Simply compare 49er's number 1 WR Michael Crabtree's numbers with both Smith and Kaep:
Crabtree/Kaep- 595 yards 5 touchdowns in 7 games
Crabtree/Smith- 440 yards 3 touchdowns in 8 games
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Here's what you leave out because you can never tell the whole story just what suits your opinion Crabtree wasn't a finsished product yet much of the time Smith was there. Year 1 he only played in 11 games. You didn't mention that. And each year as he grew into a NFL player his numbers got better.
First off in that stats post your number was off in games it was Smith 9 not 8
But there are a number of reasons that this could be outside Smith just didn't target his number 1 One Mario Manningham missed a few games in the time Kapernick was starting leaving one less WR to take Catches. 2 Vernon Davis just didn't seem to be in tune with Kapernick just yet but got better in the postseason with him. The Chiefs don't have a TE like Vernon Davis to throw to as much though they do have a good group of TEs. Bowe will get his catches The Chiefs would be stupid not to get him the ball relax dude
And you said the same thing about Mccluster and not playing last year he was the 2nd leading wr on the team.
don't get be so concerned with passing yds, WR targets, TD passes etc.... lets just worry about winning games. lots of really good QBs were not at the top of the stat board but won a lot of games. most recently Russell Wilson.....from the past terry bradshaw, bob griese, only had 9 300yd passing games total between them, yet they won super bowls and are in the hall of fame. lets wait until smith has actually played in a couple of real games to see how he does. one offensive series in an exhibition game seems hardly worth the effort to type replies.