>i can't take anyone calling Alex Smith a bust seriously

he proved very clearly to me that his shortcomings up to that point were more a product of his environment than him. everything else that followed was icing. i've been done with entertaining these idiots. his playoff game v. new orleans and his stretch of football before kaep replaced him were icing at that point. this game too, regardless of how it ends. to me, he proved himself a long time ago. but i'll always root for that guy because he had a shitty situation for awhile and never made himself a distraction or the focus.