Originally Posted by
brdempsey69
You are missing the point completely & blatantly, I might add. Consistently moving the ball & picking up first downs aka Rich Gannon, and not being a turnover machine like Cassel was, is what your going to see mostly from Alex Smith -- as matt has pointed out to you repeatedly. Besides, this O-Line hasn't shown yet that they can consistently allow any QB to stand back in the pocket & fire the deep ball repeatedly & neither did SF's O-Line when Smith was the QB, or CK for that matter.
Smith does throw the ball down the field when the opportunities are there. If not for penalties in the 49ers game against the Bills, Smith would have gutted the Buffalo defense for 450+ yards passing in that game.
As for 3rd and 10 or 3rd and 12, the secret is to make the basic plays work on 1st and 2nd downs so your not in those situations -- something Cassel could not do consistently -- EVER. Smith did it repeatedly last night & he carried the Offense on that 1st series.
I suppose now that all season long that any opposing Defense that Smith has success against is automatically going to be a "scrub defense" in your mind.