San Francisco 49ers One Game Back in NFC West With Three Games Remaining

December 13, 2010   ·   Vincent Mora   ·   Jump to comments

There was a relative calm about Alex Smith in yesterday's victory against the Seattle Seahawks, and why shouldn't there be? He was leading his team to their most complete victory of the season.
Alex Smith was not great, going 17 for 27 with 255 yards and three touchdowns, but missed on a couple of easy passes that should have been completions. Nonetheless, he got the job done.
Things did not start out well for Alex, as he had to endure the boo-birds from early on in the first quarter after missing on two straight passes. But, those boos were quickly turned into cheers when he connected on a long touchdown pass to Vernon Davis to put the 49ers up by seven.
Perhaps the play that we should be looking at as 49ers fans is the play that Alex made on Anthony Dixon's long run. Alex ran down the field 20 yards to throw a block.
Who wouldn't want that player on their team?
Alex was far from perfect in yesterday's game. We saw what we have always seen from Alex, batted ba...

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