Um, actually you are trying to cross reference to different positions, WR and QB, and fabricate an alleged double standard. Comparing Anquan Boldin to Anquan Boldin is not even remotely a double standard. But just for the sake of your argument how bout we take a tad deeper look into the numbers. Quan had 20 more catches on only 18 more targets last year than he did his last season in Baltimore. His catch % in Frisco was 65.3. His catch %/s in Baltimore were 58, 54.2, 59.2. You have to go all the way back to 2009, his last year in Arizona, to find a season where he had a better catch % rate. So to summarize last year With Kaep, Boldin had the most catches since 2008, the most yards since 2006, the most TD's since 2008, and the best catch % rate since 2009. That my friend is a textbook example of a QB making him better, and that QB is Colin Kaepernick.
By the way, I like how you conveniently didn't touch on what I posted about Crab's production comparison with Kaep and Alex on the field. Crab has obviously been better with Kaep at the helm. So that makes 2 WR's whom Kaep has helped elevate their games and made them better.
Guess so. I watched 3 BLOWN offensive possessions turn into 3 easy touchdowns for the Ravens. Blaming the defense for giving up 3 quick TD's is asinine.
Yeah, its the offense's fault that the defense gave up 5 plays that went over 20 yards, and 3 plays over 30 yards including a 56 yard TD pass. Its also the offense's fault that the special teams coughed up a 108 yard kickoff return TD. By the way just so you know, Baltimore only scored 7 of their 34 points off of the two Frisco turnovers.
If you're going to discredit Smith for making dump passes to his running back then do the same to Joe Montana. He passed more to his RB/FB than Jerry Rice.
Other than the loose correlation that they were all 49er QB's at one time, I have no idea what Joe Montana has to do with a Colin Kaepernick vs Alex Smith debate. How bout we incorporate Tim Rattay into this discussion. Hell, how bout some JT O' Sullivan action?
If that's a joke it isn't funny. I'm faster than Dwyane Bowe and Donnie Avery is a nobody. Jamal Charles is awesome, but the WR core is bottom 5 in the NFL.
Well lets see. 1) Donnie Avery is better than all of Methuselah Moss, Kyle Williams, and Marlon Moore. All of those guys stood in as the #2 WR for the 49ers at some point during the Kaepernick era. 2) I would have loved to have somebody like Donnie Avery and his get vertical style game at any point in the last 2 seasons. That is a dynamic the 49er offense simply hasn't had. 3) Other than 2011 when he only played 8 games, last season Avery posted career lows in catches, yards, and TD's.4) Dwayne Bowe has three 1,000 yard seasons and a 15 TD season on his resume. Other than 2009 when he only played 11 games, last season Bowe posted career lows in catches, yards, average yards/catch, and TD's. We are talking about a WR who has played with the legendary QB's the likes of Brodie Croyle, Matt Cassell, and Brady Quinn, yet the worst season of his career came with Alex Smith. So its crystal clear, Smith doesn't make anybody better, in fact he makes them noticeably worse. In stark contrast, its clear that Kaepernick makes guys better.
2 of those 5 losses were after they locked their playoff position.
Their other losses were 38-41 against the Chargers, 35-28 to the Broncos, and again 27-17 against the Broncos.
Huh? Ever heard of playing for playoff seeding, home field advantage, etc? And you aren't helping your case, by mentioning they lost all their division games when they didn't play the Raiders. KC just can't beat good teams. In comparison Frisco went 5-1 in the division (best division in football) and better division record than Seattle.
Indianopolis was the 9th ranked defense, and Smith built a 34 point lead before his defense collapsed after a plethora of injuries (6 of their 8 key players injured during the game).
Smith was AMAZING that game.
LOL, yeah lets take all numbers and ranking in a vacuum. I'm sure Indy's 3rd easiest strength of schedule in the NFL (KC had the 5th easiest schedule), and playing in easily the worst division in football had no bearing on the points put up against their defense. I mean playing 4 games against the worst 2 offenses in the NFL and (Houston and Jacksonville) and 2 more against the offensive juggernaut known as the Tennessee Titans didn't buoy their points against total at all.
Anyways since I first posted on this topic 6 months ago, I've grown quite tired of this subject. So I am going to post a few final thoughts, then be done. But you can feel free to get the last word...
1) There is a reason why Frisco was a bad team with Alex Smith all the way up until Jim Harbaugh came to town.
2) There is a reason why Frisco with Alex in the fold, Frisco was in the QB market for the 2011 draft. There is also a reason why Jim Harbaugh handpicked Colin Kaepernick to be his guy.
3) There is a reason why Harbaugh and the organization chose Colin Kaepernick over Alex Smith. Seeing as how Frisco not only hasn't regressed, but they actually got better, they obviously made the right choice.
4) There is a reason why KC is hesitant to pay and commit to Alex Smith long term. This also coincides with there being a reason why KC not only signed an expensive backup QB after they traded for Alex and drafted Aaron Murray this year.
The common reasoning in all of the above facts, is Alex Smith simply isn't that good.
Finally, Colin Kaepernick is only entering his 2nd full season as a starter and has only started a total of 29 games so far. Meanwhile, Alex Smith has 95 games under his belt. Kaep is still maturing and growing as a player, and has nowhere to go but up, whereas Alex is what he is and we have seen his ceiling. At the very least Kaep's floor is equal to Alex's ceiling, and it could be easily be argued that its better. When a guy's floor is equal to another guy's ceiling (actually its better), that makes figuring out who the better player is pretty easy....
/ my participation in this thread
