However to say Panthers score 31 is also crazy.

Panthers 10 Seattle 6

Eagles by 3

Bengals 31 Fins 13

Correct. A quick check on NFL.com and one will see that Alex Smith has only had 2 games in his entire NFL career in which he cracked the 300 mark. In 2010 he threw for 309 yards in a tough loss to the Eagles, and in 2009 he threw for 310 yards in a heated showdown with the Seahawks.

Alex Smith is looking much more like a quarterback who is “finding a way” and less like a “game manager” but he’s not really a yardage machine. I don’t see him cracking the 300 yard mark in the offense they are running… They don’t play the Jets every week.

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seriously? i mean, if you had one wrong and could have said that it was one of those things but come on – 3 wrong and you make it sound like you were robbed of a perfect week…….3 wrong is pretty good but no where near perfect.

Alex Smith has never thrown for 300 yards in a win. At least, I think that is still the case
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Correct.. 299 vs Saints and that type of game is a rarity by design of the team. Only way I see it happening is against a team that can score a lot of points as well. Giants, New Orleans rematch, Patriots maybe. Problem there is other than the Giants They will be able to run the ball at will and still won’t pass much. Maybe if the receivers would catch the ball he’d have better odds too. Worst in the league for drops right now.

I call him Matt because we have a good vibe. Also, AD had 100 yards last week and two TDs in Week 1, so it’s not like he hasn’t done anything.

Dude you really don’t like the Saints, do you? What exactly did they do to you? Did they leave you orphaned at a young age? Did they kill your puppy? Every Saints related thread on PFT, you say the same thing, and I quote,

“Who dat nation proclaimed that having Vilma and Smith at the season opener would give the team a huge emotional lift.

How’d that work out for you…”

I’ve seen this from you 3 times. Just because your team isn’t as good as the Saints, and the only way anyone could stop the Saints from going to the Super Bowl in their own city was to falsify claims and unjustly suspend innocent people who are integral pieces of their success doesn’t mean they suck. It just means that your team sucks, and needed the Saints punishments to have a chance at being better than them.

Personally, I think all the hatred towards the Saints is hilarious. You see people hate on the Saints all the time…just like you see them hate on the Steelers, the Patriots, the Packers, etc. Why? Because they’re the best teams, and you need outside-of-the-game help to beat them. So keep hating..it means we’re doing something right.

That is not coincidence. Niners winning formula is defense, rushing, and lots of field goals. If he throws for 300 it’s most likely the formula broke down and they had no choice but to pass it.

Shaky Bills secondary? Seems to me that the Bills secondary has been pretty solid this year. Its the front four and Linebackers that have been struggling, especially against the run.

Yeah, the D-line had a good game against Trent Richardson and a solid Browns O-line, but they were gashed by the lopsided Patriots running game and the Linebackers struggled keeping the Pats TE’s under check. Gilmore, Williams, Wilson and Byrd have done better than what they were expected to do.

Bengals have done some nice things but they are hardly world beaters.