12:04 a.m. Monday October 8, 2012
Alex Smith was quick to address the only bummer of his otherwise glorious weekend.
“I was keeping the ball down, working the count, had an open base,” he said with a straight face.
On Saturday night, Smith threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Giants‘ playoff game, missing the target Sergio Romo set for him and bouncing the ball to the right of home plate. Afterward Smith shook his head, said he was disgusted with himself and vowed to stick to football. Then he rode back to the team hotel to finish preparing for the Bills.
Twenty hours later he was at Candlestick Park, making every throw, hitting every target and putting together the best day of his NFL career.
“Our quarterback was near perfect,” Jim Harbaugh said.
That wasn’t just Harbaugh Hyperbole. Smith’s passer rating was 156.2, 2.1 points shy of perfection. He passed for more than 300 yards – the first time ever in a regular-season victory. And he ran for 49 yards, the most rushing yards in his career.
All those stats pale next to the ones he cares about: 45-3, the final score; and 4-1, the 49ers record, tied for second best in the league.
“It’s the best, to get a win like that,” Smith said.
The 49ers set a franchise record for offensive output Sunday. Think about that for a moment: They were more productive than any Joe Montana or Steve Young team ever was. The 49ers’ 621 yards surpassed the previous record of 598, set 20 years ago also against their foil, the Bills.
“Very cool,” Smith said. “When you think of the 49ers, you think of great offense. I’m honored.”
The 49ers set an NFL record – the first team in history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 300 yards in the same game. Granted, this milestone comes at the expense of a very bad team. If common denominators mean anything, the 49ers figured on a big day: The Bills lost 48-28 to the Jets, whom the 49ers shut out 34-0. The Bills have given up 97 points in two weeks, to Tom Brady‘s Patriots and Smith’s 49ers.
But, in at least one way, that makes Sunday’s victory even more impressive. This was a trap game by any definition, coming on the heels of the emotional Camp Harbaugh in Youngstown, Ohio, and a week before the highly charged NFC Championship Game rematch with the Giants. There’s no doubt that Freddie P. Soft – Harbaugh’s complacency avatar – was banging on the door of the locker room. But he couldn’t get in.
“Everybody brought their ‘A’ game today,” said offensive coordinator Greg Roman.
The win allowed the 49ers to keep pace with Arizona in the division and stay within a game of undefeated NFC leader Atlanta and a game ahead of the Giants, who visit Sunday for a grudge game.
“There’s a lot of baggage there,” Smith said. “A little unfinished business, I guess.”
Smith seems intent on finishing up business, conquering his past demons and doubters. The 300-yard mark was a milestone that had eluded him in any regular-season victory. He had twice passed for more than 300 yards, once in a loss in Seattle in 2009 and then against Philadelphia in 2010, in a game that had the fans actually chanting for David Carr.
“That seems like a long time ago,” Smith said. “A completely different world.”
Still, in the eyes of some, Smith still hasn’t proved himself. The unfinished business in recent weeks was getting the ball downfield. There’s been a lot of chatter that Smith couldn’t make the deep throw, restricting the 49ers. When backup Colin Kaepernick uncorked a deep pass to Randy Moss against the Jets, the cry went up that Kap was the man.
It’s unlikely that Roman and Harbaugh devise their game plan to shut up sports talk critics, but sometimes it seems that way. On Sunday, Smith unleashed several deep throws, including a 33-yard pass to Vernon Davis (who gained 20 yards after the catch) and a 28-yard pass in the air to Kyle Williams, who caught it over his back shoulder, spun and ran 15 yards into the end zone.
“It’s been a priority for us,” Smith said. “It just came up today; we were a little more aggressive.”
With 10 minutes to play, Smith came out of the game and put on a baseball cap, though not one with the banned Giants logo. It was the end of a pretty good week.
Smith got a pep talk from Willie Mays, the original hero of Candlestick Park. He received possibly his loudest ovation ever in the city of San Francisco, when he took the mound at AT&T to throw out the pitch. He surpassed Young and Montana in the record books.
Good thing he had that pitch in the dirt to keep him humble.
from: http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/Alex-Smith-s-memorable-weekend-3927136.php#ixzz28i2D5Bvc
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Alex Smith was born on May 7th, 1984 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Smith
May 7th, 1984
5 + 7 +1+9+8+4 = 34 = his life lesson = Gunning the ball. Slinging the ball. Generating a buzz. Getting people all fired up. Things happen really quickly.
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May 7th, 1984
7 +1+9+8+4 = 29 = his “secret” number = Skilled. Talented. Self-confidence. Team. Teammates. Teamwork. Cooperation.
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May 7th, 1984
May 7th
5 + 7 +2+0+1+2 = 17 = his personal year (from May 7th, 2012 to May 7th, 2013) = Inspired. Inspirational. Superstar. Making miracles happen.
17 year + 9 (September) = 26 = his personal month (from September 7th, 2012 to October 7th, 2012) = Popular. Fans. In the news. Making headlines.
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using the number/letter grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
Where:
A = 1 J = 1 S = 1
B = 2 K = 2 T = 2
C = 3 L = 3 U = 3
D = 4 M = 4 V = 4
E = 5 N = 5 W = 5
F = 6 O = 6 X = 6
G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7
H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8
I = 9 R = 9
Alex Smith
1356 14928 39
his path of destiny = 39 = Ideal. Dream come true. A nice guy.
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