have been 1/21 on third down in that game.

First, the team was 1/13 on third downs in that game. Second, of those 13 third down plays seven were where Smith threw the ball (4 were incompletions, 3 were completions that were short of the first down).

Also, people seem to forget that Alex had a better ypa and QB rating than Manning in that game. It is like his two TDs to Davis never happened. Yet all we hear was about how Manning rose to the challenge and was a warrior in that game. Fact is if it wasn't for two muffed punts the Niners go to the Super Bowl last year and had a great shot at beating the Pats.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=320122025