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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
The OL thing is a myth. Not that they're bad but that they are so much to blame for Alexs qb play. Ive said this before. I'm perfectly happy to take beginning of the year Alex Smith or end of 2013 Alex Smith. I was even complimentary of middle of last year Alex Smith. Quite simply, when Alex gets it in his head that he can take over games, he is a different qb. He throws in tight windows, throws on the run, and throws deep. In the last few games of 2013, against decent defenses, Alex went on a tear. And that ol was a million times shittier than it is now. We played that year with Stephenson at LT, rookie Eric fisher at RT, and piles of shit in the middle. That OL looked fine.
When Alex opens up the offense, the pass protection improves. This is all on him. We've seen he's capable of doing it. But he just refuses to. And at this point in the career, we have to accept that those aggressive versions of Alex are way in the minority, not the majority.
But worst of all, you can defend Alex Smith while acknowledging the last 5 games he's mostly played like complete dogshit. Even you I think see that. But there are so many people who are apologizing for him and refuse to acknowledge his contribution to the problem. Keep in mind that these same people defended Matt cassel for almost every game he was qb.
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Its kind of a myth but it kind of isnt. Coaching staff put a lot of resources in the offensive line and protecting the QB. Kelce chips/blocks more than he should, and on Fishers side no less. They actually bring in a 6th offensive lineman sometimes too and declare him as elgible to line up off Schwartz or Fisher.
They do everything they can to give more blockers than they should have to.