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Originally Posted by Monkeydad
Your brain is right.
I was re-watching the Pittsburgh game last night. Alex Smith was making some tight throws. His arm and his brain are still there, and he's no less mobile than some other QBs in the league who didn't have a world-famous injury, Matthew Stafford, Ben Roethlisberger and recently-retired Phillip Rivers all average less than 100 rushing yards a SEASON over their career. He WAS one of the more mobile QBs in the league earlier in his career and he's lost that. but he's a more than competent pocket passer at this point in his career. I'm perfectly fine with another year with him as the starter, JUST GET HIM PROTECTION.
Everyone wants to call him fragile, but EVERY quarterback who played for us last year got injured, and Kyle Allen very severely.
1st pick should be a new left tackle, and get Smith some weapons at WR in FA. Alex Smith will be more than fine with some help.
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Just for the record Alex isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I said stay put. He could be. Between the three quarterbacks we have now or possibly a free agent who is relatively cheap we might have someone who can get it done next year if we get an outstanding tackle and another wr. Plus a run game. Run game is huge. If we can build more around the quarterback we might be able to wait another year and see what the draft or free agency brings us. And we wouldn’t have gotten rid of picks or paid too much money for anyone.