Niners. Instead he seems to relish his position as simply a cog in the machine. Not the head, not the tail….right in the middle. I love this new Alex and I hope that he expands on this solid base of less is more. I wouldn’t be to mad if he can comntinue this and garner a 2-3 year extention for himself till Collin is ready to take the reigns full time. Take a bow Alex, you’ve earned it.

Btw, what ingredient would account for his mobility? Something that might… give you the runs? badum ching

As a fan of the Giants, I am incredibly sick and tired of the continual “is Eli elite?” debate, so I would recommend that you guys just not worry about it and root for the guys you have. The entire debate is manufactured by the sports media because they just don’t have that much to talk about. The criteria for an “elite QB” is statistical excellence combined with rings, which is a solipsistic argument because what comes first, the eliteness or the stats or the rings? Would Eli be in the debate if he hadn’t had a great defense in 2007? Would Rothlisburger be elite if he didn’t have a historically great defense? It’s just a huge waste of time. I hate it when the media becomes the story, and this is a case of exactly that, people wasting time debating what some idiots spout off on ESPN.

diet ben roethlisberger is a better description for Alex Smith.