What? How does Brian Griese compare at all to Alex Smith? Griese was a 3rd round draft pick that playing in a pro-style offense for three seasons as the starter in college and was drafted by a great team. He then was pretty good in his first three seasons, including a Pro Bowl appearance in 2000, as a starter after he spent a year on the bench learning from John Elway.
Alex Smith played in a spread offense in college for only one full season as the starter and was drafted by a historically bad team. He then was horrible in his first season after spending less than half of a season on the bench learning from the greats Tim Rattay and Cody Pickett.
Not only do they have nothing in common but, like I already said, anyone judging Smith should throw out his rookie season as no QB would have done well in that situation and the fact he was only 21 years old. Taking that away we have only 22 games to judge him by, in three of which he was playing with a seriously injured shoulder. Take out those three games and he is 9-10 as a starter with a 17 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. Even if you include them he is 9-13 with 18 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. By no means are either of those good but they are decent considering what he has had to work with
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