Dak Prescott perfected his QB craft watching Alex Smith video clips

[visionary]

I wish Dak would take off more like Alex does. IMO Alex is the best running QB in pro football.

Patience grasshopper

Dak is very smart and a way better QB than Alex smith was in his second year

 

[percyhoward]

Does explain the 'weakness' of not a lot of big pass play potential. That has been a knock on Smith as well.

It was a legitimate knock on Smith until this year. On 20+ yard targets, Smith's turnaround is a complete shock.

Smith (2017)
13 of 23 599 yds 6 td 0 int 140.8
(2005-16)
101 of 337 3,590 yds 24 td 20 int 70.5

They're pretty identical. That's the guy I compared Dak to last year. Very similar games.

You can't compare pre-2017 Smith to Prescott.

Prescott (career)
20+yard targets
23 of 60 777 yds 9 td 1 int 118.7

 

[dragon_mikal]

It was a legitimate knock on Smith until this year. On 20+ yard targets, Smith's turnaround is a complete shock.

Smith (2017)
13 of 23 599 yds 6 td 0 int 140.8
(2005-16)
101 of 337 3,590 yds 24 td 20 int 70.5



You can't compare pre-2017 Smith to Prescott.

Prescott (career)
20+yard targets
23 of 60 777 yds 9 td 1 int 118.7

Not a shock. Andy Reid...

One of the best in the business.

 

[percyhoward]

Not a shock. Andy Reid...

One of the best in the business.

Reid's good, but this is Smith's fifth year with Reid.

 

[Paniolo22]

At the same points in their careers, DP is worlds ahead

 

[TWOK11]

The guy was considered an epic bust but completely turned around his career. You don’t see that often.

He was never a "bust", he was just never going to be a superstar QB teams generally hope for with a #1 pick.

He's never been anything less than an average NFL starter at his worst, and even in SF was a legitimately good quarterback at times. He's flourished in KC but he was never bad by any reasonable definition.

 

[Wood]

Alex Smith of world are fine as long as you have running game & defense to go with them. Alex Smith is #16 rank QB in terms of salary cap. What you can't have is Alex Smith (which I call ultimate bus driver - btw: not a bad term) eating up too much of cap where you can't build above average Defense & OL.

 

[robjay04]

He was never a "bust", he was just never going to be a superstar QB teams generally hope for with a #1 pick.

He's never been anything less than an average NFL starter at his worst, and even in SF was a legitimately good quarterback at times. He's flourished in KC but he was never bad by any reasonable definition.

He was an “epic bust”.

By the start of his 5th season(which he spent his 4th on IR, Smith barely completed 50% of his passes for his career, he had a QB rating in the 50s, he has a record of 11-19, a TD/INT ratio of 19-31, he took a significant pay cut and he just lost a QB competition go Shaun Hill.

The perception was not “average” at that stage in his career.

 

[Risen Star]

LOL.

 

[Risen Star]

The poise and class Alex Smith has exhibited throughout his career, despite a LOT of adversity, has been noteworthy.

I'd admire the heck out of the guy and I'm happy that he is having a MVP type season at this late stage of his career.

Go Chiefs, bro.