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by Shrink Attack » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:57 am
Originally posted by TexasHeat:
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Do tell, which of this morbid bunch you think you could win with? Give me Alex Smith (captain of the Martz Machine) [/QUOTE]Alex Smith couldn't lead water down a drain.
He simply lacks the talent to go through the progressions, sell the fakes, and be patient in the pocket without panicking, all of which are critical in this "Greatest Show on Turf" offense. Martz's schemes will only add additional layers of complexity to anything Smith has seen before, making him look even more befuddled than last year...if that's even at all possible.
The real beneficiary will be Gore, who'll see a ton of touches from his overwhelmed QB. [/QUOTE]Easy there Shrink, please consider what I was choosing from. Who would you take from that group? [/QUOTE]Actually, TH, your point is well taken that none of those options are particularly appealing.
Forced to choose between them for my QB2, I would say it all depended who I already had as my QB1. For example, if I had an ironman superstar like Brady or P. Manning, I'd probably go for a steady-eddy guy like Garcia who can be plugged in for a game or two and give me predictable numbers...nothing great, but not horrible, either.
If, on the other hand, my QB1 was weak or an injury risk, then I'd go for a more upside guy like Tarvaris Jackson. He's obviously no great shakes, but at least he's on a team with a good defense and a pretty good offense, giving him an ample number of Red Zone opportunities.
As you implied, none of the choices are appealing, but I just have no confidence in Alex Smith as a player, and in particular having to pick up a new, complicated offensive scheme.
Just my opinion, but as my wife often reminds me, I've been known to be wrong. :rolleyes:
"Deserve" ain't got nothin' to do with it
---Clint Eastwood in The Unforgiven
...disagree with this statement as it accurately reflects the past but not the present...SNAKE [/QUOTE]It was a to be more of a humorous statement Snake, but true in the fact that I personally wouldn't feel comfortable with any of them as a #2, let alone a #1! 
