Game one of the Jim Harbaugh era was a resounding success for the nascent head coach and the revamped coaching staff. I was especially surprised at the defense’s consistent pressure from a fairly basic set. The Niners didn’t blitz much, and therefore had good downfield coverage for the most part. The DBs were solid most of the time as well, and Rogers had a nice breakup in the end zone. Seattle, though, started going downfield more in the 2nd half, and they moved the ball much better in the 2nd half rather than the 1st. To the tune of outscoring the Niners 17-3 on offense. Fangio has spent enough time in the NFL to know his way around a defense, and he had to be happy with the results. Seattle has a very young line, and the Niners had their way with them.
The offense on the other hand was restrained to say the least. Seattle was intent on not letting Gore beat them, and they held him in check all day, minus a couple good runs. The passing game was dinks and dunks most of the time, and the red zone offense was bland to say the least. No mistakes by Young Sir Alex, but one TD in five trips to the red zone isn’t the way to dominate opponents. The one thing Smith has shown in his career is his taking care of the ball in the red zone. To the tune of 30 TDs to one pick.
The return game? Well what can you say? Ginn scored 2 times and iced the game for the 49ers. The Niners gave up a punt return for a TD, but it was called back due to an illegal block in the back. One that actually sprung the return, so there you go. You take your chance and hope it doesn’t get called. The Ginn TD on the kickoff return was critical to the game as the Seahawks had cut the lead to 19-17, and the Niner offense had mustered only one decent 2nd half drive (for yet another FG). A bit galling was the 6 shots the offense had inside the 10 (due to a roughing the kicker call on a made FG) to score a TD, yet couldn’t. This team has too many weapons to not try things a little bit more risky than Gore left, Gore right, Gore up the middle. I understand getting the lead to two scores, but Seattle ended up getting a TD in about 45 seconds.
All in all a solid effort. Going forward, they need to get this offense up to a higher speed. Sure, they played it safe due to their opponent, but Dallas, while not a top-tier team, is better than Seattle in many different ways. This will be a truer test as to how far this team has progressed in this compressed timeframe. As The J-E-T-S showed, Dallas can be thrown on. VD should get some heavy action, as well as Braylon Edwards. So, bombs away . . .
Forty Niners Forever 
What’s your fucking point, Mike? You knew Brodie, so it validates your opinion of Alex Smith? Gimme a break.
I saw plenty of Brodie’s games. But he was playing fairly well by then. I didn’t see him in the early late 50s or early 60s. Big deal.
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And, in addition, shout the fuck up Spitty. We get it. If you want to go all V in regards to Alex, go right ahead. Your posts will start disappearing.
I’m sick and fucking tired of this shit.
No, seeing Brodie play gives me some cred about BRODIE,. Chuckles. He was cited here as a bad QB. Get off my case.
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70
81
82
Those are Smith’s non-injured QBR numbers that past 6 years. We’ll see where he goes with a hopefully more offensive-minded coach.
I musta missed Spit saying Brodie was bad. he has Montana, Young, and Tittle on the list, for God’s sake.
Yes, you missed it. Actually, I rhink Grumpy brought him up, But Brodie’s name is all over Spit’s little lists.And Smith doesn’t even qualify according to Spit’s absurd criteria:
“These are you qbs who’ve been deemed by the brass good enough to start at qb without replacement for over three years.” One year for Smith. Your show is cancelled, Spit. Move on.
TD to INT Ratio converted to percentage….. INTs divided by total of INTs and TDs
Smith 51%
Garcia 33%
Young 28%
Brodie 53%
Tittle 55%
Unca,
These are the guys that qualify. I threw Montana out. Tittle provides Brodie perspective (same era), while Young and Garcia provide Alex Smith perspective.
And 90+ last year after Raye. It doesn’t take a fucking math genius to see an upward trend. And even in “40” year he clearly “got” McCarthy’s offense late, winning the last two games with 98 and 68 QBRs, rather better than the 40 for the year. Then the merry go round began.
Gee, Spit, you think Young had a better coaching staff and players to work with?
If that’s all you got, then blow it out your ass.
“I’m sick and fucking tired of this shit.”
Amen to that.
Shit, Garcia even had TO and Mooch. That’s better than anything Smith has had. Up until now.
He’s the great white question mark. OK? Live with it. Both of you.
He’s at make-or-break yet again.
Don’t even fucking tell me to “live with it”. This fucking bullshit started with me saying he had a solid game Sunday. This is Tyler’s motherfucking gig. If I can’t post an opinion about Smith without starting a goddamn shit festival, that’s a crock.
Smith clearly is the biggest loser in the win / loss comparison.
YA Tittle is the biggest losers in the TD / INT comparison.
Brodie is the biggest loser in the completion percentage comparison.
Like Grump has been foreshadowing, the race is between Alex Smith and John Brodie. Brodie numbers compared to YA Tittle numbers are a good way to gain perspective. It was a different era and different standard. We declare Tittle good, and Brodie’s numbers are comparable to Tittle. In the end, Alex Smith has comparable numbers to qbs who didn’t play during today’s NFL qb era.
The winner of the Spitblood Worst QB in the History of the San Francisco 49ers competition is….
drum roll, please…….
ALEX SMITH!!!!!! Alex Smith: Worst Quarterback in the History of the San Francisco 49ers!
There it is, rejoice America.
On and on it goes. He’s worse than Yogi. By far.
Hey Spit, read Barley’s post at 2:32.
Read it. Know it. Live it.
You were reason 1a I killed the last blog. This time around, I’m only deleting you.
You do what you feel is necessary, Chuck. Alex Smith was just declared, “Worst QB in the History of the Niners.” So we got that out of the way. If you think Twinfan adds to your blog, and I don’t, that’s a decision you have to make for yourself.
Who knows who adds to the blog? Spit is just another “Flying V”, there is no rational discussion with him on board. I’ve “known” Chuck for years on line, we’ve fought many times, I’ve privately thanked him for his support during my many operations and procedures. So, while it may not always seem so, we are friends, or least I’ve thought so. I started posting here again when Spit and Denny considered this their private blog, THEY made this confrontational from the beginning- I’ve been stupid enough to respond in kind. Now it seems that Spit is making this a “him or me” deal, how stupid. Why don’t you try not being an asshole, you might be surprised at how the tone here will change. But I’m not ging to put Chuck in a bad position, if the bullshit continues, I can post elsewhere, the folks here do seem to enjoy Spit, threats, attacks, and all.
Anyone who believes Alex Smith, the Worst Qb in the History of the San Francisco 49ers, is good, must be educated. Twinfan’s education is painful to us all. But wrongs must be corrected. He plays the victim well.
Fuck Rodney King. Martin Luther King says, “Get along, you fucking mooks.”
Oh, and the whole point of my posts was NOT to illustrate that Brodie was a bad QB… rather to show that he did not reach his potential until the second half of his career. The first half of his career, he struggled at times, and had numbers like Alex. Which obviously in no way proves that Alex will follow suit… but perhaps shows that, even after 7 years, there is hope at least of improvement. That’s why I’m patient for now, and curious to see what Harbaugh can get out of Alex over at least half a season. Now don’t bother me with this shit anymore (LOL), and wake me after the bye.
Last chance, Spitty. Contiue this bullshit, and I’m taking them down. No one here enjoys the endless blather. It’s why I started the LAST one. To get away from V and his endleess inane blather.
You post a lot of valid stuff. Which is why I WAS lenient in letting your shit go.
As of now you are trolling and baiting. Get over it or get deleted.
Chuck,
My feeling is to advance a conversation or a debate, you must have a good grasp of reality. If you do that, your foundation is solid. If you don’t do that, and build your argument on a faulty premise,
it destroys meaningful debate. And that’s what we are all trying to do here – get to the truth and figure out what’s real and what’s marketing and bullshit created to sell tickets. A perfect example: Jerry Jones recently coming out and saying Tony Romo played well.
The reality is that we’re all sick and tired of the Alex Smith debate. Everyone of us is. No exceptions. However, because qb play is such an important aspect of winning football, you can’t just avoid the conversation. All things eventually lead to Alex Smith. It sucks. I know. But if we call a spade a spade, or we’re realistic about how Alex Smith is a stop gap, game manager without much skill, then we can advance the conversation or debate. Sure, we can change the subject, which we should now, but in the end we’ll all get sucked into the Alex Smith debate and those who apologize for him or sympathize with him won’t be receiving my kindness. Why not? Because they’ll succeed in squashing the debate, which is, I believe, their intention in the first place. My feeling is, if we can’t correctly build on a premise and advance the debate, why blog here?