2022 NFL regular season through Super Bowl LVII

[DG_ThenNowForever]

1 minute ago, Cujo said:

 

Sneaking past Denver and their incompetent coaching and ball handling had you thinking Geno Smith and the 'Hacks were for real?

 

The 49ers laid an egg in Chicago so it was reasonable to think Seattle had a chance. And I bet had Lance stayed in, they may have.

 

Anyway, the Broncos win was their Super Bowl for this season everything else is a march to a new QB next year. It's fine.

[Cujo]

Just now, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Anyway, the Broncos win was their Super Bowl for this season everything else is a march to a new QB next year. It's fine.

 

Are we trying to comp Russ to Flacco? Cause it's starting to look that way..

[FiddySicks]

14 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

THE BENGALS ARE BACK.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! 

[Cujo]

1 minute ago, FiddySicks said:

Read this in Stugotz’s voice. 

 

This was more like "TeXaS iS bAcK" delusional college football fan voice

[ManillaToad]

1 hour ago, FiddySicks said:

The Trey Lance pick reminds me so much of the Alex Smith pick. Niners had the first crack at QB choices, and ended up getting probably the worst one available. What a miserable franchise. 

 

Smith was the best QB in that draft other than Rodgers

 

 

[Cujo]

7 minutes ago, ManillaToad said:

1 hour ago, FiddySicks said:

The Trey Lance pick reminds me so much of the Alex Smith pick. Niners had the first crack at QB choices, and ended up getting probably the worst one available. What a miserable franchise. 

 

Smith was the best QB in that draft other than Rodgers

 

Smith shed his 'bust' status once Harbaugh arrived in SF and rehabilitated his career.

 

Also, 2 QBs went before Lance.

[FiddySicks]

10 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

Smith shed his 'bust' status once Harbaugh arrived in SF and rehabilitated his career.

 

Also, 2 QBs went before Lance.

Lol, when? 
 

And oh god I forgot he was the third QB taken in the first three picks. All three of those picks look pretty rough. 

[Cujo]

1 minute ago, FiddySicks said:

Lol, when? 

 

Huh?

 

When Jim Harbaugh was named Niners coach. Like 2009ish.

[FiddySicks]

Yes he really was able to shed that “bust” status and have a full season where he didn’t throw a single TD pass to a wide receiver. 

 

Alex Smith was as mid as they come. No idea why people try to rehab that dude’s image. I guess because they feel bad for him? I dunno. Even with Harbaugh, they mostly still won in spite of him. 

[Cujo]

He got his career in order and led the 49ers to the NFCCG. And he wasn't just "game managing" when he did it. Also played at a high level in KC and was still viable when he finished up in Washington. He's by no means a HOFer, but he definitely wasn't a draft bust or career scrub.

[SeaTac]

Supposedlly the 49ers preferred Smith over Rodgers because Smith was more polite and respectful while Rodgers had that little bit of arrogance even back then. 

[FiddySicks]

15 minutes ago, Cujo said:

He got his career in order and led the 49ers to the NFCCG. And he wasn't just "game managing" when he did it. Also played at a high level in KC and was still viable when he finished up in Washington. He's by no means a HOFer, but he definitely wasn't a draft bust or career scrub.

 

I feel like we watched two different quarterbacks. I mean, I guess he “led” the 49ers to the title game, but that was more the defense. That one single game vs the Saints was probably the best performance of his entire career and he looked like the bolts were going to rattle loose while doing it. He’s Taylor Heinicke with better luck, if you will. 

 

As for playing at a “high level” in KC? Lol, ok. Like I said, he had a full season without a TD pass to a wide receiver and they dropped him like the mid he was when they brought in Mahomes. 

[SeaTac]

That Niners-Saints playoff game at Candlestick was one the loudest games ever. It's was roaring that day. Candlestick was shaking. 

[Cujo]

6 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

That one single game vs the Saints was probably the best performance of his entire career and he looked like the bolts were going to rattle loose while doing it. He’s Taylor Heinicke with better luck, if you will. 

 

Nah man. Now you're just hating.

 

/ignore

[FiddySicks]

2 minutes ago, EskimoAldus said:

That Niners-Saints playoff game at Candlestick was one the loudest games ever. It's was roaring that day. Candlestick was shaking. 

Loudest sporting event I ever attended was the infamous Trey Junkett game Giants vs Niners in the first round of the playoffs. God, I miss that dump of a stadium. 
 

Also, I saw basically all of Alex Smith’s career with my own two eyes. There’s no way you’re ever going to convince me that dude wasn’t a huge bust. 

[DEAD!]

If Alex Smith was a bust, then he would only have been a bust for the 49ers.  The Niners were the ones who chose Smith . That is on the TEAM.  Yes, Smith wasn't great by any means, but I feel too often of the "bust" label puts too much of burden on the player.

Had Smith had the same kind of career as a 2nd round pick, would we even be having this discussion? 

[SeaTac]

The 49ers-Giants rivalry is very underrated. They had some great regular season battles but I believe they faced off in the playoffs like 8 or 9 times since 1981. 

[Cujo]

4 minutes ago, EskimoAldus said:

The 49ers-Giants rivalry is very underrated. They had some great regular season battles but I believe they faced off in the playoffs like 8 or 9 times since 1981. 

 

1990 ended Joe Montana's SF career and a sure 3-peat. Hated it.

 

2002 was a fun one. The moment Strahan pointed to the scoreboard, you just knew SF would rally.

[FiddySicks]

8 minutes ago, DEAD! said:

If Alex Smith was a bust, then he would only have been a bust for the 49ers.  The Niners were the ones who chose Smith . That is on the TEAM.  Yes, Smith wasn't great by any means, but I feel too often of the "bust" label puts too much of burden on the player.

Had Smith had the same kind of career as a 2nd round pick, would we even be having this discussion? 

This is fair, and I’ll give you that. Problem with this, though? Niners decided to make him the first overall pick. I’ll agree that this is mostly on the 49ers for being straight dog at player evaluation (and it’s been this way since Debartolo up and bounced). But even as a “second rounder” it’s not like he was a memorable player. The only thing the first overall pick did was give the dude more chances than he probably deserved. And had he not been so sufficiently average with KC, and a bottom five QB making top five money with the Skins, I may feel differently.

 

I don’t have anything personal against the dude. I just don’t think he was ever more than serviceable. 

[DG_ThenNowForever]

Alex Smith's career:

 

TD–INT:199–109

Passing yards:35,650

Completion percentage:62.6

Passer rating:86.9

3× Pro Bowl (2013, 2016, 2017)

NFL passer rating leader (2017)

99−67−1

 

His  SF record was far worse than his KC one. I could see why a 49ers fan wouldn't like him, but Smith had a fine NFL career. You'd want more for a #1 overall pick, but he's not David Carr, Tim Couch, JaMarcus Russell, Sam Bradford, or Baker Mayfield.