SBN’s Niners Nation: Alex Smith The (Short-Term) Answer At QB

However, I like having a QB that actually makes me feel like the 49ers offense can actually hang around against a better offense. Sure the offense sputtered at times, but they were certainly attempting to make things happen. Excluding sacks, the 49ers attempted 32 passes and rushed the ball 19 times. I’m not looking for a Steve Spurrier pitch and catch offense by any stretch of the imagination. However, I do like an offense that is willing to open things open up a bit.Alex Smith may not be the greatest QB in the world, but I think he probably puts the 49ers offense in a better position to succeed than Shaun Hill does. Smith simply makes plays Shaun Hill can not. As much as I like Shaun Hill, he just lacks certain key physical characteristics that a successful QB often needs. Now I’m definitely not about to say Alex Smith is the answer for this team long term. Six quarters of football is not enough to tell us that. However, I do think the six quarters have shown us Alex Smith is not the same QB he was two seasons ago.