hasbeen;1395738 wrote:He wasn't benched. He got hurt. His backup came in and performed. That's not being benched. He didn't get benched for poor play. He got dropped in the depth chart due to a more versatile player being better.
Completely unproven is something else I would disagree with.
11-17 117 yards. 8 rushes for 66 yards and a TD. Tie game against St.L. Not that great.
16-23 243 yards 2 TDs. 4 rushes for 10 yards. blow out win against Chicago. Pretty good.
He proved in those two games he offered more than Alex Smith.
Exactly. It happens in sports. Some proponants say you shouldnt lose your spot to an injury, especially one that doesnt keep you out that long, but I think the proof is in the pudding. Kap took them to the SB with some spectacular play. The QB position is a bit different when it comes to injuries. If it was a RB, lineman, WR, CB, etc, you usually still get some playing time after you come back from an injury even if the replacement plays great. QB play is diff where you dont interchange guys like yo udo the other spots.
I think Smith can be a good QB for a team to give them some time to get the rest of the team in place and find their franchise QB.
When this happened I was like wow...that takes alot of balls to do what Harbaugh did and didnt initially agree with it because Smith was playing well and the team was winning. It wasnt like Smith was struggling. He was doing well AND QBd the team to the Championship game the eason before...but then I though back to my own coaching career.
There are times when you see what a player brings to the table in practice and know expect him to do better then the starter. We always got 5-6 new guys each summer from the JV/Frosh team, and many times the returning starter was returning. You could just see the talent, and yes the intangible factor, in practice and drills that does make you replace the starter who did nothing at all wrong. I can remember one instance it took exactly 2 double play ground balls in the first practice to know that the incumbant starter was going to be replaced. It was that apparent. That is the most difficult part of it when you have a starter who didnt do anything wrong an dyou replace him with a new guy who you just feel will do so much better by what he does in practice. That was always the hardest thing to explain and usually brought some discussions with parents. The GOOD thing though is that MOST times the incumbant starter was still good enough to start at a new position when he got squeezed out of his original one.
I imagine that the Niners will do what they can to either keep SMith or get a great deal for him. They have cap room from what I have read.
