Alex Smith Had Some Choice Words About Mr. Newton.

[Panthers128]

Smith made a valid point and used the best example available to illustrate his point. His comments aren't critical of Cam Newton as much as they are the Carolina Panthers. He's basically saying that there's nothing to gain from having the game constantly placed on your shoulders and having to pass 40-60 times a game. He's content letting his defense get stops and possessing the ball while slowly moving the chains and outscoring the opponent.

Smith met Dru Brees in the playoffs, another example of the QB who passes for a lot of attempts and yardage. At the end of the day Smith advanced in the playoffs.

Keep in mind Smith averaged 247.5 yards per game in the playoffs with 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for a 101 QB rating. Second only to Eli Manning and Dru Brees in playoff QB ratings. He can play.

[Toundra]

Alex Smith should remember his first games in the NFL, 2005, 9 game played 1 TD 11 INT 850 yards.

This is not a QB this is a joke!

[SN03]

Smith met Dru Brees in the playoffs, another example of the QB who passes for a lot of attempts and yardage. At the end of the day Smith advanced in the playoffs.

At the end of the day if the QB's switched teams that game SF wins by 100.

[Riverboat Ron]

So basically you can have one decent year after several pathetic seasons and you take all the credit from your outstanding defense.

[CatMan72]

Smith made a valid point and used the best example available to illustrate his point. His comments aren't critical of Cam Newton as much as they are the Carolina Panthers. He's basically saying that there's nothing to gain from having the game constantly placed on your shoulders and having to pass 40-60 times a game. He's content letting his defense get stops and possessing the ball while slowly moving the chains and outscoring the opponent.

Smith met Dru Brees in the playoffs, another example of the QB who passes for a lot of attempts and yardage. At the end of the day Smith advanced in the playoffs.

Keep in mind Smith averaged 247.5 yards per game in the playoffs with 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for a 101 QB rating. Second only to Eli Manning and Dru Brees in playoff QB ratings. He can play.

Tom Brady was passing 40-60 times a game and made it to the SB last year...

P.S. it's Drew, not Dru.

[Harris Aballah]

QB Alex Smith doesn't care about his passing yards per game. "That is a totally overblown stat because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what? You're like the Carolina Panthers and you're going no-huddle the entire second half," Smith said. "Yeah, Cam Newton threw for a lot of 300-yard games, that's great. You're not winning though."

Is he saying Cam should play on the defense as well? Or is it just an excuse for not excelling in the qb position, after all these years? Or maybe his favorite food is crow?

[bigdog10]

lol. Alex Smith is an elite defense from being Brady Quinn and Jimmy Claussen.

Sounds to me like Smith is sipping on some Haterade because Cam went to the worst team in the league and made it look easy, while he's floundered for seven years and finally had a defense and running game bail him out.

p.s. I bet he's got some pent up rage towards Aaron Rodgers too

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

I don't remember that play i was to busy watching Cam s**t the bed and Dalton is twice the quaterback Kolb is. I mean really, other than beating Cam in the season opener what has he ever done?

oh boy so we're back to "quarterbacks literally play each other head to head". i've been disregarding your opinion on everything for a long time now grits you don't need to keep going out of your way to justify my decision like this. it's interesting to see you cling to this logic when noting the glaring issue that is dalton losing to tj yates twice.

the point is that kolb and dalton are the same kind of player. they haven't had a similar career arc but that's due to matters outside of their control. kolb, like dalton, is a system quarterback. kolb proved it when the eagles sold him to the highest bidder and that happened to be the cardinals who are coached by ken whisenhunt, a coryell disciple. kolb, on the other hand, came from a walsh WCO in philadelphia. he started out with a bang but declined until he was injured. it also says a lot that his best game in 2011 by far was against carolina which is more of an indictment against our defense (the thing that quarterbacks actually play against) than anything else.

for the record though dalton has done absolutely nothing. he had a decent season and he might have pulled a sam bradford and backed in to rookie of the year if he had weaker competition. as we all know, that was not the case. his putrid playoff performance (against the same team that the panthers tore apart in the same venue a few weeks earlier) is hardly convincing. he had a chance to make his case as the real QB to watch going forward but he failed spectacularly.

i will say that he did step it up in the pro bowl, though.

[MadHatter]

Pssssst... He kinda has a point

Much like the fact that the 49ers won because of their defense and in spite of their QB. All Smith was asked to do is not screw up.

Smith was and still is a very pedestrian and average NFL QB. He is a game manager and MUST have a great defense and running game to compensate for his lack of ability and decision making. Ask him to put a team on his back and carry them...and he folds like a cheap suit.

[Iceberg Slim]

Meh.....who really cares what Alex Smith has to say, not that important

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

this has been pretty fun.

i think i'll fire up game rewind and watch andy dalton, the real rookie of the year and future top five quarterback, play houston again.

edit: wow i had forgotten that the only TD scored by the bengals came on a red zone possession thanks to a pass interference call. they literally should have lost 31-3 lol.

[countryboi]

tell us how you really feel alex smith? your own team didnt even want you, they were courting every FA QB available before coming back to you and this after your most successful season ever

i guess this is going in the mental chamber.....i am pretty sure someone has already used this joke

[SCP]

Actually Alex Smith got hurt in that game, he was chewing us up until he went out with a shoulder injury, Carr came into the game and the offense went to poo, I just watched the game on NFL rewind 2 or 3 days ago.

Yes I forgot that. I was at the game and now that you mention it I remember laughing my ass off when Carr walked on the field. We were all saying put a fork in the 9ers. Oh well, we still beat the 9ers last time we played them.

[EMSMedic79]

Alex Smith should remember getting his collar bone snapped by Charles Johnson two years ago. Carolina who???