Hey NFL writers and all other NFL-related pundits, where were you all when the Forty-Niners' Alex Smith was everyone's --- and I mean everyone's --- punching bag, whipping boy, and poor step-child?
Where were you?
Oh yeah. Now I remember.
You were punching him, whipping him, and... um... poor... step... childing... him? OK, OK, this last one doesn't work at all, but you all know who you are and how you treated Alex Smith.
But now... what? Alex is your best buddy? He's suddenly your favorite quarterback? He's no longer merely a "game manager" (your words, not mine)?
C'mon. Bullshit.
This just proves the craven, parasitic nature of the media. You ride waves like literary surfers. From crest to crest, always looking for the longest ride. And you'll spin and pivot on a whim to follow a new wave, a new story.
Look, anyone with a heart feels badly for Alex, duh, but since when did heart have a thing to do with the NFL, or with any pro sport for that matter? As you writers love to remind us all, it's a business, and like it or not, teams make business decisions, like this one. So now it's not a business? Now it's an altruistic benevolent society whose sensibilities are being assaulted by Jim Harbaugh as Ebenezer Scrooge, as the Grinch? Anyone who didn't see the front-office hand reaching out to Payton Manning as a front-office hand pushing Alex away was just blind.
Alex Smith has never really been Jim Harbaugh's guy, but he is a solid player, is only 28 years old, and will find a new team, because goodness knows there are lots of teams who need a good quarterback.
The Niners' problem isn't a QB controversy, it's a QB surplus, and if anyone thinks that Jim Harbaugh's having A) hand-picked Colin Kaepernick, B) jiggered their draft spots to get him, and C) propped up Alex's flagging confidence until Colin was ready, didn't contribute to ringing the death-knell of Alex's 49er tenure, you just weren't paying listening.
Colin may go bust at some point, but for now, he outplays Alex and inarguably gives the Niners far greater offensive play-calling flexibility, down-field reach, and long-term potential. I've been watching the Niners for decades. This 2012-2013 edition is an excellent team, but it lacks a strong down-the-field dimension with Alex in there.
Stop trying to appear honorable, sports pundits. Stop trying to appear reasonable, sports writers. It's far too transparent. Go back to being the shallow jerks we're used to you being.
Oh... you were doing this already? Never mind.
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