Around the NFL week 2

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Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Alex Smith was thrown to the wolves repeatedly by Mike Nolan on a bad team, when he wasn't ready and even while injured. Nolan also questioned Alex's manhood to the press. Alex did all right in the long run, but truthfully most would not survive what he went through.

Agreed but Alex is the exception, not the rule. They drafted Kaep because he was underwhelming.

Also, they didn't draft Alex #1 to be a game manager. I like Alex and have no problem with him but I don't consider him elite, just an above-average qb who doesn't make mistakes.

As of now they still expect Allen to eventually become elite. If that o-line isn't good Allen will get shell shocked and it will stunt his development.