The amazing part is that he doesn't even do a good job at holding - on half of the penalties in this video, Alex Smith still eats turf.

Watching this video makes me think much more highly of Alex Smith. He's 22, he has positive DPAR with bad receivers, and his pass blocking is atrocious.

Holy crap, abused.

Wait, his name is pronounced "kwayme" and not "kwah-mee"? Or is that just Gumbel mispronunciation?

Nice video though. I have a higher opinion of Alex Smith now, after seeing the pocket collapse during every single "take on me" play in that video. Once in a while he turned those into decent plays, good for him.

Do you think Alex Smith made this video for his GM?

RE 2&4

Definitely, I know hes has a shitty supporting cast his whole career, but I didnt know it was this bad.

That's pretty funny, especiall the '60 seconds with Kwame' bit at the end. A couple if the clips were a little harsh, one of the plays against the Bears was a screen pass. He's also a pretty decent run blocker when he's not being asked to block in space. Still, I'm kind of glad that Adam Snyder will almost certainly win the right tackle job.

What a masterpiece. I love the ignored attempt to high-5 Davis. Kind of makes you feel for the guy a bit.

Yeah, but we all thought that Snyder would win the job last year as well. Face it, Kwame (yeah, it is pronounced Kwayme) obviously has pictures of Nolan in a comprimising position.

On the plus side, there are rumours that unnamed teams are interested in trading a second day pick for him. Frankly, I'd even give them a 5th rounder to take him.

Snyder was supposed to be winning the competition for the RT job until he got hurt in training camp. Nolan and Warhop seem to place a lot of emphasis on continuity in the offensive line and they didn't want to change during the season. I really hope that Snyder wins the job this time.

Also, is his name really pronounced "Quaim"? I always thought it was "Quah-mee", because living on the east coast, I don't see a lot of crappy Pacific time zone games.

Re: 6

I think he screwed up the screen againstthe Bears... Either he was supposed to pass block (if so, terrible job) or he was supposed to fake the pass block and go down to the second level. If it is the second option, he did an even worse job...

Watching more than a few minutes of this is a bit like watching a snuff movie. You can just tell that bad shit is about to happen. Some of the missed blocks are just awful.

This video was exceptional filmmaking. Blocking, not so exceptional. I laughed repeatedly.

1) I'm amazed at how often Kwame's man blew up the play
2) I love Simply Red
3) He gave up a sack to Jerome Fucking McDougal?! That's reason enough to cut the guy right there
4) I am going to give him the blues at the family reunion

This is part of why Alex Smith looked like a good NFL QB in the preseason and the first couple weeks of the year, and not after that. Seriously, Raiders, if you're not going to get an offensive line, don't draft a QB #1 overall.

Kwame Harris had a bad career last season.

Harris, "I love Simply Red"

You have just admitted to being the least soulful person on Outsiders. I assume you have a big Mick Hucknall poster on your wall in between your Michael Bolton and Pat Boon pictures;)

Kwame looked great in High School. I just wish Delaware had more football talent than Kwame, his brother Orien, and Luke Pettigout.

His Walt Harris one is good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cliMN6Et1d4

as is his Alex Smith one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFsvOFCHSFI

Re: #17

As though you don't own a complete collection of Slim Whitman records and sing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" whenever you're in the shower. And watch your mouth about Pat Boone. His "In a Metal Mood" completely rocked my face off.

Re: #19

Holy crap! Where has Walt Harris been all my life?

And: I know I know...there is selection bias, and there are only like 5 games featured, buuuut....Let's see: Smith has a "rocket, laser arm," sheds blocks, runs FAST, moves in the pocket, and laid out John Lynch on a reverse play...looks like he's may turn out to be what Vick was *supposed* to have been. Except, you know, without the $120M contract, Nike deal, and trick water bottle.

20: No denial of the Michael Bolton then?

#14 - I thought the exact same thing. Getting destroyed by Jerome McDougle is the kind of thing that just can't be forgiven. In fact, maybe this could be a new way of evaluating former 1st-round busts: Have two of them square off. The winner gets a second chance, the loser is out of the NFL.

#24: The Real Thunderdome!

Errr, #23.

Don't you remember McDougle's first sack was getting to Eli Manning?

Yeah, this video just upped my respect for Alex Smith. I was actually impressed how often the pass actually went complete (for a minimal gain).

#26 - Remember it? That hit on Eli is the only moment in my life that I was actually happy that Jerome McDougle was an Eagle.

By the way I should add that I watched all ten minutes of that video and was laughing my ass off the whole time. This should be a series. I would love to see, for example, a Mark Simoneau highlight film.

The best part about the video was every time Harris had to block someone in space, he'd set up directly in front of the defender and stand still while he easily brushed pass his shoulder.

Then, he'd turn around and watch the disaster behind him, while his body language is screaming: "Damn! I forgot that lateral movement exists. Again."

Yeah he pronounces his name Kwayme, they mention it every niners telecast.

I enjoyed the video a lot, especially the clutch last minute.

#22

Yes, I am officially denying Michael Bolton, not just his music but his entire existance. And who is Mick Hucknall, anyway?

31: He's he lead singer in Simply Red. I only know this because my Mum used to play their records when she was taking us to primary school.

That's a brutal way to treat someone, but Jesus it was funny. I now have an office full of Brits wondering if I've gone mad.

Please, please, please. Just once:

Freeney vs. Harris on Every Play Counts

Having viewed it again, I think I could beat Harris off the edge. Now watch the the Texans trade for him.

You still have to give Antoine Winfield credit for the move he made in the very first sequence.

Wow, forget the franchise tag. What the Player's Association really needs to work on in the next CBA is to make it illegal to draft a highly touted QB when your line plays like this. How many promising QB's are going to go the way of David Carr and Alex Smith because of stupid GM's?

I just watched this, and yes, it has plenty of bad Harris shots, but it seemed an indictment of the entire line. Most of those plays had two (or sometimes three) defenders meeting at the ball. It isn't just Harris' that is killing Frank Gore and Alex Smith- it's that entire line.

And this video scapegoats Harris' to some extent.

Re: 19

If someone made a video of Walt Harris' "highlights" from 2005 instead of 2006, it would look a lot more like the Kwame Harris one. Still, that was probably the Redskins least-talked-about major mistake last offseason.

You know you're a bad team when ... Walt Harris is one of your four best defensive players. Yes, I'm pretty sure he really was this year for the 49ers. Much better than his 2005 showing.

Re: #40
Walt Harris was not just one of the four best defensive players of 49ers, but he was one of the best defensive players of the entire NFL. I did not watch him before 2006. He may have been terrible before. I wouldn't know. But in 2006, he defended passes, intercepted 8, forced a few fumbles, and tackled well, both wide recivers and in open space. 49ers were somewhere between bad ad mediocore in 2006. But Walt Harris circa 2006 would be one of the best 4 defensive players in 30 out of 32 teams in the NFL last year if not on all 32.

Yeah, he had a season, and no one really saw it coming. Nolan gets credit for a "smart free-agency pickup," but what he should probably get credit for is bringing out the best in one of his players.

In the hope that a similar video of Houston FS and pratfall-meister CC Brown might exist, I searched YouTube for clips of the feller. There is precisely one. It is four seconds long, and it consists of Brown falling over as (I think) Maurice Morris runs past him and into the open field. Brown may be the worst starter at any position on any team in the league, so I had hoped for some more copious ineptitude, but then it struck me: it's quite unlikely that any play that involves the ball being thrown to a man who Brown was supposed to be covering will have CC in shot at any point. I suggest that in assessing the game charting data for Houston's secondary, any passes which are otherwise listed as "hole in zone" be attributed to Brown, because if there's a hole there he probably dug it.

Walt "Toast" Harris, wore out his welcome in Chicago pretty quick - everyone figured he was done after he left the team.

For next season, someone really ought to buy Kwame Harris a red flag, so he can wave it and shout "Ole!" at passing defensive ends. At least he'd be doing some kind of job well.

If that gentleman wants to look at people's backs all day like that, he should get it over with and become a chiropractor.

Before Alex Smith needs an undertaker.

By the way, "Kwame," however pronounced,is a proud and venerable African name, which translates roughly into English as: "Turnstile."

anyway you can repost this?? this is classic and I wanted to show this to someone-pretty please(or redirect me)