The incessant need for the media to vindicate Harbaugh’s decision causes them to bash Alex in an off-hand way. Alex is a big boy who can take it. Harbaugh revitalized his career and he will reap the benefits this off season. So while I see your point, the QB takes the most of the praise and most of the heat, so let the kid enjoy the praise while it is being heaped upon him.

No doubt that the 9ers aren’t where they are without the great play of Alex: he will have earned this ring if they win it. All 9er fans give him credit for that and that is part of the reason he received loud cheers his last time on the field.

Why then is Colin’s 5-2 record such a large part of the Niners being in the Super Bowl? No one knows how Alex would have performed in those seven games or the last two against the Packers (a team he had already led in a Niner victory) or the Falcons.

To say Alex would not have come back from the 17 point deficit is foolish. He led the Niners back from 21 in Philadelphia last year. He also had four 4th quarter comebacks last year, including the playoffs (twice in the last six minutes) against the Saints.

I like the way Colin plays. But no need to give him credit that is undue or unknown. Give him credit for what he has done but don’t imply Alex could not have led the Niners to the Super Bowl as well. You just don’t know. And none of us ever will.