Suppose some stranger comes up to you on the street and asks you, the devoted 49ers fan in your throwback Joe Montana jersey, who's better: Aaron Rodgers or Alex Smith?
Almost reflexively you answer Rodgers. I mean, really, you don't even think about it for more than a second.
Rodgers has the better numbers, he's had more immediate success, he's never been called a bust, and he was picked within the top three rounds in your fantasy draft.
Smith, by comparison, has a career 12-21 record, has never finished a season with more touchdown passes than interceptions, and wasn't taken at all in most drafts because he opened the season as San Francisco's backup.
In 33 career starts Smith has never thrown for more than 293 yards in any game. In 25 starts Rodgers has exceeded that figure eight times. ...
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49ers Smith Can Still Prove He Was the Right Choice Over Rodgers
Posted: 20th November 2009 by Michael Erler in NFLComments Off on 49ers Smith Can Still Prove He Was the Right Choice Over Rodgers