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San Francisco 49ers – Alex Smith is the Trade That Keeps on Giving
The San Francisco 49ers have been making mostly great decisions in terms of their personnel over the last few years, building a Super Bowl contender. Their biggest move last season was trading Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs for a package of trade picks. While Smith is doing well with his new team, it might be safe to say the Niners came out very happy from their haul in this deal.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Alex Smith Continues the Unimpressive Undefeated March
Despite being 8-0, very few people consider the Kansas City Chiefs to actually be the best team in the NFL. However, some numbers are hard to argue with, and getting a mistake-free performance from Alex Smith is always a reason to pop a champagne bottle or two, especially while doing it without any special help from the defense that usually picks up most of the compliments.
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New York Giants – Misleading Run Defense Statistics
When you check out box scores and statistics, it may seem like the New York Giants aren’t doing everything badly, and their defense is able to at least handling the run and especially elite running backs in the NFL. However, when you take a more macro look at their whole performance on defense and in general, it seems that the numbers are simply misleading.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Defense is the Most Important Thing
There’s Alex Smith, back to not making mistakes, but not playing very well. There’s Jamaal Charles, but Andy Reid has never been about the running game unless he has to go to it. The Kansas City Chiefs are about defense, first and foremost, and that’s the unit they’ll be relying on to keep this perfect season start alive.
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Alex Smith Has More Rushing Yards Than Colin Kaepernick
The San Francisco 49ers replaced Alex Smith with Colin Kaepernick, never looking back to regret it. However, the Kansas City Chiefs are quite happy with the quarterback they’ve acquired, who is surprisingly quite solid on his new job, and even more shockingly, doing a better job at running the ball than Kaepernick, who has been disappointing, to be gentle, so far this season.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Even Dumb Luck is On Their Side
It’s always about their defense as the Kansas City Chiefs roll on with their perfect start to the NFL season, but a little help from the officials certainly didn’t hurt as they got past the tough as nails Tennessee Titans, as Alex Smith slowly converts into the frustrating quarterback of old, which is something Andy Reid has to address and fast.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Turnovers Don’t Matter Against Broken Teams
Even if they have turned the ball over for the first time this season, the Kansas City Chiefs aren’t stopping and most importantly not losing. Alex Smith is making mistakes as he takes more risks, but all those don’t really matter when the team standing in front of them is a ghost of its former self.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Alex Smith Still Not Making Mistakes
Everyone seems to expect that Alex Smith will begin turning the ball over at an alarming pace at some point, but in the right system, like the one he is playing in for the Kansas City Chiefs, he seems to be avoiding those that used to plague him in the past, and not getting in the way of a perfect start to the season.
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Alex Smith & Andrew Luck Have More Rushing Yards Than the Pittsburgh Steelers
The running and general offensive problems of the Pittsburgh Steelers have been mentioned once or twice, but one of the most ridiculous stats of the opening two weeks in the NFL is that both Alex Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs and Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts have more rushing yards than the entire Steelers ground game.
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Kansas City Chiefs – Ugly Wins Count Too
One of the greatest makeups of good teams is being able to pick up wins even when they’re not playing well. The Kansas City Chiefs, on a very ordinary day from Alex Smith and Jamaal Charles on the ground, still made enough plays on both ends of the field to surprise the Dallas Cowboys with a 17-16 win.