[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

This is a conversation you have to have with Discuss about once a month - bad arguments do a disservice to your good ones. There are good arguments against retaining Alex Smith but trying to point to that second clip as evidence that Smith is some cowardly jackass is just stupid. There are more reasons not to make that throw than there are reasons to make it.

Point is it's a yuge disservice to hand wave Smith missing plays because Rodgers or Romo or whomever make the same misses.

Just because I routinely two putt doesn't make me a good golfer by comparison to a near scratch guy because even those guys two putt sometimes.

No.

Rodgers misses wide the **** open guys, sure. Romo even more so. But they've also made plays that you can't expect an "average" QB to make.

Smith rarely makes plays with his arm that exceed what an average QB is capable of but brings in a lot more misses like the ones that have incensed the masses in the playoff game.