Worst Players on NFL's Best Teams

[the butch]

Panther related because:

 

 

San Francisco 49ers: Kyle Williams, WR (-4.9)

49ers fans will be quick to point out that with Mario Manningham and Michael Crabtree due to return soon that Williams -- already a bit-part player on a team that favors "22" personnel (using two running backs and two tight ends on 30.1 percent of offensive plays, their most-used offensive package) -- will be needed even less. But that's putting a lot of faith in two players coming back from significant injuries and coming back at full speed. Williams has run only 43 fewer routes than Anquan Boldin yet he's averaging a staggering 1.91 yards per route run less than Boldin. That kind of production isn't helping the team and it's important that they have a receiver they can count on to be the third option behind Boldin and Vernon Davis. Against strong defensive units such as the Seahawks, who can slow down the Niners' rushing attack and Colin Kaepernick, how else are they to overcome? Williams has the second-lowest yards per route run of any wide receiver, with only the Titans' Kenny Britt lower.

 

And also found this interesting to boot:

 

 

Kansas City Chiefs: Alex Smith, QB (2013 PFF Grade: -6.6)

The Chiefs may be 9-0, but the arm of Smith has hardly been tested this season. Smith is a player who has just enough talent that he can get by with a special defense (and the Chiefs D is special, as they comfortably are our highest-ranked defense). As the poor results under Matt Cassel showed us, Smith's achievements are still notable, but it means when the schedule toughens up (as it will over the next month), Smith's flaws are likely to be exposed. Smith is our fifth lowest-ranked pure passer and it's easy to see why, with a style that is more reliant on dumping the ball off than making plays downfield. It's telling that his yards-in-the-air percentage of 44.9 is the lowest in the league, meaning the Chiefs have the highest percentage of yards after the catch of any team in the league. Eventually Smith will need to beat teams down the field if the Chiefs are trailing -- and that's not his game. He's throwing just 5.7 percent of his attempts further than 20 yards, the lowest rate in the league and an indication of how limited the passing attack is.

 

Huddle's thoughts?

[Black]

I was surprised when looking over their stats to learn that aside from Boldin and Davis, nobody on their team has more than 158 receiving yards.  Also, if you take away Boldin's ridiculous week one numbers, his season has been pretty pedestrian.  Obviously this hasn't stopped them from winning, but you would think they would have someone else who would pose some sort of threat as a receiver with their record.  

[LinvilleGorge]

Alex Smith isn't awful.  No, he doesn't have a great arm, but he's developed into a very smart QB who very much understand his limitations and plays within them.  Alex Smith isn't a QB you ask to win games, he's a QB you ask not to lose games and he's gotten very good at that in recent years.  That and he's been blessed with two very good QB coaches in Jim Harbaugh and Andy Reid.

 

Unbelievable that the guy I just described went #1 overall while arguably the best QB in the league Aaron Rodgers lasted until #24 in the same draft.

[the butch]

I was surprised when looking over their stats to learn that aside from Boldin and Davis, nobody on their team has more than 158 receiving yards.  Also, if you take away Boldin's ridiculous week one numbers, his season has been pretty pedestrian.  Obviously this hasn't stopped them from winning, but you would think they would have someone else who would pose some sort of threat as a receiver with their record.  

 

To me, the fact that not one person stands out makes them THAT much scarier.

[panthers90]

And here I was thinking this was gonne be a Fua thread

[Delhommey]

Link?

[Brooklyn Bully]

Who was ours?

[PiratePanther189]

I mean, statistically, Alex Smith is having a pretty sub par season. Still being that game manager type player he was in San Fran

[frash.exe]

How many sacks does the chiefs defense have at this point, like 60?

[PantherWake]

No Fua?!

[MichaelNewtonII]

Alex Smith better than any qb kc has had recently

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[panfanman]

Hello. . .McFly?

Link? And or who is ours?

[CRA]

Hello. . .McFly?

Link? And or who is ours?

a quick google search shows it is an ESPN insider piece.  Alex Smith is all they give for free viewing

[CelticCat]

To me, the fact that not one person stands out makes them THAT much scarier.

 

Kinda like us. We are using all our weapons.