In our process (of learning as much as possible about Alex Smith ), with the single exception of sleeping with him, I know everything I could possibly know about him. |
In that first game he played average to below average. As did our whole football team. But since then, he has continued to get better. He has really helped himself. |
In the NFL, the more things you can do, the better chance you have to make the team. Although sometimes, you can find yourself thin at a position if you have an injury and the guy who has to play made the team because of his special teams play. |
In the second half, we were in passing formations that used Terry Jackson. |
It concerns me, certainly, ... It's not like Alex has small hands. He's got good-sized hands. He shouldn't be dropping the ball. I don't know why it slipped out. |
It concerns me. We got good players there. If we play together, we'll be fine. We're not as good with backups. It's part of the game. |
It could look very different than it does now. Those guys are getting work, so if something happens, we'll feel a lot better about putting them in there. They're big, strong, athletic guys that are going to be good players. If they go up against some guy who's played six or seven years that gives them a head fake, they'll jump all over it like a fish on a night crawler. They have to learn to hold their water. Guys in college couldn't do that to them. They were mauling everybody, but there's a difference at this level. They meet their match. |
It gives him a little bit of the upper hand as far as calling the play and knowing what the play will be. |
It gives us a better spot to find more quality football players. |
It was a very serious approach in the back of the plane. That's another thing that tells me that it means a lot to them. They weren't just playing cards and fooling around. But for a long, six-hour flight many of them were discussing ways we can get better. |
It was probably 75-25, |
It was unacceptable to lose that game, ... It is our expectation to win, and we need to maintain that expectation. We are not a 2-14 football team, and that's certainly not our expectation. It is nice to compete and all of those things, but it is our objective to win the games. |
It wasn't so much that he didn't fit in. It was just that Alex was the guy that we drafted. |
It'll be a handshake and a hug and good luck, ... I have a lot of respect for Bill. One of these days he'll be in the Hall of Fame. I learned a lot from him. He was good to me. He's old school and a dinosaur in some respects. That works for some people. He's a very strong leader and is certainly set in his ways in some things but he's been successful so it's hard to argue with. |
It'll take him a few weeks to get in the flow. Hopefully, Alex stays strong and stays healthy, and we won't have to go with Ken any time soon. |