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Doug Farrar Of Shutdown Corner Obliterates Alex Smith's Argument Against Cam

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Fairly long, but oh so good:

http://sports.yahoo....-150855028.html

And this is where we would like to offer Alex Smith a nice warm cup of Shut The [bleep] Up. In 2005, Smith took the reins of a team that had gone 2-14 the previous year and finished near the bottom in offensive efficiency -- 29th in Football Outsiders' opponent-adjusted DVOA rankings. In 2005, with Smith making his NFL transition, the 49ers actually regressed severely -- they finished dead last in DVOA, and by a fairly huge margin. The 2005 49ers weren't just bad; they were horribly, epically bad. Smith had Brandon Lloyd, Arnaz Battle, and Johnnie Morton as his primary targets, and none of those men finished higher than 72nd in FO's cumulative or per-play numbers. More damning was the fact that Lloyd -- Smith's primary target -- regressed in his own numbers compared to the year before. Lloyd ranked 56th in DVOA among qualifying receivers in 2004 and 74th in 2005. He ranked 52nd in DYAR (FO's cumulative efficiency stat) in 2004, and 75th in 2005.
Put simply, and in every possible way, Cam Newton elevated his team like few rookie quarterbacks ever have. That Alex Smith is attempting to minimize Newton's statistical exploits, and that others might minimize them in the name of the "winning is all that matters" mandate ... well, a more important point is missed. The Panthers have a nearly limitless version of the game's most important position, while the 49ers spent their offseason trying to get Peyton Manning to replace their version.Is there any doubt in anybody's mind that the 49ers would swap Smith for Newton in a hot minute? And how many first-round draft picks would the 49ers have to throw in to make that deal remotely square? More than the two first overall picks spent on Smith and Newton, and the value in the Panthers' favor reveals the truth: Can Newton isn't just more valuable than Alex Smith; he's in a completely different stratosphere when it comes to player value.
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rayzor Grand Master

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in before someone brings up multiple OCs as an excuse for him sucking.

he had norv turner his rookie year for an OC and instead of sticking around with alex smith he jumped ship and went to san diego to take a HC gig. turner wasn't the only OC worth a crap there either. no one could do anything with him until this year and harbaugh, being a genius of a coach, knew the best thing to do with smith was to limit his chances of screwing up and work a gameplan within his very limited skillset.

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Frizzy350 Apprentice

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I dont know why so many people make a big deal out of Cam's W column this year. First off, anyone who's heard ANY interview from Cam knows that all he cares about is winning. 6-10 isn't nearly as bad as everyone seems to think, pretty much any team between 6-10 and 10-6 are pretty similar, a small handful of plays and calls generally separates them. Anyone who watched our games this year knows how easily some of those games could have gone our way.

Troy Aikman, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees are all superbowl winning quarterbacks and many of them hall of famers. ALL of them had trouble winning games in their first year (for some of them, first few years).

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