In the last four years (47 of 64 games...though at least 5 of those games were coaches decisions) Alex Smith passed for 62 td's and 32 int's in an offense that wasn't pass happy. Where their best receiver was a young and not very effective Crabtree (until this past year) and TE Vernon Davis.
In the past TWO years, 26 games combined, he has 30 Td's and 10 INT's. He had 70 percent completion percentage last year.
OUR team the last three years has had the likes of Moxie, Skeletor, Koncussion Kolb, SCUD, Lindley, and Hoyer.
They combined to throw 41 TD's and 61 INT's combined. How did we go 18-30 with those numbers?
If you take Koncussion Kolb out of the mix the numbers are even worse 23 td's and 44 INT's. That's in 33 games. Ouch. 0.6 TD's and 1.3 INT's a game AVERAGE over a 33 game span (more than 2 years).
Believe me, I want a franchise QB. But what we've been is epic suck.
Smith isn't one. But he's not shabby either. He's as close as there is out there and whatever he is, is alot more than what we've had. He's no Drew Brees, but for a guy who in the last two years had a 3:1 TD/INT ratio take over a team that has 2:3 TD/INT ratio over the last three years is a BIG swing.
Given who we know is out there I'm for signing Stanton and Moore and drafting someone.
But our QB's have sucked the last few years.
If we get him, our team is a whole lot better than it was. Maybe it isn't the guy we want, or ultimately need, but we really don't have a ton of top flight choices out there.
Does someone really want to wait for Fitzpatrick or Cassel to get released? Would THEY be better than Smith?
Again I'll take a flyer on a hungry Stanton and Moore. But they haven't done what Smith has done. None has taken their team to a NFC championship game, let alone ~14 months ago.
We could do a whole lot worse than Alex Smith. A good shot we DO end up with something worse. I have hope for Arians and Keim, but I've been conditioned to believe otherwise from Graves.
Smith took a team that had a great defense and played within himself and took his team to a championship game....and somehow we don't think with OUR defense and Arians background that somehow something decent might not happen?
We need to get multiple QB's. Even if we get Smith we need to draft a guy and find a veteran backup. Hopefully Arians/Keim find a diamond in the rough, but in the end a serviceable QB gives us playoff aspirations.
