Dude once again he won games at the end and Matt Moore didn't. Everything else you said doesn't change that fact. Matt Moore has also been in the league as long and hasn't done squat. Smith is better than Moore is, anyone with any football IQ knows this. I just don't know about 8 mil a year better. Once again I would bet that we don't even go 8-8 with Moore at QB with the receiving core we have.
well im going to play the role of u, because when u bring up moore, these are the things u bring up, so ill do that for smith also.
career stats.
averaging 179.2 yds per game. 68 tds, 58 ints, 76,4 rating, completion pct of 58.0, 41 fumbles, 18 lost, in 70 career games.
the 49ers record in that span not including 2008 because he didnt play that year, 43-53. now obviously thats more than 70 which is the amount of games hes played in, in his career, but u get the point, just like the reference u made about a football iq, anyone with a football iq knows the 49ers have not exactly been tearing up the league with the exception of this past season since smith was drafted.
to say that its a no brainer that smith is better than moore is comical. heck, smith may not be that much better than henne. i would for sure take smith over him, but its not a no brainer.
smith is a medicore qb. thats what he is. he can make plays with his feet at times, he will make throws here and there, but just like u say about moore all the time, well smith is not carrying a team to a superbowl or even deep to the playoffs unless he has a stout defense ( 49ers 2011) and he couldnt even make plays to win that game despite the 49ers defense playing arguably their best defensive game of the year.
if u want an upgrade, u upgrade, but u dont get another guy who is similar. even if smith was better, which is deff debatable, its not by much where he would take us over the hump.
i find it remarkable that a guy who was drafted 1st overall gets so many passes. seeing the way u ripped Moore this year, who was a 7th round draft pick, had no expectations, and was brought in to be a backup, yet u are trying to defend how smith is a pretty good qb when the expectation level for him is on a different planet. smith is mediocre at best.