Despite leading the 49ers to a 13-3 record, Alex Smith simply cannot run his mouth |
ESPN.com-CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jon Beason may not play offensive tackle, but he's certainly not afraid to protect his quarterback.
Beason, the Panthers' three-time Pro Bowl linebacker, fired back Friday at San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith via Twitter after comments he perceived were a slam on Carolina teammate Cam Newton.
Beason wrote, "Alex smith, don't hate on Cam (because) your stats would've gotten u cut if Peyton decided to come 2 San Fran. Truth b told. That's after a 13-3 yr."
Smith used Newton as an example earlier this week that big stats don't always equate to wins.
When Smith was asked Wednesday about the 49ers finishing 29th in NFL in passing yards per game last year, he defended the offense by pointing out the team's record. The 49ers went 13-3 and won their division before losing to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship.
"I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith told a group of reporters. "I think that is a totally overblown stat because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what, you're like the Carolina Panthers and you're going no-huddle the entire second half. Yeah, Cam Newton threw for a lot of 300-yard games. That's great. You're not winning, though."
Wait, Alex Smith is talking smack? The guy who before last year had won like 12 games in 4 years? The guy who has a career passer rating of 76.4? That guy that threw only 1 TD in his rookie year to go along with 11 INTs and nine fumbles? The guy who had the best season of his career and still would have been sniped if the broke-neck Peyton Manning had said he was taking his talents to the Bay Area? You have got to be kidding me.
Alex Smith you had a phenomenal season for your own career. You won 13 games and almost led your squad to the Super Bowl. You only threw five picks, which was something of a miracle. You turned it around, and this is how you repay the world? Running your unimportant mouth about Cam Newton, who looks to be more of a higher superstar status than you will ever sniff.
First of all, just because your defense was phenomenal and Jim Harbaugh saved your career doesn't mean you can just take shots at a guy whose career is about a thousand times brighter than yours was, even when you were the first overall pick in '05. Jon Beason had it right, you were still going to get the axe if Peyton Manning decided he wanted to play for your team. You know that no one really cares about if you take your squad to a NFC Championship game and they still have the audacity to even think about cutting you. Don't take out your bitterness on Cam Newton just because he likes to put up freakish stats on a horrendous team. If he played for your 49ers squad, he would have put up bigger numbers and he'd have a Super Bowl ring.
Get out of here Alex Smith, don't be mad because your career year's are meaningless.
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