Smith or Sanchez for rest of there career.. who are you taking?

[FortDetroit]

Well, efficiency wise Alex Smith just had the best season Sanchez will ever have in his career too...

Probably true. But the question is "who would you rather have for the rest of their career?"

[Pinstripe power]

Alex Smith likely just had the best season he will ever have in his career. Sanchez is younger and while I dont ever see him being a "good" qb, I think he has a lot more room for improvement...and I think Alex Smith is basically maxed out. So, for the rest of their careers I would probably take Sanchez.

alex smiths maxed out season will more likely than not be much better than sanchezs best, and there is no reason to think smith will suddenyl deteriorate. he has been good the lats 3 years, despite most of us not noticing

[Pinstripe power]

The most amusing part of this true statement is that no one outside of NY would ever want Sanchez on their team. He is stuck there.

and i bet they all turn on him immediately when he is no longer a jet

[Pinstripe power]

Lol ino right just imagine what psd is gonna be like when the jets win the superbowl

no one will car ebecuas ethey will have replaced mark sanchez with a decent qb before that happens

[FortDetroit]

alex smiths maxed out season will more likely than not be much better than sanchezs best, and there is no reason to think smith will suddenyl deteriorate. he has been good the lats 3 years, despite most of us not noticing

That's great. The question is "who would you rather have for the rest of their career?" I dont care what Alex Smith did last year...I don't see him repeating it at any point during "the rest of his career" while I do see Sanchez improving still.

[Pinstripe power]

That's great. The question is "who would you rather have for the rest of their career?" I dont care what Alex Smith did last year...I don't see him repeating it at any point during "the rest of his career" while I do see Sanchez improving still.

funny, because i addressed that in my post. did you just stop reading beofre io said there no signs of him falling back? just like thers no signs sanchez will ever be anything biut average

[FortDetroit]

funny, because i addressed that in my post. did you just stop reading beofre io said there no signs of him falling back? just like thers no signs sanchez will ever be anything biut average

There are definitely reasons to think Smith with deteriorate. Quick, name the last QB in NFL history to start full seasons and throw 5 or less picks two years in a row. Also while you're at it, name QBs who have thrown 10 or less picks two years in a row while starting full seasons....the list on 10 and below is probably very small I would imagine. Brady has never done it. Peyton has never done it. But i'm supposed to believe Alex Smith can do it two years in a row and not regress? GTFO.

The ONLY thing that made Alex Smith's season somewhat good last year was the lack of interceptions. Everything else was below average. He won't repeat the lack of interceptions again and history shows that.

[thapastime7]

id take smith its kind of hard when u have a team who changes coordinators and coaches every year to be successful last year he had a good coach in harbaugh and a great defense and they did pretty well also i think he is more mobile in the pocket while sanchez relys on his line to hold up long enough to throw

[Hugbees]

What is this the QB special olympics contest?

[RaiderLakersA's]

Depends on the defense.

[ichitownclowni]

A gun

[Luxy312]

Smith. Sanchez may not even be starting by the midpoint of the season. Smith will be the starter for awhile in San Francisco.

[legendary49ers]

There are definitely reasons to think Smith with deteriorate. Quick, name the last QB in NFL history to start full seasons and throw 5 or less picks two years in a row. Also while you're at it, name QBs who have thrown 10 or less picks two years in a row while starting full seasons....the list on 10 and below is probably very small I would imagine. Brady has never done it. Peyton has never done it. But i'm supposed to believe Alex Smith can do it two years in a row and not regress? GTFO.

The ONLY thing that made Alex Smith's season somewhat good last year was the lack of interceptions. Everything else was below average. He won't repeat the lack of interceptions again and history shows that.

So you're saying, because he won't go a season without throwing more than 5 INTs again, it means that he regressed? He's finally getting a second year in a decent offense and he's somehow supposed to be a worse player?

A second year with much better receiving options and he's supposed to not throw for more yards or TDs?

A second year with a better OL that now has an off-season to actually learn all of the nuances of Harbaugh's blocking scheme and somehow Alex Smith is going to play worse because he has better pass protection?

He's going to play worse now because he will no longer have Brett Swain and Joe Hastings to throw to but will instead have Randy Moss and Mario Manningham, two NFL starting caliber WRs, in place of the practice squad level talent that the 49ers had behind Crabtree and Williams, and somehow Alex Smith is going to not be able to improve the passing game over what he did last year with the trash that the 49ers had at WR? He won't be able to improve with an off-season to get used to his new WRs as well as the ones currently on his roster?

Really? He's going to get worse with the QB guru, Jim Harbaugh, finally having a real off-season to work with Alex Smith. The same guy who groomed Andrew Luck at Stanford is not going to be able to get all he can out of Alex Smith who was a former #1 overall pick that was thrown to the dogs from day 1 in SF? Please, take a seat.

[valade16]

A gun

[John Walls Era]

Alex Smith. Not easily, but Smith had some big moments last year and I could probably win with Smith.