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100% agree with this and what mzd65 said. Im tired of hearing people say how Nate should be our guy. He shouldnt be (now or ever). Period.Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
My concern with Nate Davis is that it's taken him a long time to learn the playbook, and he still hasn't learned it completely. What's going to happen if we ever get a new offensive coordinator? We can't expect our starting QB to take that long with every new coordinator we get. Just imagine Nate Davis in Alex's situation with a new coordinator damn near every year. He has all the talent, but his learning disability might be the reason he can't be a starting QB in the league.
Memo to Nate Davis: It takes more than skillz to pay the billz.
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Updated Aug 24, 2010 1:49 PM ET
Mike Singletary might make me look like a prophet.
Remember my 2008 rants about Ball State football and a Heisman Trophy-caliber quarterback, Nate Davis? Remember my Fighting Cardinals starting the season 12-0 and making a bid to crash the BCS?
Yeah, you remember. I bashed ESPN and Chris Fowler for disrespecting the Cards.
Nate Davis reminded me of Brett Favre. People thought I was crazy. My critics worried I would turn Davis into my next Jeff George.
Well, it’s time. Hopefully you saw “The Nate Show
Originally Posted by Deuce King
And lets keep the Raider chat out of here please.
bright nikes wrote:
M. Rob is next ... and Alex Smith
dont get my hopes up BN
Originally Posted by Deuce King
Dudes in here have given Alex Smith YEARS to develop but now all of sudden they don't want to give Nate Davis a few solid months or even a good year to develop...........funny.
Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Alex managed to learn every new offense that was brought to the 49ers every year.
Originally Posted by ShaunHillFTW49
Smith has failed in 5 different offenses. Lulz
What does sucking and knowledge of the offense have to do with each other? You can be bad and know the offense. But you cant be good and NOT know the offense. Thats the point we are trying to make.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Alex managed to learn every new offense that was brought to the 49ers every year.
If he learned every new offense why has he sucked every year?
The whole point of having the same OC this year was so Alex could finally be able to totally learn the O, something he couldn't do the previous years. Hasn't the knock on Alex been he can run the O until he knows the O totally?Originally Posted by dland24
What does sucking and knowledge of the offense have to do with each other? You can be bad and know the offense. But you cant be good and NOT know the offense. Thats the point we are trying to make.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Alex managed to learn every new offense that was brought to the 49ers every year.
If he learned every new offense why has he sucked every year?
I cant speak for everyone, but I never heard people say Alex cant run the O until he knows the O. The problem that most have is the fact that there is major inconsistency with new offensive coordinators every year. He had zero weapons early in his career and a new offensive coordinator every year. I really dont think its that Alex never knew the O, but more so that he was never able to get comfortable in one, because he had a new system every year.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
The whole point of having the same OC this year was so Alex could finally be able to totally learn the O, something he couldn't do the previous years. Hasn't the knock on Alex been he can run the O until he knows the O totally?Originally Posted by dland24
What does sucking and knowledge of the offense have to do with each other? You can be bad and know the offense. But you cant be good and NOT know the offense. Thats the point we are trying to make.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Alex managed to learn every new offense that was brought to the 49ers every year.
If he learned every new offense why has he sucked every year?
Nate has a discipline problem, Alex has a talent problem. Thats my point.
(1) "It's going to be interesting in San Francisco," Meyer said. "Alex is an extremely quick learner. However, he's a guy that, until he understands it, he is nonfunctional. He is a guy that -- I keep hearing how Brett Favre kind of makes something out of nothing and is a person that runs around to make a play -- Alex Smith is not that kind of player. Alex Smith is a person that, once he is taught, has to learn it all. He might struggle early, but once he gets it, he gets it."Originally Posted by dland24
(1)I cant speak for everyone, but I never heard people say Alex cant run the O until he knows the O.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
The whole point of having the same OC this year was so Alex could finally be able to totally learn the O, something he couldn't do the previous years. Hasn't the knock on Alex been he can run the O until he knows the O totally?Originally Posted by dland24
What does sucking and knowledge of the offense have to do with each other? You can be bad and know the offense. But you cant be good and NOT know the offense. Thats the point we are trying to make.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Alex managed to learn every new offense that was brought to the 49ers every year.
If he learned every new offense why has he sucked every year?
Nate has a discipline problem, Alex has a talent problem. Thats my point.
(2) Until then, I personally dont think you can say he has a talent issue.
I agree with the natural talent comment. Nate has a ton of athletic ability and natural talent. No question about that.Originally Posted by 100PROOF
I'm saying Nate has more natural talent then Alex, but Alex has had more drive and motivation then Nate. I'm giving Alex a fair chance this year, hell he looked real good sun night, who knows he might surprise me but i still think Nate has a higher ceiling if he ever gets his act together.
The knock on Nate coming out of college was that he had a learning disability. He’d struggle to digest an NFL playbook. There’s a kernel of truth in that. He’s a visual learner. He’s not going to simply read a playbook and grasp everything the way Alex Smith does.
Put Nate on the field and he learns quickly. He has an uncanny feel for the game. It’s like watching Larry Bird play basketball. Bird could see things others couldn’t.
Singletary, Raye and Johnson know this. They recognize Nate’s potential. Singletary blasted the young QB in hopes that Davis would respond the way tight end Vernon Davis responded when Singletary lit him up two years ago.
Everything I read about Nate in the last few days says Nate's motivation not his Dyslexia is the problem.