When a team plays as well as the San Francisco 49ers did
last season, usually the quarterback gets a lot of credit for that and quarterback
Alex Smith was rightfully deserving of the credit. Smith guided the 49ers to a 13-3
regular season record and nearly led them to the Super Bowl.
When you dig deeper into the 49ers' passing statistics
though, you start to get a very different picture of Smith as a quarterback.
Sure he put together a great season, throwing 17 touchdowns while tossing only
five interceptions, but many of his other numbers were extremely pedestrian.
